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OLDER AND YOUNGER GRADUATE STUDENTS:
A COMPARISON OF GOALS, GRADES, AND GRE SCORES
Mary Jo Clark
GRE Board Research Report GREB No. 8%17R ETS Research Report 84-5
February 1984
This report presents the findings of a research project funded by and carried out under the auspices of the Graduate Record Examinations Board.
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Older and Younger Graduate Students: A Comparison of Goals, Grades, and GRE Scores
Mary Jo Clark
GRE Board Research Report GREB No. 81-17R
February 1984
Copyright@1984 by Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved.
Abstract
The 1980-81 GRE General Test verbal and quantitative ability scores were examined for four age groups of test takers-- those age 22 or less, 23-29, 30-39, and 40 or more-- and two groups returning to graduate study many years after completing the bachelor's degree--those 9-15 years beyond the baccalaureate, and those 16 or more years beyond the baccalaureate. Average verbal scores were about the same for all test takers regardless of age group or recency of undergraduate study; average quantitative scores were progressively lower across groups of increasing age or distance from the baccalaureate. Correlations between both verbal and quantitative scores and first-year graduate school grades were about the same across age groups of enrolled students, suggesting that the scores were equally useful in predicting the first-year graduate school grades of younger and older applicants. Undergraduate grade averages were lower for older than for younger students, and were less closely related to graduate school grades among the older student groups. Differences in fields of study, background characteristics, and attitudes toward test taking also are reported.
Older and Younger Graduate Students: A Comparison of Goals, Grades, and GRE Scores
The age composition of student groups on the campuses of American colleges and universities steadily became more varied during the 197Os, with increasing numbers of older students at all levels, and this trend is predicted to continue at least through the 1980s. Shifts in the ages of undergraduate students have received the most attention in education circles and in the popular press, as reflected by increased interest in adult and continuing education programs, greater recognition of learning that takes place outside the classroom, concern for the problems of educational reentry, and more explicit attention to the needs of part-time students. But this greying of the campus has not been limited to undergraduates; there are also more older graduate students returning to the campus for the training required by career shifts, new developments in their fields of employment, and personal enrichment. For example, in 1975-76 almost half of the more than 200,000 men and women who took the GRE General Test were under 23 years of age (Hartle, Baratz, & Clark, 1983); as this study will show, by 1980-81 only 39 percent of the test takers were at this age level. The number of GRE test takers 30 years of age or older increased from about 15 percent in 1975-76 to 21 percent of the total in 1980-81. And the number of persons taking the GRE General Test nine years or more after completing their undergraduate degrees increased from 8 to 12 percent of the total, or from more than 18,000 potential "returning" graduate students in 1975-76 to almost 23,000 in 1980-81.
The men and women who take the GRE General Test in any given year represent only a portion of those who may plan to enter graduate study; many graduate programs do not require test scores as part of the admission process, and not all test takers will decide to continue their education. Nevertheless, data from the GRE program files represent a sizable sample of persons with varying backgrounds, interests, and abilities who are sufficiently interested in graduate study to register for and complete the GRE General Test. Also, graduate departments frequently request information about the appropriateness of test scores for older applicants. Therefore, this study was undertaken to examine the following questions:
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1 The author wishes to thank Kirsten Yocom for the analyses of
1980-81 test-taker data and Nancy Burton and Nancy Turner for the analyses of the relationship between admission predictors and first-year graduate school grades.
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1. How do the GRE scores of older test takers compare with the scores of test takers who are completing the bachelor's degree at the traditional age of 21 or 22?
2. What are the personal characteristics of test takers at different age levels?
3. How do the scores and characteristics of 1980-81 test takers compare with those of the test takers in 1975-76?
4. What is the relationship between traditional admission variables (GRE verbal and quantitative scores and undergraduate grades) and performance in the first year of graduate study for persons who are at different age levels when they begin graduate study?
Data for the following profiles of GRE test takers by age groups were the 203,131 records of men and women who took the GRE General Test at one of the six regularly scheduled national administrations during 1980-81 and who voluntarily answered at least one of the background information questions when they registered for the test. A copy of the background questions is included in this report as Appendix A; a full summary of responses may be found in Goodison (1982). Though the General Test in 1980-81 included a measure of analytical ability as well as tests of verbal and quantitative ability, the form of the analytical measure was changed the next year and the 1980-81 results have not been equated to more recent test results. Therefore, only the verbal and quantitative scores are considered in this report.
The personal and educational characteristics of the 1980-81 test takers are presented in some detail in the tables and text of this report. In general, the subjects represent prospective applicants to almost every field of graduate study. Other research (Oltman & Hartnett, 1983) found that GRE General Test results are required or recommended by about 65 percent of the master's degree programs and about 87 percent of the doctoral degree programs in the United States. Also, a recent follow-up survey of a sample of 1979-80 test takers (Baird, 1982) found that 61 percent were attending graduate school in the intended field in the year following testing (68 percent were attending a graduate or professional school of some type) and that 58 percent of those attending were attending full time (Table 6, p. 16). Probably most of the 1980-81 test takers were planning to apply to or were already enrolled in a program that requires or recommends GRE test results. We do not know how many of them actually attended graduate school or whether they studied full or part time, but Baird's results suggest some reasonable estimates.
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Age groups were defined to be consistent with the earlier study of GRE test performance in relation to age (Hartle et al., 1983): 22 or younger (the traditional age of college .
graduation); 23-29; and 30 or older (the "older students"). In addition, because of the larger number of older test takers in 1980-81, this report includes separate tabulations for those age 30-39 and 40 or more. The report also examines the performance and characteristics of test takers 9-15 years beyond completion of the bachelor's degree and 16 or more years beyond the bachelor's degree. These last two groups are subsets of the older test-taker groups and are of particular interest because they provide an opportunity to examine the performance and characteristics of men and women who are returning to university settings after a number of years in other activities. For example, test takers 9-15 years beyond the baccalaureate make up only 47 percent of the group age 30-39 and must consist mostly of those who completed their undergraduate degrees at age 21 or 22 and are now reentering academe. In contrast, most of the others in this age group have completed their bachelor's degrees more recently, suggesting that they started late or interrupted their academic careers or took longer than the usual four years to complete the undergraduate degree. Similarly, only half of those age 40 or more are 16 or more years beyond the bachelor's degree; the others in this group have completed their undergraduate degrees more recently. Other differences in these two ways of defining "older" students, by age or by years since the baccalaureate, will be indicated when discussing the research results.
A cross tabulation of age and years since receiving the bachelor's degree may be found in Table 1. A comparison of these results with a similar cross tabulation of 1975-76 test takers (Hartle et al, 1983, Table 2, p. 5) indicates that the proportions of each age group earning the bachelor's degree at various points in time are quite stable, but the 1980-81 population has a substantially smaller number of test takers age 22 or less and larger number of test takers age 30 or more.
GRE Verbal and Quantitative Scores by Age Groups -____--- -----
The earlier study of GRE scores in relation to age (Hartle et al., 1983) found that the average verbal and quantitative scores of older test takers were somewhat lower than the average scores of traditionally aged college graduates, but that the differences in verbal scores were explained in large part by differences in the fields of study planned by those in the younger and older groups. Thus, when the scores of younger and older test takers planning graduate study in the same
Table 1
Age and Years Since the Bachelor's Degreea
Age
Within one year
% % N Cal. Row
22 or less 75,489 67
98
23-29 29,352 49,714 458 26 80 02
37 62 01
30 or more 7,836 10,859 22,505 07 18 98
19 26 55
Total Response 112,677 62,073 22,963 100 100 100
57 31 12
Bachelor's Degree
2-8 years earlier
% % N Cal. Row
1,500 02
02
More than 8 years earlier
% % N Cal, Row
Total response
% % N Cal. Row
0 0
0
76,989 39
79,524 40
41,200 21
192,713 100
100 L+ I
100
100
100
aTest takers who failed to answer the age or degree date questions are omitted from the table. The population is 203,131 men and women who took the GRE General Test at one of six regularly scheduled national administrations during 1980-81 and who responded to one or more background questions.
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fields were compared, the average verbal score of the older group usually was about the same as the average verbal score of the younger group. This was not true for the average scores of the age groups on the quantitative measure; mean GRE quantitative scores were lower for older test takers in every field, and the size of the difference between the younger and older group mean quantitative scores tended to increase with increasing age of the group. Because of these earlier findings, the analyses for this report were conducted separately for each of the 11 major areas of academic study that are used in other reports of GRE scores (e.g., Goodison, 1982). The specific fields included in each academic area are listed in Appendix B. The pattern of GRE verbal and quantitative scores across age groups was examined separately within each curricular area. The results of these analyses are presented in Table 2. The mean verbal and quantitative scores across age groups for four major clusters of fields (humanities, social sciences, biological sciences, and physical sciences) also are presented in graphic form in Figures 1 through 4 for easier interpretation.
An examination of Table 2 and Figures 1 through 4 indicates that the mean verbal scores of test takers planning graduate study in the humanities are about the same in each of the four age groups, are higher for older test takers planning graduate study in the social sciences, remain about the same across age groups for test takers planning to study in the biosciences and health fields, and are somewhat lower for older test takers planning graduate study in applied biology, engineering, or physical science fields. It should be noted that these latter fields in the physical and applied biological science areas account for a very small percentage of the older test takers --about 11 percent of those age 30-39 and only about 5 percent of those age 40 or more.
The patterns of mean quantitative scores across the curricular areas present a different picture. Though the levels of mean quantitative scores vary considerably--much higher in the physical and biological sciences than in the humanities and social sciences--in each group, there is a clear trend toward lower scores in the older age groups.
