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Table 310. -  Scores on Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and subject matter tests: 1965 to 1997
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        |            |          |                                      |                                      Subject matter tests
        |            |          |______________________________________|___________________________________________________________________________________
        |            |          |   Verbal   |Quantitative| Analytical |            |               |               |            |            |
Academic|    Number  |GRE takers|            |            |            |  Biology   |  Chemistry    |  Education    | Engineering| Literature | Psychology
  year  |      of    |  as a    |____________|____________|____________|____________|_______________|_______________|____________|____________|____________
 ending |      GRE   |percent of|     |Stand-|     |Stand-|     |Stand-|     |Stand-|        |Stand-|        |Stand-|     |Stand-|     |Stand-|     |Stand-
        |    takers  |bachelor's|Mean |ard   |Mean |ard   |Mean |ard   |Mean |ard   |  Mean  |ard   |  Mean  |ard   |Mean |ard   |Mean |ard   |Mean |ard
        |            | degrees  |     |devia-|     |devia-|     |devia-|     |devia-|        |devia-|        |devia-|     |devia-|     |devia-|     |devia-
        |            |          |     |tion  |     |tion  |     |tion  |     |tion  |        |tion  |        |tion  |     |tion  |     |tion  |     |tion
________|____________|__________|_____|______|_____|______|_____|______|_____|______|________|______|________|______|_____|______|_____|______|_____|______
   1    |       2    |   3      |  4  |  5   |  6  |  7   |  8  |  9   | 10  |  11  |   12   |  13  |    14  |  15  | 16  |  17  | 18  |  19  | 20  |  21
________|____________|__________|_____|______|_____|______|_____|______|_____|______|________|______|________|______|_____|______|_____|______|_____|______
1965....|     93,792 |     18.7 | 530 |  124 | 533 |  137 | --- |  --- | 617 |  117 |    628 |  114 |    481 |   86 | 618 |  108 | 591 |   95 | 556 |   91
1966....|    123,960 |     23.8 | 520 |  124 | 528 |  133 | --- |  --- | 610 |  115 |    618 |  110 |    474 |   87 | 609 |  106 | 588 |   94 | 552 |   91
1967....|    151,134 |     27.0 | 519 |  125 | 528 |  134 | --- |  --- | 613 |  114 |    615 |  104 |    476 |   90 | 603 |  104 | 582 |   91 | 553 |   93
1968....|    182,432 |     28.8 | 520 |  124 | 527 |  135 | --- |  --- | 614 |  114 |    617 |  104 |    478 |   87 | 601 |  105 | 572 |   91 | 547 |   93
1969....|    206,113 |     28.3 | 515 |  124 | 524 |  132 | --- |  --- | 613 |  112 |    613 |  104 |    477 |   88 | 591 |  103 | 569 |   89 | 543 |   89
        |            |          |     |      |     |      |     |      |     |      |        |      |        |      |     |      |     |      |     |
1970....|    265,359 |     33.5 | 503 |  123 | 516 |  132 | --- |  --- | 603 |  111 |    613 |  113 |    462 |   92 | 586 |  110 | 556 |   90 | 532 |   91
1971....|    293,600 |     35.0 | 497 |  125 | 512 |  134 | --- |  --- | 603 |  114 |    618 |  117 |    457 |   95 | 587 |  115 | 546 |   91 | 530 |   92
1972....|    293,506 |     33.1 | 494 |  126 | 508 |  136 | --- |  --- | 606 |  115 |    624 |  124 |    446 |   93 | 594 |  119 | 544 |   96 | 528 |   92
1973....|    290,104 |     31.5 | 497 |  125 | 512 |  135 | --- |  --- | 619 |  110 |    630 |  114 |    459 |   96 | 593 |  114 | 545 |   96 | 529 |   92
1974....|    301,070 |     31.8 | 492 |  126 | 509 |  137 | --- |  --- | 624 |  110 |    634 |  115 |    452 |   93 | 591 |  121 | 547 |   99 | 530 |   95
        |            |          |     |      |     |      |     |      |     |      |        |      |        |      |     |      |     |      |     |
1975....|    298,335 |     32.3 | 493 |  125 | 508 |  137 | --- |  --- | --- |  --- |    --- |  --- |    --- |  --- | --- |  --- | --- |  --- | --- |  ---
1976....|    299,292 |     32.3 | 492 |  127 | 510 |  138 | --- |  --- | 627 |  112 |    627 |  107 |    454 |   93 | 594 |  119 | 539 |  101 | 531 |   93
1977....|    287,715 |     31.3 | 490 |  129 | 514 |  139 | --- |  --- | 625 |  113 |    630 |  109 |    453 |   93 | 592 |  115 | 532 |  101 | 532 |   95
