Table 226.30.

Number, percentage distribution, and SAT mean scores of high school seniors taking the SAT, by degree-level goal and intended college major: 2017 through 2020

	2017					2018					2019					2020
Degree-level goal and intended college major	Seniors who had taken the SAT		Mean score1			Seniors who had taken the SAT		Mean score1			Seniors who had taken the SAT		Mean score1			Seniors who had taken the SAT		Mean score1
	Number (in thousands)	Percentage distri-bution	Total SAT score	Evidence-based reading and writing (ERW)	Math	Number (in thousands)	Percentage distri-bution	Total SAT score	Evidence-based reading and writing (ERW)	Math	Number (in thousands)	Percentage distri-bution	Total SAT score	Evidence-based reading and writing (ERW)	Math	Number (in thousands)	Percentage distri-bution	Total SAT score	Evidence-based reading and writing (ERW)	Math
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
All students	1,715	100.0	1060	533	527	2,137	100.0	1068	536	531	2,220	100.0	1059	531	528	2,198	100.0	1051	528	523
Degree-level goal2
Certificate program	12	0.9	925	466	460	15	1.0	930	468	462	19	1.2	900	453	447	22	1.3	899	453	445
Associate's degree	21	1.6	900	457	444	25	1.6	906	460	446	33	2.1	883	449	434	37	2.3	872	443	429
Bachelor's degree	362	27.4	1038	524	513	430	27.6	1050	530	520	448	28.0	1039	524	515	453	28.0	1036	523	514
Master's degree	435	32.9	1104	555	549	508	32.6	1125	564	561	504	31.5	1118	560	558	506	31.2	1114	558	556
Doctor's or related degree	305	23.1	1138	573	565	363	23.3	1163	584	579	356	22.2	1157	580	578	348	21.5	1153	578	575
Other	9	0.7	918	458	460	11	0.7	923	462	461	12	0.7	903	452	452	12	0.7	893	447	446
Undecided	176	13.3	1064	537	527	206	13.2	1077	542	535	230	14.3	1054	530	524	241	14.9	1047	526	520
Intended college major3
Agriculture, agriculture operations,      and related sciences	17	1.2	1003	508	495	21	1.2	1000	507	493	25	1.4	977	496	481	26	1.4	968	492	476
Architecture and related services	20	1.4	1056	524	531	25	1.4	1062	527	535	29	1.6	1047	520	527	32	1.7	1042	518	524
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender      studies	2	0.1	1084	561	523	2	0.1	1060	547	513	3	0.1	1040	536	504	3	0.2	1037	534	503
Biological and biomedical sciences	107	7.3	1132	571	561	136	7.6	1152	579	573	156	8.5	1139	572	566	158	8.7	1134	570	564
Business, management, marketing, and      related support services	167	11.4	1072	536	537	205	11.5	1087	542	545	222	12.0	1072	534	537	222	12.2	1066	532	534
Communication, journalism, and      related programs	30	2.1	1071	552	519	35	2.0	1083	557	525	36	2.0	1069	550	519	35	1.9	1066	548	517
Computer and information sciences      and support services	56	3.8	1143	568	575	72	4.0	1164	576	588	80	4.3	1156	571	585	83	4.6	1156	570	586
Construction trades, general	1	0.1	958	479	479	2	0.1	939	469	470	3	0.1	919	459	460	3	0.1	914	456	457
Education	57	3.9	1032	525	507	68	3.8	1037	527	510	72	3.9	1022	519	503	71	3.9	1021	519	503
Engineering	156	10.6	1140	560	580	191	10.7	1152	565	587	194	10.6	1139	559	581	179	9.8	1140	559	581
Engineering technologies/technicians	24	1.7	1047	516	532	31	1.7	1054	518	536	34	1.8	1041	512	528	33	1.8	1047	514	533
English language and literature/      letters	15	1.0	1124	591	533	17	0.9	1132	593	539	16	0.9	1119	585	533	14	0.8	1122	587	535
Family and consumer sciences/human      sciences	4	0.3	969	493	476	5	0.3	966	491	475	6	0.4	953	484	469	6	0.3	952	484	468
Foreign languages and literatures,      general	7	0.5	1116	575	541	9	0.5	1116	574	542	10	0.5	1102	566	536	9	0.5	1095	562	533