Table 2 and Figures 1 through 4 also include the mean verbal and quantitative scores of test takers 9-15 years and 16 or more years beyond the bachelor's degree. In many cases, the mean verbal scores of the men and women who finished their undergraduate studies more than 16 years earlier are the highest of any age group. In general, both the mean verbal and mean quantitative scores of these groups parallel the within- field scores of men and women age 30-39 and 40 or more but at a
Table 2
Mean GRB Scores by Intended Graduate Major Area, Age, and Years Since Degreea
Years Since Age Baccalaureate
Total 22 or 23-29 30-39 40 or 9-15 16 or N less more more
Number of Respondents 203,131 77,837 81,209 32,403 9,887 16,253 6,939 % of Row 100 39 40 16 5 8 4
% of Col. N 3 3 GRE-V 493 496 GRE-Q 481 502
3 2 490 505 478 452
9 8 525 540 511 485
2 490 414
2 508 455
% of Col. N 9 9 GRE-V 530 532 GRE-Q 509 525
8 8 529 561 427 502
2 513 428
7 558 456
% of Col. N 16 8 16 29 37 37 GRE-V 448 436 436 468 464 477 GRE-Q 449 471 450 449 409 461
44 487 + 430
% of Col. N 11 10 11 12 13 12 12 GRE-V 481 474 476 503 500 525 537 GRE-Q 482 . 494 483 473 434 490 462
% of Col. N 17 18 16 15 14 13 11 GRE-V 506 509 499 515 521 541 557 GRE-Q 511 526 510 489 444 510 478
% of Col. N 6 8 6 3 1 2 1 GRE-V 508 514 500 506 505 516 537 GRE-Q 569 584 559 528 495 541 515
% of Col. N 9 7 10 10 9 8 8 GRE-V 484 479 481 504 484 518 520 GRE-Q 504 533 505 481 420 499 451
I. Humanitiesb
A. Arts
B. Other Humanities
II. Social Sciences
A. Education
B. Other Social Sciences
c. Behavioral Sciences
III. Biological Sciences
A. Biosciences
B. Health Sciences
(cont.)
Table 2 (cont.)
Mean GRE Scores by Intended Graduate Major Area, Age, and Years Since Degree
Years Since
Total Age Baccalaureate
22 or 23-29 30-39 40 or 9-15 16 or N less more more
Number of Respondents % of Row
III. c. Other Applied Biological Science
IV. Physical Sciences
A. Engineering
B. Mathematical Sciences
c. Physical Sciences
v. Not in Above
VI. Undecided
VII. No Response
% of Col. N 3 4 3 2 1 2 2 GRE-V 470 479 468 441 454 461 456 GRE-Q 541 563 532 490 435 498 440
% of Col. N 6 8 7 4 1 3 1 GRE-V 449 484 419 425 453 442 469 GRE-Q 655 679 640 626 593 651 632
% of Col. N 4 4 4 3 2 3 GRE-V 484 513 455 487 512 502 GRE-Q 649 671 637 631 609 644
2 548 + 647
% of Col. N 4 6 4 2 1 1 1 GRE-V 511 530 483 494 493 477 500 GRE-Q 628 646 605 600 575 604 607
% of Col. N 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 GRE-V 466 460 465 485 464 498 498 GRE-Q 492 498 496 493 422 507 456
% of Col. N 8 11 7 5 6 GRE-V 484 497 469 484 471 GRE-Q 519 541 509 478 420
% of Col. N 2 2 2 2 3 GRE-V 480 503 468 475 468 GRE-Q 522 554 526 485 426
5 507 493
1 494 492
4 517 460
2 111 462
203,131 77,837 81,209 32,403 9,887 16,253 6,939 100 39 40 16 5 8 4
(cont.)
Table 2 (cont.)
Mean GRE Scores by Intended Graduate Major Area, Age, and Years Since Degree
Years Since Age Baccalaureate
Total 22 or 23-29 30-39 40 or 9-15 16 or N less more more
VIII. Total
Men
Women
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Number of Respondents 203,131 77,837 81,209 32,403 9,887 16,253 6,939 % of Row 100 39 40 16 5 8 4
% of Col. N 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 GRE-V 485 496 474 491 486 504 512 GRE-Q 520 550 517 485 430 496 456
% of Col. N 46 44 50 44 30 42 30 GRE-V 484 505 470 477 474 497 504 GRE-Q 563 602 555 520 473 536 505
% of Col. N 54 56 50 55 69 58 70 GRE-V 486 488 478 503 490 509 516 GRE-Q 484 510 479 458 410 467 435
aBased on GRE test takers, September 1980 to June 1981, who completed the GRE General Test and the background questionnaire.
b Disciplines includedineachareaare identified in Appendix B. Mean test scores by age groups for each discipline may be found in Appendix C.
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700
650
600
E s 550 VJ
450
Figure 1
Humanities Fields:
Mean Test Scores by Age and Years
Since Baccalaureate
\ Other Hum.-V
Other Hum-V Other Hum-Qb,
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Arts-Q O, Arts-V a
\ \
\ \
\ \ ‘A
\ \ \ \
\ \ \
\ \ 'A
\ A
Arts-V
Other Hum.-Q
Arts-Q
22 or less
40 or 16 or 23-29 30-39 more 9-15 more
Age Years Beyond Baccalaureate
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Figure 2
Social Science Fields:
Mean Test Scores by Age and Years
Since Baccalaureate
700
650
I 600
E s 550 cn u m
z fii 8 500
450
Brl. Sci-Q A.__ l LI
--. +----+*..- Brl. Sci-V +_____.__ -.
A. Other Sot. "_-_-- _ _, ""L h //' l
SC&.-Q 1-N__ ,,#W" /--
Other SOL ---A =A
Sci.-V F-------- Educ-Q 'u,
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,' * JF cl 4 \ ‘4. *” ‘\.,A_ _ .g-; _ _ p
\ 1 1 \
\ _J’ ,w \ \ ‘A
--.--WY \ \ Educ-V- \ <A
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400 1
22 or less 23-29 30-39
40 or more
Brl. Sci-V _- .*
Other Sot. . _ I _- 4 Sci.-V
a”“-- --
*\ \
\
a, ’ \ >/ Educ.-V
N. 'A Brl Sci-Q \ \
4 'P Other Sot. \
\ Sci.-Q \ \
\ \
'4Educ.-Q
9-15 16 or more
Age Years Beyond Baccalaureate
Figure 3
Biological Sciences Fields:
Mean Test Scores b.y Age and Years
Since Baccalaureate
Biosci-Q A, \
Appliedp Bio-Q 1 .A \
\ \ ‘.
Health4 \ \
Sci-Q 1, '~ A \
\
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Biosci
Health S
Applied B
\ 4
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Biosci-Q
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\ 'AHealth \
s,g Sci-Q Applied
Biol-Q
22 or less
40 or 16 or 23-29 30-39 more 9-15 more
Age Years Beyond Baccalaureate
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Figure 4
Physical Science Fields:
Mean Test Scores by Age and Years
Since Baccalaureate
Engin-Q 4. Math-Q A,~
Phys Sci-Qb,\
Phys Sci-Vq,%
Math-V+ I_ \
1
Engin-V
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r). -
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,A
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22 or less
40 or 23-29 30-39 more
Age
0. A_ I.%.=- -- -6
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/ Physi.
.A"..' . “ a Sci.-V
J//
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16 or 9-15 more
Years Beyond Baccalaureate
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slightly higher level. This finding is consistent with the status of t hese groups as high1 Y self- selected adults who are returning t o further s tud y seve ra .1 yea .rs after completing their undergraduate degrees.
The relatively higher average test scores of test takers 9-15 and 16 or more years beyond the bachelor's degree raise interesting questions about the most appropriate way to define "older" graduate students. These groups are quite different from those of the same ages who have completed undergraduate degrees more recently. For example, findings not shown in Table 2 indicate that the group 16 or more years beyond the baccalaureate are almost all people in their late 30's and beyond who completed their college degrees "on schedule" in 1965 or earlier. Seventy percent of them are women, suggesting that many are returning to graduate study after time out for homemaking and child rearing. More of them attended private than public undergraduate institutions when compared to the group 40 years of age or older (41% vs. 33%); more of them have already attended graduate school (60% vs. 49%); more of them indicated a Ph.D. degree objective (52% vs. 45% for the men, 32% vs. 29% for the women); more of them grew up in homes with mothers and fathers who had college educations; fewer of them are members of minority groups (89% vs 86% white.) In short, classifiction by years since the bachelor's degree results in groups of students who completed college at the traditional age and are"returning" to graduate study, while classification by age results in a greater variety of personal backgrounds and educational experiences.
Test takers age 30 or more make up very different proportio of potential graduate students in the various fields. They are most heavily represented in education, where 58 percent of all prospective graduate students in this sample are 30 years of age or older and 28 percent are 40 or more. The next largest representations are in other humanities with 40 percent age 30
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or more and 10 percent 40 or more and the behavioral sciences with 35 percent age 30 or more and 8 percent 40 or more. The smallest representations of older applicants are in the physical sciences (15 percent age 30 or more) and engineering (17 percent ages 30 or more). In all other major curricular areas, at least 20 percent of the potential students were 30 years of age or more.
Figure 5 diagrams the mean verbal and quantitative scores of men and women by age groups across all curricular areas. (The data for Figure 5 may be found at the end of Table 2.) The mean verbal scores of women age 30 or more are higher than the verbal scores of women age 22 or less; the mean verbal scores of the older age groups of men are slightly lower than
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Figure 5
GRE Scores by Age and Sex
1980-1981
Men-Q&
\ \ \
‘A
22 or less 23-29 30-39
40 or more
Age
16 or 9-15 more
Years Beyond Baccalaureate
Women-Q
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the mean verbal score of the youngest group, but even for the men, the mean verbal scores of returning students (e.g., those at least nine years beyond the baccalaureate degree) are at about the same level as the mean score of the youngest group. Mean quantitative scores are lower by about the same amount from one age group to another for both women and men.
The standard deviations of the verbal and quantitative scores by age groups are omitted from Table 2 because they showed very little variation from group to group. The total group verbal score standard deviation was 122; the total group quantitative score standard deviation was 132. In general, the standard deviations are somewhat larger for men than for women (cf., low 130s for men, 110s to 120s for women) but are substantially the same within sex across age groups.
Readers interested in the mean verbal and quantitative scores of test takers planning graduate study in specific disciplines can find these data by age group and sex in Appendix C.
In summary, though there are some fluctuations in mean verbal scores across age groups within curricular areas, the patterns of scores in the 1980-81 data strengthen the tentative finding from 1975-76 data. That is, over all test takers planning graduate study in a particular field, the average GRE verbal score of older students tended to be as high as or higher than the average GRE verbal score of traditional-aged students planning to enter the same field directly from college. Undergraduates who complete the bachelor's degree at older ages may tend to score somewhat lower, and the highly self-selected persons returning to study after several years away from academe tend to score higher than average on the verbal measure. In general, however, the conclusion is one of consistency across age groups and across number of years since the bachelor's degree for the GRE verbal measure.
