Table 226.30.

Number, percentage distribution, and SAT mean scores of high school seniors taking the SAT, by high school grade point average, intended college major, and degree-level goal: 2017

High school grade point average, intended college major, and degree-level goal	Seniors who had taken the SAT		Mean score1
	Number (in thousands)	Percentage distribution	Total SAT score	Evidence-based reading and writing (ERW)	Math
1	2	3	4	5	6
All students	1,715	100.0	1060	533	527
High school grade point average
A+ (97-100)	105	6.1	1254	626	628
A (93-96)	300	17.5	1187	595	592
A- (90-92)	297	17.3	1122	564	558
B (80-89)	711	41.4	1005	508	497
C (70-79)	171	10.0	899	456	444
D, E, or F (below 70)	11	0.6	850	429	421
No response	121	7.1	987	489	498
Intended college major2
Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences	17	1.2	1003	508	495
Architecture and related services	20	1.4	1056	524	531
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies	2	0.1	1084	561	523
Biological and biomedical sciences	107	7.3	1132	571	561
Business, management, marketing, and related support        services	167	11.4	1072	536	537
Communication, journalism, and related programs	30	2.1	1071	552	519
Computer and information sciences and support services	56	3.8	1143	568	575
Construction trades, general	1	0.1	958	479	479
Education	57	3.9	1032	525	507
Engineering	156	10.6	1140	560	580
Engineering technologies/technicians	24	1.7	1047	516	532
English language and literature/letters	15	1.0	1124	591	533
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	4	0.3	969	493	476
Foreign languages and literatures, general	7	0.5	1116	575	541
Health professions and related clinical services	278	18.9	1045	529	516
History, general	11	0.7	1086	562	524
Legal studies, general	29	2.0	1084	555	530
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities	8	0.5	1116	575	541
Library science/librarianship	#	#	1118	585	533
Mathematics and statistics	11	0.7	1228	592	636
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians	3	0.2	937	466	470
Military technologies	7	0.5	986	498	488
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	2	0.2	1160	586	575
Natural resources and conservation	8	0.6	1095	558	537
Parks, recreation, and leisure studies	13	0.9	966	484	482
Personal and culinary services, general	6	0.4	953	485	468
Philosophy and religious studies	3	0.2	1102	566	535
Physical sciences	21	1.5	1186	591	595
Precision production	#	#	975	488	486
Psychology, general	64	4.4	1055	542	513
Public administration and social service professions	6	0.4	996	511	485
Security and protective services	55	3.8	973	493	480
Social sciences	27	1.9	1146	588	559
Theology and religious vocations	2	0.1	1104	568	535
Transportation and materials moving	#	#	1025	513	512
Visual and performing arts, general	106	7.2	1046	537	509
Other	26	1.8	963	487	476
Undecided	116	7.9	1073	542	531
Degree-level goal3
Certificate program	12	0.9	925	466	460
Associate's degree	21	1.6	900	457	444
Bachelor's degree	362	27.4	1038	524	513
Master's degree	435	32.9	1104	555	549
Doctor's or related degree	305	23.1	1138	573	565
Other	9	0.7	918	458	460
Undecided	176	13.3	1064	537	527

#Rounds to zero.

1 Possible scores on each SAT section range from 200 to 800, for a total possible score of 400 to 1600.

NOTE: The SAT was completely redesigned in 2016. The new SAT was first administered in March of 2016. This table reflects 2017 high school graduates who took the new SAT during high school. The data in this table include only test-takers from the 2017 graduating class who took the new SAT (93 percent of the cohort). These data do not factor in performance on the old SAT, and they set a new baseline for future year-to-year comparisons. If a student took the new SAT more than once, the most recent score on each section is used, along with the student's most recent responses to the SAT questionnaire. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

2 Includes only those test-takers who responded to the question about their intended college major.

3 Includes only those test-takers who responded to the question about their degree-level goal.

SOURCE: College Entrance Examination Board, SAT Suite of Assessments Annual Report: Total Group, 2017, retrieved November 21, 2017, from https://reports.collegeboard.org/pdf/2017-total-group-sat-suite-assessments-annual-report.pdf. (This table was prepared November 2017.)