GRE score by intended major
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Anonymous
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For 31 selected majors:
Verbal Philosophy 160 Art History, Theory and Criticism 157 English Language and Lit 157 Foreign Language and Lit 157 Political Science 157 Religion and Theology 157 History 156 Physics and Astronomy 156 Anthropology and Archaeology 156 Economics 154 Public Administration 154 Art: Performing and Studio 153 Biological and Biomedical Sciences 153 Business Administration and Management 153 Chemical Engineering 153 Chemistry 153 Mathematical Sciences 153 Sociology 153 Psychology 152 Architecture and Environmental Design 151 Banking and Finance 151 Communications and Journalism 151 Education: Evaluation and Research 151 Computer and Information Sciences 150 Health and Medical Sciences 150 Mechanical Engineering 150 Accounting 149 Civil Engineering 149 Electrical Engineering 149 Elementary Education 149 Social Work 149 Quantitative Mathematical Sciences 164 Banking and Finance 162 Chemical Engineering 161 Computer and Information Sciences 161 Economics 161 Electrical Engineering 161 Physics and Astronomy 161 Mechanical Engineering 160 Civil Engineering 158 Accounting 157 Chemistry 157 Architecture and Environmental Design 155 Biological and Biomedical Sciences 154 Business Administration and Management 154 Philosophy 154 Political Science 153 Art: Performing and Studio 152 Foreign Language and Lit 152 Art History, Theory and Criticism 151 Communications and Journalism 151 Public Administration 151 Religion and Theology 151 Sociology 150 Anthropology and Archaeology 149 English Language and Lit 149 Health and Medical Sciences 149 History 149 Psychology 149 Education: Evaluation and Research 148 Elementary Education 147 Social Work 145 Analytical Writing Philosophy 4.3 Political Science 4.3 Art History, Theory and Criticism 4.2 English Language and Lit 4.2 History 4.2 Religion and Theology 4.2 Foreign Language and Lit 4.1 Anthropology and Archaeology 4.0 Sociology 4.0 Biological and Biomedical Sciences 3.9 Business Administration and Management 3.9 Physics and Astronomy 3.9 Psychology 3.9 Public Administration 3.9 Chemical Engineering 3.8 Chemistry 3.8 Economics 3.8 Education: Evaluation and Research 3.8 Health and Medical Sciences 3.8 Communications and Journalism 3.7 Art: Performance and Studio 3.7 Mathematical Sciences 3.7 Architecture and Environmental Design 3.6 Elementary Education 3.6 Social Work 3.6 Mechanical Engineering 3.5 Banking and Finance 3.4 Civil Engineering 3.4 Computer and Information Sciences 3.4 Accounting 3.3 Electrical Engineering 3.3 https://www.ets.org/pdfs/gre/gre-guide-table-4b.pdf |
Anonymous
| Is this for masters or PhD? I would think for PhD the research conducted and the proposal would matter most. |
Anonymous
| It's for all GRE test takers, by intended area of study. |
Anonymous
| Is GRE optional like SAT/ACT? |
Anonymous
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Another way of looking at it.
Verbal scores: 80th+ percentile: Philosophy 70-80th percentile: Anthropology, Art History, English, Foreign Languages, History, Physics, Political Science 60-70th percentile: Biological Sciences, Business Administration, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Economics, Mathematics, Performing and Studio Art, Public Administration, Sociology 50-60th percentile: Architecture, Communications, Education Research, Finance, Psychology 40th-50th percentile: Accounting, Computer Science, Elementary Education, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Health Sciences, Social Work Quantitative: 80th percentile+: Finance, Mathematics 70th-80th percentile: Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Economics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics 60th-70th percentile: Accounting, Chemistry, Civil Engineering 50th-60th percentile: Architecture, Biological Sciences, Business Administration, Philosophy, Political Science 40th-50th percentile: Art History, Communications, Foreign Languages, Performing and Studio Art, Public Administration, Religion 30th-40th percentile: Anthropology, Education Research, English, Health Sciences, History, Psychology, Sociology 20th-30th percentile: Elementary Education, Social Work |
Anonymous
| What does that mean for my rising sophomore at UMD if he continues with his CS/Math double major with a philosophy minor? |
Anonymous
GRE is taken for both though not all programs require it. One of the reasons education majors score relatively low is that many states require every teacher to get a master's degree so it's not a select population like the other majors. The amount of people choosing to do a master's/PhD in philosophy or art history are usually very small and very talented. |
Anonymous
That might have something to do with it, but education majors have below average SAT scores as well. It’s one of the lowest scoring mainstream degree. |
Anonymous
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Elementary education majors always scored lower than other majors long before master's degrees requirements were implemented.
That being said, I don't know if it's really a scandal that education and social work score the lowest. The comparison group is those taking graduate degrees, not the general population. |
Anonymous
It's usually the states with the weakest education systems that historically have education undergraduate majors though. If you're going to teach MS or HS, you major in biology or history or whatever you are going to teach and then take supplemental coursework to get your teaching license. |
Anonymous
| Secondary educators (who have mastery of a subject and don't do standalone majors) do fine on the SAT and GRE. It's the elementary education majors that are low. |
Anonymous
| Why do engineers do so poorly on verbal/writing? Of course I don't expect them to do as well as humanities majors but these numbers stand out. |
Anonymous
Non-native speakers of English. |
Anonymous
| Philosophy majors do the best at LSAT too. It is good training for how to think and write clearly. Philosophy majors also tend to have some of the highest mid-career salaries among those without advanced degrees. |
Anonymous
| I had a 99th percentile in both back in the day. Civil engineering major. Sometimes I think I should have done more with that. |