The picture for the quantitative measure is similarly consistent, but different in that the mean scores are progressively lower at each advancing age level. The overall difference between those age 22 or less and those age 40 or more is about 120 points or one standard deviation, and the difference is slightly larger for men than for women. The average quantitative scores of older test takers planning to study in the physical sciences are much higher than for candi- dates in any other curricular area, but even in these fields the average score for the oldest group is about 70 points below the average score for the youngest group.
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Characteristics of GRE Test Takers by Age Group -_ --
Marked differences in the backgrounds and interests of GRE test takers at different age levels are to be expected. Most of the youngest group, those age 22 or less, are completing or have completed their undergraduate studies at the traditional time and are making major career decisions about graduate study or work. They made up 39 percent of the test takers in 1980-81 (see Table 2). Many of the best students in undergraduate programs probably are in this group, encouraged by their professors and families to proceed directly to graduate or professional study. The most popular area of study is in the behavioral sciences. Students in the sciences, particularly, tend to continue graduate study immediately after completing the undergraduate degree, and this is reflected in the smaller proportions of older test takers who indicated an intended graduate major in the biological or physical sciences, as reported in Table 2.
Test takers age 23-29 made up 40 percent of the 1980-81 total. About a third of this group are just finishing college; others are returning within eight years of completing their undergraduate studies (see Table 3). They continue to be spread over a wide variety of fields, with the largest number in education and the behavioral sciences--l6 percent each (see Table 2). Work on master's degrees directly related to professional preparation or to upgrading job skills probably accounts for a large proportion of this group.
The two older groups, age 30 to 39 (16% of the total number) and 40 or more (5% of the total), are concentrated very heavily in the social sciences, with 56 percent of those in their 30's and 2 out of 3 of those 40 or more planning study in education or another social science field. Many of these test takers are probably changing careers, or are returning to graduate study after several years away from academe in order to return to the job market.
Selected characteristics of 1980-81 GRE test takers in each of the four age groups, as indicated by their responses to the background questions that accompanied registration for the GRE General Test, are reported in Table 3. Almost all of those age 22 or less had received the bachelor's degree within one year of testing or were still undergraduates (about 5% of this group). Two out of three of those age 23-29 completed their bachelor's degrees two to eight years prior to testing; the remainder of this age group (37%) completed their undergraduate degrees within the last year, suggesting that they started college as adults or took longer than four or five years to complete
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Table 3
Characteristics of GRE Test Takers by Age Groups
Age 22 or 40 or less 23-29 30-39 more
Number of casesa
Mean year of receipt of bachelor's degree
Mean age
with bachelor's degree: within one year 2-8 years earlier 9-15 years earlier 16 or more years earlier
from public undergraduate institutions
who are female
who identified themselves as: American Indian Black Mexican American Oriental Puerto Rican Other Hispanic White Other
with degree objective Ph.D. or beyond
with no previous graduate study
with a master's degree, not currently enrolled
% currently enrolled in graduate study
% with A or A- grades in undergraduate major
% who would prefer to attend graduate school in the South or West
76,989 79,524 31,580
1981 1978 1973
22 26 34
9,620
1967
47
98% 37% 18% 21% 2 63 29 19 0 1 47 10 0 0 7 50
57 72 72 66
56 50 55 69
0.4 0.7 1.0 0.6 6.0 6.2 7.2 8.0 0.8 1.5 1.8 1.5 2.2 1.5 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.9
87.2 86.2 85.6 85.8 1.8 2.3 2.0 1.4
40 34 38
96 73 53
1
4
51
44
9 21
21 27
41 38
56 62
34
51
22
30
41
68
aThe reported number is those who answered the "age" and "years since bachelor's degree" questions and who took the GRE General Test between September 1980 and June 1981.
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their degrees. The oldest two groups of test takers, those 30-39 and 40 or more, also represent a mixture of individuals who were late in completing their undergraduate degrees (about 40%) and those who are returning to graduate study nine years or more after completing the bachelor's degree (55% to 60%).
Most of the test takers in each age group received their undergraduate degrees from public institutions; private institu- tions were represented most frequently in the youngest and oldest age groups. Half or more of the test takers in each group were women, increasing to almost 7 women out of 10 in the group age 40 or more. It seems likely that the high proportion of women in the 40 and over group reflects the tendency for many women to return to study and employment after their children are grown.
There is some tendency for the older age groups to include larger percentages of persons who identify themselves as racial or ethnic minorities but, as indicated in Table 3, most of the test takers in each group (85% to 87%) were white.
More than 1 in 3 test takers in each age group indicated that their eventual graduate degree objective was the doctorate or beyond. The differences reported in Table 3 largely reflect differences in the sex compositions of the groups (data not tabled), with generally 45 percent of the men and 30 to 34 percent of the women aspiring to the doctorate. Only the group age 23-29 varied from this pattern, with somewhat lower levels of 40 percent of the men and 28 percent of the women in this group indicating interest in doctoral study.
About half of the test takers 30 years of age or older had already attended graduate school half time or more. About 1 in 5 of these older test takers said that they had already completed a master's degree; about 3 in 10 were currently enrolled in the first or second year of graduate study. In the older age groups, more men than women had attended graduate school half time or more (54% vs. 46%).
The undergraduate grades of older test takers were somewhat lower than the undergraduate grades of those age 22 or less, as indicated by smaller percentages reporting A or A- grades in courses in their undergraduate major fields. Men and women age 22 or less reported A or A- grades in about the same proportions (51%). In the other three groups, women reported higher grades than men, with about 34 percent of the men reporting A or A- grades and 44 percent of the women reporting major field grades at this level. The higher grades of younger test takers may reflect the national trend toward grade inflation, with lower grade averages characteristic of graduates in earlier years.
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Test takers were asked to indicate the geographic region in which they would prefer to attend graduate school. About 33 percent of those in the youngest group selected the Northeast or East, while about 44 percent selected the South or West. For those 30 years of age or more, the percentage interested in the Northeast or East was lower (about 17 percent), while more than 60 percent said they would prefer graduate study in the South or West. There is no way to know from the data whether these preferences reflect current residency, migration plans, or wishful thinking. They do suggest, however, that universities in the South and West may have proportionately more applications for admission from older and returning students.
A comparison of the intended graduate major areas by age in 1980-81 (Table 2) with similar tabulations for 1975-76 (Hartle et al., 1983, p. 13) indicates that more than 1 out of 3 of the 1980-81 older groups anticipated graduate study in education and that at least 40 percent of those nine years or more beyond the bachelor's degree were in this field, compared to 29 percent of those age 30 or more in 1975-76. Across all age groups, the distributions of intended major areas were about the same in 1980-81 and 1975-76 in the arts, other humanities, other social sciences, and physical science. The percentages of test takers planning graduate study in the behavioral sciences were lower in 1980-81 than in 1975-76 for all age groups (down from 24% to 18% among those 22 or less and from 24% to 15% among those 30 or more). The anticipated enrollments in biological sciences also were down slightly at each age level, though the anticipated enrollments were up by one or two percentage points in the other science areas of health, applied biology, engineering, and the mathematical sciences.
In summary, as in 1975-76, most of the older test takers in 1980-81 planned to study in education, other social or behavioral sciences, or health fields (about 70% of those 30 or more compared to about 42% of those 22 or less) while the sciences attract mostly younger students (about 30% of those 22 or less vs. 12% of those 30 or more). Many of the older test takers had already completed some graduate study; on the other hand, the number of years since most recent enrollment almost certainly is higher for this group. The undergraduate grades of the older groups tended to be lower, probably due in large part to a national trend toward higher undergraduate grading scales in recent years. And 2 out of 3 of the older test takers said they would prefer to study in the southern or western regions of the country, compared to only 44 percent of the traditionally aged college graduates. These responses suggest that older graduate students differ from younger graduate students in a number of ways, even though average verbal scores are very similar across age groups.
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The next section examines data from the GRE Validity Study Service files concerning the relationship of GRE scores and undergraduate grades to first-year graduate school performance for persons of different ages.
Relationship of Test Scores to First-Year Graduate Grade Averages
A search of the GRE Validity Study Service files located 170 departmental samples that included data on (a) GRE verbal and quantitative scores, (b) undergraduate grade-point averages, (c) first-year graduate grade averages, and (d) the ages of test takers at the time of first enrollment in the graduate program. Eight clusters of departmental samples were then defined according to similarity of fields; these clusters gnd the fields included in each of them are listed in Table 4. Frequency distributions of the ages of students at the time of enrollment in the programs in each cluster indicated that reasonable age groupings would be age 24 or younger (ranging from 25% in the medical biological sciences to 79% in the academic physical sciences), ages 25-29 (ranging from 44% in the medical biological sciences to 18% in the academic physical sciences), ages 30-34 (ranging from 18% in the professional physical sciences to 3% in the academic physical sciences), and age 35 or older (only sufficient for use in the humanities, academic social sciences, professional social sciences, and medical biological sciences, where the proportions of students age 35 or older ranged from 17% to 7%). In addition, four individual disciplines were identified for analysis, each including from 8 percent to 19 percent of students age 35 or older at the time of first enrollment--English, psychology, education, and nursing.
The first step in the data analysis was to convert the test scores and grades within each departmental sample to standard scores with means of 50 and standard deviations of 10.
2 The clusters were formed by expert judgment, taking into account likely differences between academic and professional emphases in the traditional categories of humanities, social and behavioral sciences, biological sciences, and physical and mathematical sciences. However, it is interesting to note that the clusters are very similar to those proposed by Biglan (1973), who classified academic departments along the dimensions of hard/ soft, pure/applied, and life/nonlife systems. See Muffo and Langston (1981) for a recent discussion of differences between departments clustered according to Biglan's dimensions.
