Intended College Major


SAT I Test Takers Percent SAT I Mean Scores
Number Percent Male Female Verbal Math
Agriculture or Natural Resources 16,416 2 47 53 491 485
Architecture or Environmental Design 25,907 2 60 40 494 522
Arts: Visual and Performing 75,808 7 41 59 520 501
Biological Sciences 57,962 6 36 64 545 545
Business and Commerce 144,859 14 52 48 487 506
Communications 43,984 4 35 65 526 502
Computer or Information Science 59,402 6 77 23 500 528
Education 92,880 9 23 77 483 479
Engineering 88,706 8 81 19 526 572
Foreign or Classical Languages 5,501 1 28 72 554 536
General or Interdisciplinary 2,892 0 39 61 570 547
Health and Allied Services 172,117 16 27 73 497 503
Home Economics 3,674 0 20 80 464 463
Language and Literature 14,289 1 32 68 607 548
Library and Archival Sciences 377 0 45 55 545 524
Mathematics 5,461 1 55 45 555 631
Military Science 5,096 0 80 20 506 510
Philosophy, Religion, or Theology 5,971 1 60 40 561 540
Physical Sciences 14,799 1 60 40 570 590
Public Affairs and Services 27,414 3 49 51 458 450
Social Sciences and History 109,978 10 31 69 533 511
Technical and Vocational 10,133 1 66 34 441 448
Undecided 66,134 6 52 48 511 519

Resource: 1999 College Bound Seniors, National Report