GRE Scores by Intended Graduate Major

Average GRE Scores by Intended Graduate Major, 7/1/01-6/30/04*

Verbal Reasoning	Score	Quantitative Reasoning	Score	Analytical Writing	Score
1. PHILOSOPHY	589	1. Physics/Astronomy	738	1. PHILOSOPHY	5.1
2. English Lang. & Lit.	559	2. Mathematics	733	2. English Lang. & Lit.	4.9
3. Humanities & Arts - other	558	3. Engineering - Materials	729	3. Arts & Humanities - other	4.8
4. History	543	4. Engineering - Electrical	728	4. History	4.8
5. Arts - History, Theory	538	5. Engineering - Chemical	727	5. Political Science	4.8
6. Religion	538	6. Engineering - Mechanical	723	6. Religion	4.8
7. Physics/Astronomy	534	7. Engineering - other	714	7. Anthropology/Archaeology	4.7
8. Library/Archival Sciences	533	8. Engineering - Industrial	710	8. Arts - History, Theory	4.7
9. Anthropology/Archaeology	532	9. Business - Bank. & Fin.	709	9. Education - Higher	4.6
10. Foreign Lang. & Lit.	529	10. Economics	706	10. Foreign Lang. & Lit.	4.6
11. Political Science	522	11. Computer & Info. Sciences	704	11.Sociology	4.6
12. Economics	504	12. Engineering - Civil	702	12. Communications	4.5
13. Mathematics	502	13. Chemistry	682	13. Economics	4.5
14. Earth/Atmos./Marine Scs.	495	14. Earth/Atmos./Marine Scs.	637	14. Education - Secondary	4.5
15. Engineering - Materials	494	15. PHILOSOPHY	636	15. Library/Archival Sciences	4.5
16. Biological Sciences	491	16. Biological Sciences	632	16. Physics/Astronomy	4.5
17. Engineering - other	490	17. Architecture	614	17. Psychology	4.5
18. Arts - Performance/Studio	489	18. Business - other	609	18. Biological Sciences	4.4
19. Chemistry	487	19. Natural Sciences - other	603	19. Chemistry	4.4
20. Sociology	487	20. Agriculture	596	20. Earth/Atmos./Marine Scs.	4.4
21. Education - Secondary	486	21. Business - Accounting	595	21. Education - Curr. & Instr.	4.4
22. Engineering - Chemical	485	22. Humanities & Arts - other	594	22. Education - Eval. & Res.	4.4
23. Natural Sciences - other	482	23. Political Science	589	23. Engineering - other	4.4
24. Architecture	477	24. Religion	583	24. Mathematics	4.4
25. Business - Bank. & Fin.	476	25. Education - Secondary	577	25. Natural Sciences - other	4.4
26. Communications	470	26. Foreign Lang. & Lit.	573	26. Social Sciences - other	4.4
27. Psychology	470	27. Anthropology/Archaeology	571	27. Architecture	4.3
28. Computer & Info. Sciences	469	28. Arts - History, Theory	571	28. Arts - Performing/Studio	4.3
29. Engineering - Mechanical	467	29. Business - Administration	562	29. Business - Bank. & Fin.	4.3
30. Education - Higher	465	30. History	556	30. Education - Elementary	4.3
31. Social Sciences - other	465	31. Arts - Performance/Studio	554	31. Engineering - Chemical	4.3
32. Education - Curr. & Instr.	462	32. English Lang. & Lit.	552	32. Engineering - Materials	4.3
33. Agriculture	461	33. Health & Med. Sciences	552	33. Public Administration	4.3
34. Engineering - Electrical	461	34. Education - Curr. & Inst.	548	34. Agriculture	4.2
35. Engineering - Civil	457	35. Education - Higher	548	35. Business - Administration	4.2
36. Public Administration	452	36. Sociology	545	36. Computer & Info. Sciences	4.2
37. Education - Eval. & Res.	451	37. Psychology	543	37. Education - Administration	4.2
38. Business - other	450	38. Library/Archival Sciences	540	38. Education - Counseling	4.2
39. Health & Med. Sciences	447	39. Education - Eval. & Res.	534	39. Education - other	4.2
40. Education - Elementary	443	40. Communications	533	40. Education - special	4.2
41. Engineering - Industrial	440	41. Education - other	531	41. Engineering - Civil	4.2
42. Business - Administration	439	42. Social Sciences - other	528	42. Engineering - Mechanical	4.2
43. Education - other	437	43. Education - Elementary	527	43. Health & Med. Sciences	4.2
44. Home Economics	435	44. Education - Administration	523	44. Home Economics	4.2
45. Education - Special	432	45. Public Administration	513	45. Business - other	4.1
46. Education - Counseling	428	46. Education - Special	502	46. Education - Early Childhood	4.1
47. Social Work	428	47. Education - Counseling	500	47. Engineering - Electrical	4.1
48. Education - Administration	427	48. Home Economics	498	48. Engineering - Industrial	4.1
49. Education - Early Childhood	418	49. Education-Early Childhood	495	49. Social Work	4.1
50. Business - Accounting	415	50. Social Work	468	50. Business - Accounting	3.9

*See Educational Testing Service publication 2005 2006 Guide to the Use of Scores, pp. 18-20