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Table 4
Graduate Department Groupings from GRE Validity Study Service
Cluster GRE Department Number of
Dept. Code Name Departments
1. Humanities
2. Academic Social Sciences
3. Professional Social Sciences
4. Academic Biological Sciences
5. Medical 43 Nursing 7‘ Biological 47 Pharmacy 1 ', 9 Sciences 48 Physical Therapy 1)
6. Mathematical Sciences
54 Applied Math 72 Mathematics 78 Computer Science 84 Economics
2\ 6 7
11 /' 1 26
7. Academic Physical Sciences
8. Professional Physical Sciences
04 Linguistics 14 English 20 Philosophy 86 History
81 Anthropology 92 Political Science 93 Psychology 96 Sociology
09 Ed. Psychology 85 Education 90 Library Sciences 94 Public Administration 95 Social Work 99 Guidance and Counseling
35 Biology 37 Botany 39 Entomology 52 Zoology
62 Chemistry 76 Physics
12 65 66 67 69
Architecture Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering Industrial Engineering Other Engineering
1"
IL6 2 \ 26 7 a
2
2; .I ) 36 3)
2 “1 3 I 1 ;L 8
2)
2'
1 3 1 8 1 1
TOTAL DEPTS. 170
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This standardization of data within departments allowed the data to be combined across all departments within each cluster even though individual departments had different standards of admission or of grading. The larger pool of data was then used to address the question of whether or not the predictors (test scores and undergraduate grades) and the criterion (first-year graduate school grades) were related in similar ways for the different age groups.
Consistent with the performance of GRE test takers reported earlier, the mean GRE verbal scores of the older students (30 and over) across all 170 departments were slightly higher than the verbal scores of the younger groups, while the mean quanti- tative scores averaged slightly lower for the older age groups. Undergraduate grade averages were lower in the older groups with a range of standard scores from 51.35 to 46.88 across age groups for all 170 departments. There were very slight differ- ences in the first-year graduate school grade averages in the different age groups across all 170 departments, with the highest grades earned by those age 25-29 (standard score of 50.67) and the lowest grades by those age 24 or less (standard score of 49.57). The small differences in graduate grade averages in part reflect the very narrow range of graduate school grades for almost all enrollees. For example, the 143 departments in this study that reported first-year grades on a scale from 1.0 to 4.0 had a median grade average of 3.5, and 141 of the 143 individual department averages were between 3.0 and 3.9. Though widely used because of convenience, grade averages with so little variation do not provide a very sensitive or reliable criterion for studies of the prediction of academic performance.
Table 5 presents findings for each of the four disciplines and eight field clusters: the number of departments included in each analysis, the total number of pooled first-year students in each group, the age groups with the number of students at each age level, and correlations of each of the predictors with first-year graduate school grades within each age group. Because they are based on a large number of cases, most of the correlations may be assumed to be reliably estimated. On the other hand, the relatively small number of cases for some of the older groups suggest that some of the correlations for these groups may be relatively unstable estimates. Also, the reader should note that there were not enough students age 35 or more to include this age group in the analyses for the field clusters academic biological science (4), mathematics (6), academic physical science (7), and professional physical science (8).
Correlation of Individual and Combined Predictors with First-Year Graduate Grade Average by Field and Age Group
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Table 5
Field No. of Total Age Correlations of FYA with:a Depts. N Group N UGPA GRE-V GRE-Q V+Q U+V+Q
English
(also in cluster 1)
P6ychology (also in cluster 2)
Education (also in cluster 3)
Nursing (also in cluster 5)
Field Clustersd
1. Bmanities
2. Academic Social Science
3. Professional Social Science
4. Academic Biological Science
5. Medical Biological Science
6. Mathematical Science
7. Academic Physical Science
a. Professional Physical Science
Totals for all departments
16
26
15
7
26
36
33
8
9
26
24
8
170
449
990
1106
350
721
1265
1882
219
419
695
751
500
6452
LEb 24 243 28 21 27 29 36 25-29 117 27 27 05 20 31 30-34 53 11 34 02 22 22 GE= 35 56 22 43 16 34 41
LE 24 451 23 20 21 23 31 25-29 290 29 20 20 24 34 30-34 146 22 13 16 17 26 GE 35 103 09 19 12 19 20
LE 24 352 32 31 28 33 41 25-29 352 27 15 18 20 28 30-34 228 18 16 01 10 19 GE 35 174 09 33 20 30 28
LE 24 68 56 33 14 27 45 25-29 159 36 31 42 42 49 30-34 55 21 20 16 21 27 GE 35 68 30 24 11 22 34
LE 24 396 33 27 26 32 39 25-29 193 28 22 12 21 32 30-34 79 15 28 05 20 23 GE 35 53 24 35 21 34 39
LE 24 602 23 23 22 26 33 25-29 361 29 23 21 26 35 30-34 181 23 22 20 24 31 GE 35 121 07 21 10 18 19
LE 24 716 33 34 27 35 43 25-29 584 28 19 21 23 32 30-34 317 21 21 06 16 25 GE 35 265 08 30 17 27 26
LE 24 139 27 16 20 24 33 25-29 61 14 25 36 39 37 GE 30 19 31 36 21 32 40
LE 24 106 52 26 23 25-29 184 36 28 36 30-34 59 19 25 19 GE 35 70 28 25 18
LE 24 454 28 12 24 25-29 174 37 01 31 GE 30 67 19 25 24
30 47 27 46 26 29 26 36
23 32 20 34 33 38
LE 24 590 32 04 23 17 29 25-29 135 32 16 07 16 29 GE 30 26 -08 -10 39 15 08
LE 24 229 23 21 36 35 39 25-29 161 31 15 35 31 39 GE 30 110 28 23 43 40 45
LE 24 3232 30 21 25 28 36 25-29 1853 30 18 23 25 35 30-34 805 21 22 15 22 29 GE 35 562 13 27 18 26 28
aDecimal points have been omitted
bLess than or equal to %reater than or equal to
d See list of fields in each field cluster in Table 4.
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Looking first at the correlations between each of the individual predictors and first-year graduate school grades, the data in Table 5 indicate that the relationship for each set of variables in every discipline or field cluster and every age group generally is positive. The correlations between first-year grades and both GRE verbal and quantitative scores average around .20 in all of the fields and age groups, with fluctuations that do not appear to show any consistent relationship to age. The correlations between undergraduate grades and first-year average do, however, show a consistent pattern in relation to age, with higher correlations for the younger age groups in almost every field. Whether because of grade inflation, recency of study, or other reasons, the data suggest that undergraduate grades are not as useful in predicting the graduate school performance of older applicants as in predicting the performance of younger students coming directly from undergraduate study. These results are consistent with earlier reserch on older college applicants (American College Testing Program, 1973.)
Regressions were computed to obtain the best linear combination of the verbal and quantitative scores and of test scores plus undergraduate grades for each of the four disciplines and eight field clusters in Table 5. For the two test scores as predictors, the median multiple R with first-year average was .28 with a range from .20 to .38 across the 12 groups. The best fitting combination of three predictors produced a median multiple R of .35 with a range from .31 to .43. These validity coefficients, based on group sizes ranging from 219 to 1,882, probably are quite stable and are consistent with GRE validities reported by Wilson (1982) and Burton and Turner (1983). However, in estimating separate validity coefficients for the various age groups, the numbers are much smaller and the estimated beta weights correspondingly less stable. Therefore, the more stable but also more conservative method of giving each predictor an equal weight in combinations of two or three predictors was used for the data presented in the last two columns of Table 5. (See Wainer, 1976 and 1978, for a discussion of the relative merits of best fitting linear weights vs. unit weights in regression analyses.) In some cases, these equally weighted linear composites resulted in a correlation with the criterion that is slightly lower than the highest zero-order predictor-criterion correlation that is reported in the first three columns of correlations in Table 5. Since the largest zero-order predictor-criterion correlation should set the lower limit for the optimal combination of predictor variables, these results suggest that the individual predictors may be more useful than combinations of predictors in making admission decisions for graduate students of various ages.
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The predictor-criterion relationships for each age group across the eight field clusters in Table 5 are presented graphically in Figure 6. The relationship between verbal scores and first-year average (upper left of Figure 6) is about the same in each age group, especially in the humanities and the social sciences; almost all of the correlations that are below .20 are in the physical sciences. Similarly, the relationship between quantitative scores and first-year average (upper right) is about the same for each age group, particularly when one notes that there are no groups age 35 or more in four science fields that attach particular importance to quantitative scores and that all of the correlations above .30 are in science departments.
As noted earlier, there is a declining relationship between undergraduate grades and first-year average across age groups (lower left of Figure 6). Finally, in the lower right, the equal combination of three variables to predict first-year average works slightly less well for the older two age groups relative to the younger two age groups, probably because of the declining utility of undergraduate grades. Basically, however, the diagrams support the general conclusion that there are no sizable differences in the coefficients of predictive validity for the GRE General Test scores of persons who begin graduate study at various ages.
An additional question might be asked about GRE test scores and undergraduate grades in relation to first-year graduate grade averages. Though the level of predictability is about the same for the different age groups, are the predicted first-year grade averages equally accurate, or are the grades of some age groups more or less likely to be overpredicted or underpredicted? Given the similarity of the validity coefficients and the restricted range of the first-year grades as the criterion, it did not seem likely that significant differences would be found. However, an exploratory analysis was carried out using the 1,106 first-year graduate students in education. In this analysis the first-year graduate grade average was predicted from the verbal and quantitative scores and undergraduate grades with beta weights and with unit weights. The regression equation for the total group was then applied separately to each of the four age groups, and the standardized predicted grade averages were compared to the standardized earned grade averages. The results of the analysis are presented in Table 6. The obtained first-year grades of the older students were underpredicted slightly, due largely to the fact that their undergraduate grades were lower but their first-year graduate school grades were slightly higher than the same measures for the younger groups. Based on the mean levels of the various
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Figure 6
Summary of Correlations of Predictors with First-Year Graduate School Grades in
Eight Academic Clusters of Departments, by Student Age at Entrance
GRE-V with FYA GRE-Q with FYA Age Groups
~24 25-29 30-34 >35 - Correlations
0
00 00
00 00
0 000
0
0 0
0
000
000
0
Age Groups ~24 25-29 30-34 >35 -
.50 - l 54
.45 - .49
.40 - .44
.35 - .39
. 30 - .34
.25 - .29
.20 - .24
.15 - .19
.lO - .14
.05 - .09
.oo - .04
-.05 - .Ol
-.lO - .06
0
00
00000
000
0
00
0
0
0
00
0
Undergraduate GPA with FYA Age Groups
~24 25-29 30-34 >35
V + Q + U with FYA Age Groups
~24 25-29 30-34 >35 -
0
000
00
00
00
00
000
0
0
0
00
000
0
- - --
.50 - .54
.45 - .49
.40 - .44
.35 - .39
. 30 - .34
0 .25 - .29
0 ,20 - .24
.15 - .19
.lO - .14
00 .05 - .09
.oo - .04
-.05 - .Ol
0 0
0
00 0000
000 00
0 0
0
0
0
0
00
0
0
00
0
0
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Table 6
Predicted vs. Observed First-Year Graduate Grade Averages
by Age Groups in 15 Departments of Education (N=1,106)
Age Groups
(+I 6) Correlation of Over- or under-prediction predicted FYA FYA (in (in S.D. units)
using beta weights standard beta unit N and unit weights score units) weights weights
< 24 352 .98 48.92 +.18 +.18 -
25-29 352 .97 50.36 +.07 +.08
30-34 228 .96 50.68 -.25 -.22
> 35 174 .98 50.63 -.15 -.21 -
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variables, it seems likely that frequently the graduate school performance of older applicants is slightly underpredicted from a combination of test scores and undergraduate grades, but these results for 15 education departments do not suggest that the variation across age groups is very great. Predicted and observed grades were not compared for other disciplines or field clusters in this study.
