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Supplemental Table 21 - 4
Table 21-4 Number of students taking the GRE subject tests as a percentage of college graduates, their means and standard deviations, by subject: Selected years
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1982-83 1987-88 1992-93
Percentage Percentage Percentage
distribution of Standard distribution of Standard dstribution of Standard
Subject subject tests Mean deviation subject tests Mean deviation subject tests Mean deviation
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All subjects 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0 - -
Mathematics and science 38.1 - - 34.7 - - 32.4 - -
Mathematics 4.6 695 153 5.0 720 161 5.2 737 166
Biology 16.9 617 115 16.1 615 114 13.6 606 114
Chemistry 6.5 615 105 5.9 631 108 6.0 662 133
Geology 5.4 574 87 1.9 582 88 1.5 565 84
Physics 4.7 641 139 5.8 645 147 6.1 664 153
Computer and
engineering sciences 15.7 - - 18.2 - - 14.4 - -
Computer science 5.0 602 98 7.9 622 98 7.4 648 99
Engineering 10.7 590 114 10.3 622 120 7.0 602 115
Social sciences 30.4 - - 28.9 - - 34.0 - -
Economics 4.4 613 107 3.6 625 105 3.3 637 120
Education 5.5 453 90 4.3 467 85 2.6 462 80
Psychology 18.8 542 95 18.9 537 94 25.0 536 97
Sociology 1.7 434 106 2.1 434 100 3.1 425 94
English and history 12.1 - - 15.0 - - 17.1 - -
English literature 6.3 520 98 8.7 525 94 11.5 516 94
History 3.1 502 77 3.6 505 79 3.6 499 76
Political science 2.7 463 87 2.7 457 80 2.1 453 76
Foreign Language 1.1 - - 1.2 - - - - -
French 0.6 508 88 0.5 519 88 - - -
Spanish 0.5 520 106 0.7 533 111 - - -
Other 2.6 - - 2.1 - - 2.1 - -
Music* 2.6 503 91 2.1 492 88 2.1 502 94
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- Not applicable. *The music test was revised beginning with the 1989-90 school year. NOTE: The number of subject tests as a percentage of general tests taken has decreased over the years, falling from 29 percent in 1983 to 26 percent in 1988 to 19 percent in 1993. Subject matter scores range from 200 to 990. SOURCE: Educational Testing Service and U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 1994, table 234.
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