Rank of 50 Areas of Study by Combined Mean Scores on the GRE (1990-1993) of Students Intent on Graduate and Professional Study:
1 - Physics and Astronomy 1910 2 - Mathematical Sciences 1850 3 - Materials Engineering 1827 4 - Chemical Engineering 1814 5 - Other Engineering 1811 6 - PHILOSOPHY 1811 7 - Economics 1782 8 - Mechanical Engineering 1779 9 - Electrical & Electronics 1775 10 - Chemistry 1763 11 - Computer/Information Services 1762 12 - Other-Humanities/Arts 1724 13 - Civil Engineering 1712 14 - Earth, Atmosphere & Marine Science 1709 15 - Industrial Engineering 1705 16 - Biological Sciences 1695 17 - English Language/Literature 1683 18 - History 1667 19 - Anthropology & Archaeology 1664 20 - Other Natural Sciences 1663 21 - Political Science 1661 22 - Foreign Language/Literature 1642 23 - Architecture & Environmental Design 1634 24 - Secondary Education 1631 25 - Arts-History, Theory, Critique 1631 26 - Banking & Finance 1598 27 - Library & Archival Science 1592 28 - Religion & Theory 1588 29 - Agriculture 1582 30 - Other-Business 1561 31 - Arts-Performing & Studio 1558 32 - Curriculum & Instruction 1554 33 - Psychology 1548 34 - Higher Education 1535 35 - Business Adm. & Mgt. 1532 36 - Sociology 1524 37 - Communications 1519 38 - Evaluation & Research 1509 39 - Health & Medical Science 1505 40 - Other-Social Sciences 1504 41 - Elementary Education 1486 42 - Other-Education 1470 43 - Public Administration 1458 44 - Accounting 1445 45 - Special Education 1437 46 - Administration 1431 47 - Student Counseling/Personal Services 1427 48 - Early Childhood Education 1415 49 - Social Work 1405 50 - Home Economics 1400
The standard deviation for the components of these combined mean scores ranged from 77 to 138 while the number of students taking the exam ranged from 191 in Other-Natural Sciences to 55,139 in Psychology. The lower the standard deviation the higher the rank in case of ties.
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