Summary and Conclusions
Having examined the graduate study plans and test scores of about 200,000 GRE test takers in each of two years, 1975-76 and 1980-81, what conclusions can we draw that are relevant to the graduate admission of older and returning students? The following points summarize the results of the study:
1. The number of GRE test takers age 30 or older has increased (from 15 percent of the total in 1975-76 to 21 percent in 1980-81), accounting for more than 40,000 of the test takers in 1980-81. Though GRE test takers represent only some of the students applying for graduate admission in any given year, the increasing number of older test takers undoubtedly parallels an increasing number of older applicants to graduate education. Questions concerning the admission of older students, and attention to the needs of these students, face almost every graduate school in the nation.
2. Almost 2 out of 3 GRE test takers age 30 or older expect to pursue graduate study in education or another of the social and behavioral sciences; these fields attract about 1 out of 3 graduates age 22 or less. The pattern is reversed in the sciences, with twice the proportion of younger test takers indicating interest in these fields. The overall pattern of graduate study plans appears to be fairly stable; the two years 1975-76 and 1980-81 are very similar in the distribution of fields by age groups. The schools or departments that must deal with the largest number of applicants over 30 years of age include education, psychology, nursing, business, social work, computer science, library science, English, and religious studies.
3. The average GRE verbal score of test takers age 30 or older is about the same as the average verbal score of 20-22 year olds planning graduate study in the same
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field, and the verbal score appears to predict first- year graduate school grades with approximately equal accuracy for both age groups. There is no support for the notion that verbal scores should be interpreted differently when making admission decisions for older applicants. Within a given field of study, GRE verbal scores appear to be similarly useful for applicants regardless of age.
4. The average quantitative score is lower for test takers age 30 or older than for those age 20-22 in almost every field, probably due to a lack of continuing practice in quantitative skills for most American adults. However, an examination of predictive validity indicates that the relationship between quantitative scores and first-year graduate school grades is similar across age groups, especially in the scientific and mathematical fields that are most concerned with the assessment of quantitative ability. These results suggest that the quantitative measure continues to be appropriate for use with older applicants if it is directly relevant to the program of study that will be undertaken and if the applicants have had a reasonable opportunity to maintain quantitative skills in the period of time since previous study.
5. The average self-reported undergraduate grades of graduate applicants age 30 or more are lower than the average undergraduate grades reported by more recent graduates, and there is less relationship between undergraduate and graduate school grades for older than for younger applicants. These results suggest that test scores may be increasingly useful in predicting the graduate school performance of older applicants as the time interval between undergraduate and graduate study increases and the usefulness of the earlier performance record declines. It should be noted, however, that more recent performance records, such as grades in graduate study already completed, were not examined in this study; almost certainly, recent graduate school grades would demonstrate a closer relationship to future performance than do either test scores or undergraduate grades.
6. In general, older students defined by years since the baccalaureate, who completed undergraduate degrees in their early 20s and are now contemplating return to graduate study, average higher verbal and quantitative scores than do those of similar ages who delayed or
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7.
interrupted their undergraduate studies. It is not safe to assume that a candidate will do poorly on the GRE General Test simply because she or he has been away from formal academic study for a number of years.
The grades earned by graduate students are predicted only partially by the traditional admission criteria of test scores and undergraduate grades, regardless of the ages of the graduate students. Other characteristic and experiences of applicants should be considered when making all admissions decisions; it is especially important to consider factors in addition to test scores and undergraduate grades when deciding upon the admission of an older applicant who is returning to graduate study after several years away from academe.
The studies in both 1975-76 and 1980-81 indicate a great deal of self-selection among the men and women who choose to undertake graduate study in their 30s or 40s or beyond as well as among those who return after many years away from the activities and pressures of academic study. Many are in occupations that place a high premium on higher education, such as teaching, professional fields, and administrative management. For the most part, they have more flexibility in making the decision of whether or not to continue studying than do young people without work experience, and they are less likely to continue in academe unless they find the experience enjoyable and rewarding. Also, they have more maturity and experience to apply in selecting a graduate program that is appropriate to their needs and abilities, including the selection of a program that will make academic demands consistent with their readiness and motivation to perform.
Sometimes both candidates and graduate programs wonder whether it is appropriate to ask prospective returning students to take the GRE General Test when several years have elapsed since the candidates completed their undergraduate degrees. Recent comments about the GRE test-taking process that were obtained from more than 140 men and women who were repeating the test after the pass ge
!I of nine years or more help shed some
light on this question. Consistent with the data in this report on obtained verbal and quantitative scores for persons of various ages, most of these older test repeaters expected that their new verbal scores would remain about the
3 From a study in progress on factors related to score changes among GRE test repeaters (M. J. Clark & D. Powers) funded by the ETS Program Research Planning Council.
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same or be higher and that their new quantitative scores would be somewhat lower. The following sample of comments on possible reasons for any differences between the earlier and new scores suggest that the older test takers are quite realistic about the process:
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Ten more years have elapsed since I last took any algebra or geometry classes and those skills have deteriorated.
Examinees are bound to do better when taking the test while still involved in undergraduate or graduate work rather than 15 years later, particularly in applications like math that are not used on the job.
I expect to do better because of employment and graduate study experiences.
Maturity and advanced education should account for an increase in scores.
I'm 12 years older, and now I really want to go to graduate school.
It is more important to get higher scores this time so I studied more.
The ability to take tests diminishes significantly with the passage of time. Therefore, test scores are likely to go down after several years away from the "test-taking game" unless one practices. I did not have enough time to practice.
I think that my verbal scores will be higher because of my teaching and graduate work, but my quantitative scores will probably be lower since I have had no math course since 1967 and since I do not routinely use math in my work.
I knew more on this test than I did as an undergraduate, yet I felt I worked slower and comprehended slower.
I might do better due to my graduate work and years of employment plus a great deal of maturity in those 10 years.
Almost all of these GRE test repeaters were taking the test again because a graduate school requested more recent scores, and preliminary analyses suggest that their expectations about
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a score increase or decrease was the best predictor of an actual increase or decrease in their scores. These self-reports of older test takers are quite consistent with the reported GRE test scores by age groups in the earlier sections of this report as well as with the self-selected nature of older applicants to graduate study.
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for the state you consrder your permanent rnrdence. Blacken the spaces for that stdte’s code number.
How do you describe yourself?
(1) knerican Indran, Eskimo, or Aleut (2) BIJc~ or AfroAmersJn or Negro
(3) Mexrcan Amencan or Chrcano
(4) Onental or Asrln Amersan
(5) Puerto Ruan (6) Other Hnprnu or LItin Ametin
1 zze r
Do pu communicrte better in English thJn m any other Len-
8ua8d
(1) Ye (2) No
Glut is your best estrmate of the total student enrollment at
the school from whrch you received or WIII recerve you:
brchelo<s dtgrtcl
(1) Fewer than 1,fXXJ
(2) 1,00@4,999 (3) s,ooo9.999 (4) 10,00@19,999
(5) 2O.OCK or more
Which of the followng best describes your undergraduate
instauuon?
(l) Publu (2) hiVJt- church JfflhJtlCUi
(3) Privrttchurch affrlubon
In whrt calendar year did you recerve or do you expect t0 rCCerve your bachelo<s degreef
(Please blacken the spaces on your regtstratron form
corrapondrng to the last two drgrb of the year.)
Referring to the Major Freld Code List on page 44, fmd
y0ur undergraduate major field of study. Blacken the sprCeS for that fields code number.
* L
* K.
* M.
* N.
0.
P.
Q.
R.
5.
What is your eventort gradurte degree objective?
(1) Nondegree study
(2) Maste(s (MA, MS., M.Ed., etc.) (3) lntermedlate (such ti Specialrst)
(4) Doctorate (Ph.D., Ed.D., etc.)
(5) Posldoctoral study
Referring to the Major field Code Ltst on page 44. find the field rn which you pian to do your graduate work.
Blacken the spaces for that IreId’s code number. If you Jre undecrded, use the followrng code:
00 Undecided
If yw have J second chorce of gradulte major field, enter lb
twodr8rt code number rn the Jpproprrate spaces, followrng the rnstructrons for question K. tf you have no second chocce,
I~JVC thus questron blmk.
Which of the fOLlowin best describes the graduate instituhon
yw most recently #tended 0r currently rttend on It lerst J hlf-time basts?
(1) I have never attended graduate school or have attMdcd graduate school on less than J half-time hsis only.
(2) Publrc (3) Pnvattno church affilutron (4) Privrttchurch Jffrlution
In wht crlendar year did
Jt least a half-term basis? you last Jttend 8raduJte school m
Blacken the spaces on your rcgistratron form correspondrn8
to the last two dlgrts of the year, if you have not attend4
8rJdUate school, use the followin Code.
00 I luve never attended graduate scchool or luve attended on less than a hlf-timebasis only.
fn cwrsf5 in your under8rJduJte major fold only, what
8rade average have you received so far? (If your college does not use letter grades, please mark the letter grade
that IS the closest equivalent to your grade Jverage.)