1978....|    286,383 |     31.1 | 484 |  128 | 518 |  135 | --- |  --- | 622 |  113 |    624 |  108 |    452 |   91 | 594 |  114 | 530 |  102 | 529 |   97
1979....|    282,482 |     30.7 | 476 |  130 | 517 |  135 | --- |  --- | 621 |  117 |    623 |  104 |    451 |   89 | 592 |  115 | 525 |  102 | 530 |   97
        |            |          |     |      |     |      |     |      |     |      |        |      |        |      |     |      |     |      |     |
1980....|    272,281 |     29.3 | 474 |  131 | 522 |  136 | --- |  --- | 619 |  115 |    618 |  105 |    449 |   90 | 590 |  116 | 521 |  105 | 534 |   98
1981....|    262,855 |     28.1 | 473 |  128 | 523 |  136 | --- |  --- | 617 |  115 |    615 |  103 |    453 |   90 | 590 |  116 | 520 |   99 | 532 |   97
1982....|    256,381 |     26.9 | 469 |  130 | 533 |  137 | 498 |  126 | 616 |  114 |    616 |  105 |    456 |   89 | 593 |  115 | 521 |  100 | 532 |   97
1983....|    263,674 |     27.2 | 473 |  131 | 541 |  138 | 504 |  128 | 623 |  115 |    620 |  105 |    459 |   90 | 599 |  114 | 527 |   98 | 542 |   95
1984....|    265,221 |     27.2 | 475 |  130 | 541 |  139 | 512 |  129 | 622 |  115 |    619 |  102 |    461 |   90 | 604 |  114 | 530 |   97 | 543 |   96
        |            |          |     |      |     |      |     |      |     |      |        |      |        |      |     |      |     |      |     |
1985....|    271,972 |     27.8 | 474 |  126 | 545 |  140 | 516 |  129 | 619 |  114 |    621 |  101 |    459 |   89 | 615 |  120 | 531 |   95 | 541 |   95
1986....|    279,428 |     28.3 | 475 |  126 | 552 |  140 | 520 |  129 | 612 |  114 |    628 |  106 |    464 |   87 | 616 |  119 | 527 |   96 | 542 |   97
1987....|    293,560 |     29.6 | 477 |  126 | 550 |  140 | 521 |  128 | 616 |  116 |    629 |  104 |    465 |   86 | 619 |  119 | 526 |   95 | 536 |   95
1988....|    303,703 |     30.5 | 483 |  123 | 557 |  140 | 528 |  128 | 615 |  114 |    631 |  108 |    467 |   85 | 622 |  120 | 525 |   94 | 537 |   94
1989....|    326,096 |     32.0 | 484 |  125 | 560 |  142 | 530 |  129 | 612 |  114 |    642 |  117 |    465 |   87 | 626 |  116 | 528 |   91 | 538 |   95
        |            |          |     |      |     |      |     |      |     |      |        |      |        |      |     |      |     |      |     |
1990....|    344,572 |     32.8 | 486 |  123 | 562 |  143 | 534 |  128 | 612 |  114 |    662 |  123 |    461 |   84 | 617 |  111 | 523 |   92 | 537 |   95
1991....|    379,882 |     34.7 | 485 |  122 | 562 |  141 | 536 |  129 | 609 |  113 |    660 |  123 |    457 |   85 | 611 |  111 | 523 |   93 | 535 |   95
1992....|    411,528 |     36.2 | 483 |  120 | 561 |  140 | 537 |  129 | 605 |  113 |    654 |  128 |    462 |   82 | 610 |  117 | 525 |   92 | 536 |   95
1993....|    400,246 |     34.4 | 481 |  117 | 557 |  140 | 541 |  129 | 606 |  114 |    662 |  133 |    462 |   80 | 602 |  115 | 516 |   94 | 536 |   97
1994....|\1\ 399,395 |     34.3 | 479 |  116 | 553 |  139 | 545 |  129 | 620 |  116 |    627 |  113 |\2\ 493 |  104 | 601 |  115 | 517 |   95 | 538 |   96
1995....|\1\ 389,539 |     33.0 | 477 |  115 | 553 |  140 | 544 |  131 | 622 |  116 |    675 |  138 |\2\ 488 |  102 | 596 |  113 | 513 |   96 | 544 |   98
1996....|\1\ 376,013 |     31.9 | 473 |  114 | 558 |  139 | 549 |  131 | 614 |  114 |    678 |  135 |\2\ 489 |  104 | 604 |  119 | 512 |   97 | 547 |   99
1997....|\1\ 376,062 |     31.9 | 472 |  113 | 562 |  139 | 548 |  129 | 620 |  115 |    684 |  143 |\2\ 487 |  103 | 602 |  114 | 525 |  100 | 554 |   99
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\1\Total includes examinees who received no score on one or more General Test measures.
\2\Data reported for 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997 are from the revised education test.
---Data not reported or not applicable.

NOTE.--GRE scores for the verbal, quantitative, and analytical sections range from 200 to 800. Subject matter test scores range from 200 to 990.

SOURCE: Graduate Record Examination Board, Examinee and Score Trends for the GRE General Test, various years; and A Summary of Data Collected From Graduate Record Examinations Test-Takers During 1986-87; unpublished data; and U.S. Department of Education, National Center for for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared November 1998.)


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