Health professions and related      clinical sciences	278	18.9	1045	529	516	333	18.7	1055	533	522	331	18.0	1048	529	518	309	17.0	1044	528	516
History, general	11	0.7	1086	562	524	13	0.7	1091	563	527	13	0.7	1090	563	527	11	0.6	1108	572	536
Legal studies, general	29	2.0	1084	555	530	35	2.0	1100	562	538	36	1.9	1104	564	540	35	1.9	1107	566	541
Liberal arts and sciences, general      studies, and humanities	8	0.5	1116	575	541	9	0.5	1136	583	553	9	0.5	1140	584	556	7	0.4	1153	589	564
Library science/librarianship	#	#	1118	585	533	#	#	1111	581	530	#	#	1105	577	527	#	#	1137	596	541
Mathematics and statistics	11	0.7	1228	592	636	14	0.8	1253	603	650	17	0.9	1242	597	646	17	0.9	1247	599	648
Mechanic and repair technologies/      technicians	3	0.2	937	466	470	5	0.3	938	468	470	7	0.4	916	458	458	6	0.3	921	460	461
Military technologies	7	0.5	986	498	488	8	0.5	982	496	486	7	0.4	984	498	486	6	0.3	986	498	488
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	2	0.2	1160	586	575	4	0.2	1174	591	584	3	0.2	1155	581	574	3	0.2	1166	586	580
Natural resources and conservation	8	0.6	1095	558	537	10	0.6	1109	564	545	10	0.6	1104	562	543	10	0.5	1121	571	550
Parks, recreation, and leisure      studies	13	0.9	966	484	482	15	0.8	965	484	481	13	0.7	960	482	478	11	0.6	964	485	479
Personal and culinary services,      general	6	0.4	953	485	468	7	0.4	943	480	463	7	0.4	929	474	456	5	0.3	938	478	460
Philosophy and religious studies	3	0.2	1102	566	535	3	0.2	1118	572	545	3	0.2	1120	572	548	3	0.2	1132	579	553
Physical sciences	21	1.5	1186	591	595	26	1.5	1205	599	606	26	1.4	1203	597	606	25	1.3	1206	598	608
Precision production	#	#	975	488	486	#	#	962	482	480	#	#	932	466	466	---	---	---	---	---
Psychology, general	64	4.4	1055	542	513	74	4.2	1066	548	519	76	4.1	1064	546	518	77	4.2	1068	548	520
Public administration and social      service professions	6	0.4	996	511	485	8	0.4	1008	517	491	8	0.4	1001	513	488	8	0.4	1007	516	491
Security and protective services	55	3.8	973	493	480	66	3.7	978	497	482	68	3.7	975	495	479	67	3.7	973	495	478
Social sciences	27	1.9	1146	588	559	35	2.0	1166	595	571	33	1.8	1164	594	570	33	1.8	1166	595	571
Theology and religious vocations	2	0.1	1104	568	535	2	0.1	1101	565	536	2	0.1	1096	561	535	2	0.1	1095	561	534
Transportation and materials moving	#	#	1025	513	512	1	0.1	1037	519	518	1	0.1	1019	511	508	---	---	---	---	---
Visual and performing arts, general	106	7.2	1046	537	509	126	7.1	1051	539	512	131	7.1	1045	536	510	126	6.9	1047	536	510
Other	26	1.8	963	487	476	29	1.6	966	489	477	27	1.5	963	488	476	25	1.4	964	487	477
Undecided	116	7.9	1073	542	531	137	7.7	1087	547	540	127	6.9	1069	538	532	163	9.0	994	501	493

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#Rounds to zero.

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

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

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

NOTE: The SAT was completely redesigned in 2016. The new SAT was first administered in March of 2016. This table reflects 2017 through 2020 high school graduates who took the new SAT during high school. These data do not factor in performance on the old SAT, and the data for 2017 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.

SOURCE: College Entrance Examination Board, SAT Suite of Assessments Annual Report: Total Group, 2017 through 2020, retrieved February 26, 2021, from https://reports.collegeboard.org/pdf/2020-total-group-sat-suite-assessments-annual-report.pdf. (This table was prepared March 2021.)