(1) Dor lower (2) C- (3) C (4) B-
(S) B (6) A- 0 A
Considering only your last two college years, approx- imately whJt overall grade average have you recerved?
(If your college does not use letter grades, please mark
the letter grade that is the closest equivalent to your
grade average.)
(1) Dor IOWCI (2) C- (3) C (4) b
(S) B (6) A- 0 A
Is there any one geographic region in which you would prefer to attend graduate school? (Select one only.)
(1) New England (Connecticut, Maine, Masuchusem, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)
(2) MldAtlantic (Delaware, ~slrict of CotumkJ. Mary land, New Jersey, New York Pennsylvania)
(3) South (Alabama, Arkansas, Flortda, Ctorgia, Ken tucky. Louisiana, Mtssisrippi, North Grolrna, South Grolma, Tennessee, Vrrgrnra, West Vrrginu)
(4) Midwest (Ill&s, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Mrchigm,
MinnesotJ, Mtssouri, Nebraska, North DakotJ,
Ohio, South Dakota, Wtsconsin)
(5) Southwest (ArironJ, Glrfornir, Nevada, New Mex-
ico, Oklahoma, Texas) (6) West (Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana,
Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyommg)
(7) Any region would be rccentablc
About how many hours’per week drd I yw spend work.
ing for wager during your most recent school year?
0) 0 (2) 1-s (3) 6-10 (4) 11.20 (5) More than 20
Ahout how many hours per week drd you spend tn
communrty sefwce Jctrvities dunng your most rment
school yearl
(1) 0 (2) 1-S (3) 610 (4) 11-M (5) More than 20
*Questions on which data in this report are based.
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* u. whrrwm frthtd
die highest Iweld duc8tIon 8tt8lned bv
(1) Did not grrduatt from high school (2) High school trrdurtc
(3) Beyond hah &ool but did not @uatr from 8 four-year
cdlqc
* V. wh8t wu motherz
hi$heu trdd educ8tlon rttained bv W’
(I) ed not graduate from In* scttod
(2) IIlgh school graduate
(3) zban h&h school but did not @uate from 8 four-year
(4) CWiuMt d 8 fWr-v8r cdlqe (5) b’yOUkO;~~e but dbd not WCccIve 8 6raduate or &woks
(6) Cmdu8lc or pdasi04 wrn
* W. W)ur WU rhc 8pproaimJte rvtrr~c rnnurl income of pur family during the time when you wtte n high school?
(1) Las than M,SOO
(2) %.soJ to 615,ooo
(3) SlS,aoo 10 525,alo (4) Mow than S25,ooO
* x Whsh of the following best
Khool you 8tttrl&d?
deacnlm tJw locrtion of the hgh
(r) 18WCtiry (2) suburb of & large city; mnropobtrn 8rC8
(3) Other city or town
(4) farming community or other rural 8rm
State Code List
Depatiment Code List (for Item 13).Major Field Code List (for Questions I and K)
GRE Registration Questions: #r f 6. DATE OF BIRTH 1 -Day!1
*Questions on which data in this report are based.
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Appendix B
Group6 of Disciplines Used in '%ajor Area" Tables
Hum6nltles:
ArtS=Dr6JUtiC Art Other liumanltiee=Archaeology Architecture kl6iC Art History Classical Lang. Pine Arts Comparative Lit. English
Far Eastern Lang. French Gennan Italian Llngul6tlc6 Near Eastern Lang. Philosophy Religion Russian Spanish Speech Other Foreign Lang. Other Humanitlee
Social Sciences:
Education-Education Other Social Sciences-Business Educational Admin. Communications Educational Psych. Industrial Relations Guidance Journalism Physical Education Law
Library Science Public Administration Social Work
Behavioral Sciences-American Studies Anthropology Economics Geography Government History International Eel. Psychology Slavic Study Social Psychology sociology Urban Development Other Social Sciences Political Science
Biological Sciences:
Biosciences=Biochemistry Health-Anatomy Biology Audiology Blophysice Bacteriology Botany Dentistry Genetic6 Health Admin. Microbiology Medicine Physiology Nursing 20010gy Nutrition Other Biological Sci. Occupational Therapy
Optometry Osteopathy Parasitology Pathology Pharmacology Pharmacy Physical Therapy Public: Health
Other Applied Biological Sciences-Agriculture Entomology Forestry Home Economics Veterinary Medicine
Physical Sciences:
Engineering-Aeronautical Eng. Chemical Eng. Civil Eng. Electrical Eng. Industrial Eng. Mechanical Eng. Other Eng. Metallurgy Kining
Math. Science-Applied Mathematics Computer Science Mathematics Statistics
Physical Science-Astronomy Chemistry Physic6 Geology Oceanography Other Physical Sciences
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Appendix C
The following tables are included as supplemental information:
Table 2 -- Rank Order of Intended Graduate Major for Candidates Age 22 or Less
Table 3 -- Rank Order of Intended Graduate Major Candidates Age 23-29
Table 4 -- Rank Order of Intended Graduate Major for Candidates Age 30-39
Table 5 -- Rank Order of Intended Graduate Major for Candidates Age 40 or More
Table 6 -- Rank Order of Intended Graduate Major for Males
Table 7 -- Rank Order of Intended Graduate Major for Females
Table 8 -- Rank Order of Intended Graduate Major for Candidates Who Received Bachelor's Degree 1972-1966
Table 9 -- Rank Order of Intended Graduate Major for Candidates Who Received Bachelor's Degree 1965 or Earlier
Table 10 -- Rank Order of Intended Graduate Major for Males Age 22 or Less
Table 11 -- Rank Order of Intended Graduate Major for Females Age 22 or Less
Table 12 -- Rank Orderof Intended Graduate Major for Males Age 23-29
Table 13 -- Rank Order of Intended Graduate Major for Females Age 23-29
Table 14 -- Rank Order of Intended Graduate Major for Males Age 30-39
Table 15 -- Rank Order of Intended Graduate Major for Females Age 30-39
Table 16 -- Rank Order of Intended Graduate Major for Males Age 40 or More
Table 17 -- Rank Order of Intended Graduate Major for Females Age 40 or More
Table 18 -- Rank Order of Intended Graduate Major for Males Who Received Bachelor's Degree 1972-1966
Appendix C (cont.)
The following tables are included as supplemental information:
Table 19 --
Table 20 --
Table 21 --
Table 22 --
Rank Order of Intended Graduate Major for Females Who Received Bachelor's Degree, 1972-1966
Rank Order of Intended Graduate Major for Males Who Received Bachelor's Degree 1965 or Earlier
Rank Order of Intended Graduate Major for Females Who Received Bachelor's Degree 1965 or Earlier
Rank Order of Intended Graduate Major for Total Sample
TABLE 2. RANK ORDER OF INTENDED GRADUATE MAJOR FOR CANDIDATES AGE 22 OR LESS
MEAN MEAN MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q N % GRE-V GRE-Q
II 11 PSYCHOLOGY
I I EDUCATION 11 COMPUTER SC1 11 CHEMISTRY 11 ENGLISH 11 ELECTRICAL ENG I I VET tIEDICINE 11 BUSINESS/CMRCE 11 SOCIAL UORK II GEOLOGY It ECONCMICS 11 INTERNAT REL 11 OTHER BIOL SC1 11 BIOLOGY
11 PUBLIC ADMIN I I MUSIC I I RELIGIOUS STD I I PHYSICS i I GUIDANCE/COUNS 1 I COtlX_!NICATIONS
II POLITICAL SC1 I I HISTCRY 11 OTHER ENGIN l l BIOCHEtlISTRY il MECH2\NICAL ENG I I CHEHICAL ENG (1 ARCHITECTURE i I SPEECH 11 PHYSICAL ED 1 I MICROBIOLOGY II NURSING 11 AGRICULTURE 11 CIVIL ENG II OTHER SDC SC1 11 JO’URNALISM 1 1 PtATHEtlATICS II NUTRITION
II PUBLIC HEALTH I I URBAN DEVELOP I I LIERARY SC1 II PHYS THERAPY
Ii SOCIOLOGY f I FINE ARTS I I HOSPITAL ADMIN I I DRAHATIC ARTS I I ZOOLOGY 1 I INDUSTRIAL REL
II GENETICS II LAW t l tlEDICIf:E 1 1 PHYSIOLCGY I I AUDIOLOGY
I 6411 1 3351 I 1768 I 1752 I 1750 I 1733 I 1700 I 1698 I 1616 I 1501 I 1474 I 1385 I 1372 I
1292 I 1259 I 1235 I 1211 I 1126 I 1086 I 1084 I 1078 I 1051 I
974 I 880 I 879 1 869 I 866 I 848 I 832 I 828 I 819 I 803 I 769 1 752 I 725 i 719 I 687 1 678 I 671 1 568 I 567 I
566 I 561 1 560 I 531 I 491 I 468 I 466 I 462 I 431 I 425 I 422 !
I
I I I I 8.40 I 497 I 514 II 4.39 I 439 I 471 I I 2.32 l 507 l 664 ll 2.29 l 523 l 646 ll 2.29 l 578 l 517 ll 2.27 l 482 I 688 ll 2.23 l 494 l 588 ll 2.22 l 463 l 548 ll 2.12 I 443 I 449 I I 1.97 I 516 I 603 1 I 1.93 I 522 I 615 I I 1.81 I 546 I 540 II 1.80 I 507 I 572 I I 1.69 I 507 I 572 Ii 1.65 I 470 I 482 1 I 1.62 1 491 I 512 11 1.59 1.47
1.42 1.42
1.41 1.38
1.28 1.15
1.15 1.14 1.13 1.11 1.09 1.08 1.07 1.05 1.01 0.98 0.95 0.94 0.90
0.89 0.88
512 I 528 562 l 702 440 l 462 475 I 477
521 I 525 551 I 512 510 I 666 532 I 628 478 I 680 515 I 694 501 I 587 447 I 456 407 I 472 490 I 563 482 I 503 463 I 552 438 I 663 472 I 492 520 I 497 528 I 688 465 I 523 492 I 540 492 I 520
0.74 1 527 I 487 0.74 i 469 I 533
0.74 1 467 I 480 0.73 I 475 I 474 0.73 1 469 I 519 0.70 I 528 I 508 0.64 I 532 I 586 0.61 I 472 i 505 0.61 I 538 I 612
I
I
0.61 I 498 I 510 II 0.56 I 512 I 602 II 0.56 I 503 I 570 II 0.55 I 445 I 474 II
II l l ART HISTORY Ii ANTHROPOLOGY II EDUC ADtlIN II HOME ECONOMICS Ii EDUC PSYCH I I OTHER PHYS SC1 I I PHILOSOPHY iI FORESTRY 11 PHARMACOLOGY I I GEOGRAPHY II INDUSTRIAL ENG II AERONAUT ENG I I BOTANY I I OTH HUMANITIES
II STATISTICS 11 APPLIED MATH II OCEANOGRAPHY I I SPANISH
II PATHOLOGY I I LINGUISTICS I I FRENCH I I ARCHAEOLOGY I I PHARMACY I I SOCIAL PSYCH I I CO:lPARE LIT II OCCUP THERAPY I I ANATOMY I I ASTRONOMY I I NEAR EAST LANG I I ENTCMOLOGY II AnER STUDIES II CLASSICAL LANG i I GERMAN II BIOPHYSICS II METALLURGY I I BACTERIOLOGY I I RUSSIAN I I FAR EAST LANG II DENTISTRY I I SLAVIC STUDIES iI PARASITOLOGY I I ITALIAN I I MINIt1G I I OTHER FOR LANG II OPTOMETRY I I OSTEOPATHY I I I I I l NOT IN AGOVE II UNDECIDED 1 I TOTAL II NO RESPONSE
I I
I I 400 I 0.52 I 541 / 503 I 399 I 0.52 I 544 I 530 I 392 I 0.51 I 431 392 I 0.51 I 419 I :;i: I 334 I 0.44 I 466 / 496 1 330 I 0.43 I 514 1 651 I 323 I 0.42 I 596 I 576 I 308 I 0.40 I 504 1 592 I 300 I 0.39 I 517 I 610 1 282 I 0.37 I 493 I 543 I 269 I 0.35 I 431 ’ 649 I 259 I 0.34 1 498 I 681 I 237 I 0.31 I 530 580 I 227 I 0.30 I 530 513 I 203 I 0.27 I 484 654 I 197 I 0.26 I 540 699 I 192 I 0.25 I 520 618 I 192 I 0.25 1 480 477 I 191 I 0.25 1 462 509 I 172 I 0.23 I 547 564 1 162 I 0.21 I 539 520 I 162 I 0.21 I 570 537 I 153 I 0.20 I 476 591 I 150 I 0.20 I 465 482 I 130 I 0.17 I 591 517 I 129 l 0.17 1 462 499 I 122 I 0.16 I 486 561 I 120 I 0.16 I 585 697 I 114 I 0.15 I 516 550 I 105 I 0.14 I 514 573 I
89 I 0.12 I 549 516 I
85 I 0.11 I 623 581 I 81 1 0.11 I 547 554 I 73 I 0.10 I 594 672 I 65 f 0.09 I 505 672 I 65 I 0.09 I 512 55s I 61 I 0.08 1 561 553 I 60 I 0.08 I 561 547 I 55 I 0.07 I 445 509 I 50 I 0.07 I 567 582 I 26 1 0.03 I 406 568 i 24 I 0.03 I 513 493 I 22 I 0.03 l 481 622 I
20 I 0.03 I 562 549 I 15 I 0.02 I 500 583 1
10 I 0.01 I 491 601 1
i I I
1915 I 2.51 I 460 498 I 8639 I 11.31 I 497 I 541 II
76351 l 100.00 I 495 l 550 ll 1486 l 1.91*l 503 I 554 II
* BASED ON ALL GRE RESPONDENTS OCTOBER, 1980 - JUNE, 1981, WHO COMPLETED GRE AND BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE
TABLE 3. RANK ORDER OF INTENDED GRADUATE MAJOR FOR CANDIDATES AGE 23 - 29
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
I I 1 i EDUCATION it PSYCHOLOGY 11 NURSING 11 COMFUTER SC1 I I GUIDANCE/COUNS II GUSINESS/CMRCE II RELIGICUS STD I I PUBLIC ADMIN I I ENGLISH I I SOCIAL WORK 11 ELECTRICAL ENG II ECONCHICS II EDUC ADMIN I I PHYSICAL ED I I GEOLOGY 11 MUSIC I I PUBLIC HEALTH I I OTHER BIOL SC1 II ARCHITECTURE iI CIVIL ENG II LIERARY SC1 I I BIOLOGY I I HISTORY I I POLITICAL SC1 II AGRICULTURE 1 i MECHANICAL ENG II COMMUNICATIONS II OTHER SOC SC1 II FINE ARTS I I OTHER ENGIN I I INTERNAT REL I 1 URBAN DEVELOP I I CHEMISTRY I I JOURNALISM I I VET MEDICINE II HOSPITAL ADMIN II NUTRITION II EDUC PSYCH II MICROBIOLOGY 1 I CHEMICAL ENG 11 PHYSICS I I SOCIOL-OGY II DRAMATIC ARTS I I INDUSTRIAL REL I I ANTHROPOLOGY 1 I MATHEMATICS II BIOCHEMISTRY I I SPEECH i I INDUSTRIAL ENG II PHYS THERAPY I I ZOOLOGY II HOME ECONOMICS
I I I I I 7774 I 9.79 1 438 1 449 II 5019 I 6.32 I 512 I 504 I I 3593 I 4.52 I 487 1 484 11 2358 1 2.97 1 453 1 630 11 1879 i 2.37 I 443 I 441 I I 1847 1 2.33 I 453 I 539 I I 1743 I 2.19 I 519 I 513 I I 1681 I 2.12 I 462 I 4i4 II 1655 I 2.08 1 567 I 491 I I 1635 I 2.06 I 464 I 438 11 1596 1 2.01 I 423 1 654 1 I 1492 I 1.88 I 457 I 582 I I 1486 1 1.87 I 431 I 458 I I 1305 I 1.64 I 410 I 452 iI 1245 I 1.57 1 496 I 572 11 1228 1 1.55 I 492 I 492 II 1152 I 1.45 I 492 I 510 II 1142 I 1.44 1 506 I 559 11 1091 I 1.37 1 480 1 562 11 1071 I 1.35 1 392 i 628 11 1040 I 1.31 I 524 1 466 11 1009 I 1.27 I 502 I 550 11
976 I 1.23 I 537 I 496 II 962 1 1.21 I 479 I 493 I I 957 I 1.21 1 436 1 518 11 940 I 1.18 I 422 1 656 II 912 I 1.15 1 470 I 467 11 908 I 1.14 I 473 1 478 11 871 i 1.10 I 471 I 455 II 871 I 1.10 I 447 1 624 11 823 1 1.04 I 520 I 519 I I 808 I 1.02 I 482 I 510 11 795 I 1.00 I 460 1 604 11 789 I 0.99 1 533 1 492 11 764 I 0.96 I 507 I 571 I I 712 1 0.90 1 466 I 495 11 703 I 0.89 I 458 I 500 II 675 1 0.85 I 467 1 469 I I 592 I 0.75 I 467 1 539 I I 563 1 0.71 1 425 I 644 I I 553 I 0.70 I 482 I 672 I I 553 I 0.70 I 459 I 459 I I 536 1 0.67 I 516 I 483 I I 491 I 0.62 I 473 I 491 II 475 I 0.60 I 543 I 505 I I 467 1 0.59 I 466 I 663 I I 461 1 0.58 I 483 i 583 I I 450 I 0.57 I 463 I 445 I I 425 I 0.54 1 395 I 615 11 416 1 0.52 I 477 I 514 I I 380 I 0.48 I 524 I 557 I I 374 I 0.47 1 429 I 458 I I
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
II I I I I II I I PHYSIOLOGY I 1 PHILOSOPHY I I GEOGRAFHY I I OTH HU?!ANITIES I I I OTHER PHYS SC1 1 I I PHARM4COLOGY II ART HISTORY I I I LINGUISTICS I 1 PHARMACY I I I BOTANY II DENTISTRY I II FORESTRY II GENETICS i I I MEDICINE I I LAW I II AUDIOLCIGY I I ENTOMOLOGY I I I SPANISH I I PATHOLOGY I II OCCUP THERAPY I I STATISTICS 1 iI AERONAUT ENG II ARCHAEOLOGY 1 I I SOCIAL PSYCH 11 FRENCH i I I COMPARE LIT II OCEANOGRAPHY 1 I I APPLIED MATH II METALLURGY I I I ANATOMY I I NEAR EAST LANG ! II AMER STUDIES I I GERMAN I I I FAR EAST LANG 11 B4CTERIOLOGY I I I CLASSICAL LANG I 1 I ASTRONOMY i I PARASITOLOGY I II SLAVIC STUDIES I I I RUSSIAN I I BIOPHYSICS I I I MINING 11 ITALIAN I I I OTHER FOR LANG I II OPTOMETRY I I OSTEOPATHY 1
II I i I NOT IN ABOVE I I UNDECIDED f I I TOTAL I I NO RESPONSE
346 1 0.44 1 486 1 550 II 338 I 0.43 1 581 1 556 I I 337 I 0.42 I 492 I 525 II 312 I 0.39 1 528 1 504 11 301 I 0.38 I 492 I 611 II 295 I 0.37 1 486 1 579 11 294 1 0.37 I 532 I 481 II 282 I 0.36 I 503 I 533 I I 281 I 0.35 1 446 1 560 I I 279 I 0.35 1 529 I 570 II 265 I 0.33 I 485 I 590 II 262 I 0.33 I 509 I 570 I I 253 1 0.32 I 521 I 587 II 239 I 0.30 I 501 I 571 I I 222 I 0.28 I 470 I 490 II 203 1 0.26 1 468 I 466 II 194 I 0.24 I 496 I 545 II 187 I 0.24 I 464 I 449 If 173 I 0.22 I 472 I 525 II 168 I 0.21 1 480 1 474 11 151 I 0.19 1 431 1 651 II 149 I 0.19 1 455 1 637 II 147 I 0.19 I 546 I 512 11 142 I 0.18 1 486 1 495 II 141 I 0.18 I 524 I 495 II 139 I 0.18 1 558 1 508 II 133 I 0.17 i 495 1 612 11 104 I 0.13 I 480 I 651 II 102 I 0.13 i 400 1 644 11
99 I 0.12 I 493 I 540 II 96 l 0.12 1 516 I 524 I I 93 I 0.12 I 545 I 517 I I 83 I 0.10 I 542 I 525 II 60 I 0.08 I 529 I 532 II 51 I 0.06 I 470 I 528 II 49 I 0.06 I 633 I 548 I I 48 1 0.06 1 487 I 638 II 37 I 0.05 I 491 I 545 I I 36 1 0.05 1 566 I 549 II 35 I 0.04 I 552 1 545 II 32 I 0.04 I 537 I 606 II 28 i 0.04 I 424 i 629 II 24 I 0.03 I 442 I 470 I I 22 I 0.03 I 495 I 493 II 17 I 0.02 I 484 I 591 iI
9 I 0.01 I 487 I 537 II
I I f II 2082 I 2.62 1 465 I 496 II 5832 I 7.34 1 469 1 509 I I
79415 I 100.00 I 474 I 517 II 1794 I 2.21*1 468 1 526 II
* BASED ON ALL GRE RESPONDENTS OCTOBER, 1980 - JUNE, 1981, WHO COMPLETED GRE AND BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE
TABLE 4. RANK ORDER OF INTENDED GRADUATE MAJOR FOR CANDIDATES AGE 30 - 39
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
II I 1 EDUCATION i PSYCHOLOGY t EDUC ADMIN I NURSING 1 i GUIDANCE/COUNS 1 1 PUBLIC ADMIN 1 SOCIAL NDRK I I COMPUTER SC1 1 BUSINESS/CMRCE 1 1 LIBRARY SC1 1 ENGLISH : I RELIGIOUS STD 1 I PUBLIC HEALTH 1 EDUC PSYCH I I OTHER SOC SC1 1 ECONOMICS I 1 HISTORY I l ELECTRICAL ENG I I PHYSICAL ED I COMMUNICATIONS I I HOSPITAL ADMIN I I POLITICAL SC1 1 FINE ARTS 1 I AGRICULTURE 1 SOCIOLOGY I I MUSIC 1 BIOLOGY I I ANTHROPOLOGY I 1 OTHER BIOL SC1 I 1 JOURNALISM I OTHER ENGIN I I ARCHITECTURE I URBAN DEVELOP f I GEOLOGY 1 CIVIL ENG I 1 HOME ECONOMICS I I INDUSTRIAL REL I 1 LINGUISTICS I INTERNAT REL I 1 CHEMISTRY I MATHEMATICS f 1 DRAMATIC ARTS I NUTRITION I I VET MEDICINE I SPEECH I I MICROBIOLOGY 1 MECHANICAL ENG 1 1 PHYSICS I OTH HUMANITIES I I INDUSTRIAL ENG 1 I GEOGRAPHY I ART HISTORY i
I 5277 I 16.69 2327 I 7.36 1952 I 6.17 1763 I 5.57 1255 I 3.97
969 I 3.06
834 I 2.64 740 I 2.34 722 I 2.28 714 I 2.26 709 I 2.24 679 I 2.15 514 I 1.63 503 I 1.59 443 I 1.40 427 I 1.35 385 I 1.22 357 I 1.13 356 t 1.13 339 I 1.07 317 I 1.00 304 I 0.96 303 I 0.96 286 I 0.90 252 I 0.80 245 I 0.77 235 I 0.74 227 I 0.72 221 I 0.70 216 I 0.68
215 I 0.68 210 I 0.66 210 I 0.66 201 I 0.64 194 I 0.61 178 I 0.56 177 I 0.56 171 I 0.54 166 I 0.52 150 I 0.47 146 I 0.46 144 I 0.46 143 I 0.45 130 I 0.41 128 I 0.40 127 I 0.40
125 1 0.40 124 I 0.39 112 I 0.35 111 I 0.35 100 I 0.32
98 I 0.31
I II 468 I 446 I I 542 I 494 I I 458 I 460 I I 509 I 462 I I 479 I 441 I I 478 1 461 I I 505 I 439 I I 495 I 630 I I 4S3 1 538 I I 535 1 462 11 573 I 463 I I 528 I 494 I I 516 I 499 1 I 508 I 472 I I 479 I 463 I I 446 I 561 I I 529 I 461 I I 424 I 637 I I 420 1 442 11 514 I 475 I I 484 I 478 I I 479 I 469 i I 485 I 431 I I 382 I 472 I I 483 1 440 I I 507 I 466 I I 511 I 524 1 I
559 1 486 I I 504 I 531 I I 562 I 487 I I 447 I 612 11 537 I 569 I I 479 1 492 11 533 1 572 I I 410 1 613 11 452 I 428 1 I 496 I 478 I I 509 I 504 I I 515 I 497 I I 463 I 597 I I
I 476 I 647 I I 542 I 475 I I 485 1 476 11 517 I 569 I I 519 1 461 1 I 502 I 523 I I 428 I 648 I I 466 I 644 I I
531 I 471 I I 427 I 606 I I
i 480 I 497 I I 581 I 452 I I
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
I I I I I I I I II PHILOSOPHY 11 OTHER PHYS SC1 II DENTISTRY Ii PHYS THERAPY II CHEMICAL ENG I I BIOCHEMISTRY I I STATISTICS 11 SPANISH II SOCIAL PSYCH 11 PHARMACY II FORESTRY 1 I PHARMACOLOGY I I PHYSIOLOGY 11 MEDICINE 1 1 ZOOLOGY 1 I BOTANY
11 LAN I I FRENCH I I COMPARE LIT 11 OCCUP THERAPY I I PATHOLOGY 11 AUDIOLOGY 11 NEAR EAST LANG i! AMER STUDIES 11 ARCHAEOLOGY II AERONAUT ENG 11 GENETICS 1 1 ENTOMOLOGY 11 APPLIED MATH 11 METALLURGY 1 I FAR EAST LANG 11 BACTERIOLOGY I I ANATOMY 11 OCEANDGRAPHY I I CLASSICAL LANG 1 I PARASITOLOGY 1 I RUSSIAN 1 1 ITALIAN I I ASTRONOMY 11 GERMAN I I BIOFHYSICS I I MINING 11 SLAVIC STUDIES fj OPTOMETRY 11 OTHER FOR LANG i I OSTEOPATHY
11 II NOT IN ABOVE II UNDECIDED
I I TOTAL 11 ND RESFONSE
85 0.27 82 0.26 71 0.22 68 0.22 65 0.21 63 0.20 62 0.20 61 0.19 61 0.19 60 0.19 59 0.19 59 0.19 58 0.18 55 0.17 54 0.17 54 0.17 49 0.15 44 0.14 43 0.14 42 0.13 42 0.13 41 0.13 40 0.13 40 0.13 39 0.12 36 0.11 36 0.11 36 0.11 33 0.10 20 0.06 19 0.06 19 0.06 19 0.06 18 0.06 16 0.05 16 0.05 16 0.05 13 0.04 11 0.03 11 0.03 10 0.03
9 0.03 6 0.02 5 0.02 5 0.02 4 0.01
925 2.92 1716 5.43
31627 100.00 776 2.39%
562 I 529 I I 497 1 607 11 504 I 562 I I 518 I 526 f I 418 I 640 I I 483 I 545 I I 411 I 613 I I 458 I 398 I I 510 I 448 I I 471 1 562 I I 495 I 566 I I 481 1 557 I I 503 I 527 I I 500 I 551 I I 501 I 515 I I 523 i 532 I I 454 1 427 11 520 I 460 I I 516 I 421 I I 510 I 486 I I 472 I 534 I I 520 I 493 I I 514 I 491 I I 542 I 496 I I 556 1 496 I I 436 I 653 I I 518 I 539 I I 488 1 523 I I 500 I 610 I I 319 I 547 I I 505 1 525 I I 467 I 494 I I 501 1 512 I I 447 i 573 I I 608 I 550 I I 397 I 473 I I 465 I 458 I I 472 I 462 I I 553 1 656 I I 483 1 425 1 I 562 I 555 I I 394 I 632 I I
I 555 II ES I 576 I I 372 I 458 I I 498 I 520 I I
f II ~ 485 1 493 I I
484 I 478 11 I 491 I 485 I I ’ 475 I 465 I I
* BASED ON ALL GRE RESPONDENTS OCTOBER, 1980 - JUNE, 1981, WHO COMPLETED GRE AND BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE
5. RANK ORDER OF INTENDED GRADUATE MAJOR FOR CANDIDATES AGE 40 OR MORE
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
II 11 EDUCATION 1 i EDUC ADMIN i 1 PSYCHOLOGY Ii NURSING I I GUIDANCE/COUNS II LIERARY SC1 11 FUBLIC ADMIN iI ENGLISH 11 SOCIAL WORK i I BUSINESS/CMRCE II RELIGIOUS STD II OTHER SOC SC1 11 HISTORY II EDUC FSYCH II PUBLIC HEALTH I I COMPUTER SC1 iI HOSPITAL ADMIN II SOCIOLOGY I I MUSIC II FINE ARTS I I POLITICAL SC1 I I COMMUNICATIONS II ANTHROPOLOGY II ECONOMICS 11 HOME ECONOMICS II SPEECH I I URBAN DEVELOP II PHYSICAL ED Ii ELECTRICAL ENG 11 INDUSTRIAL REL II JOURNALISM I I SPANISH 11 ART HISTORY II BIOLOGY iI OTH HUMANITIES I I INTERNAT REL 11 LINGUISTICS II DRAMATIC ARTS II NUTRITION II OTHER BIOL SC1 II AGRICULTURE II OTHER ENGIN II GEOLOGY I I MATHEMATICS II OTHER PHYS SC1 11 LAW 1 I PHILOSOPHY II CHEMISTRY II MICROBIOLOGY I I CIVIL ENG II INDUSTRIAL ENG II GEOGRAPHY
I I I I I 2184 I 22.66 I 466 I 409 It
781 I 8.10 I 448 I 411 11 605 I 6.28 1 526 I 443 11 5i4 I 5.95 I 484 I 410 II 485 1 5.03 I 474 I 399 II 339 I 3.52 i 522 I 418 11 280 1 2.90 I 480 I 432 iI 258 I 2.68 I 554 I 414 II 229 1 2.38 1 501 I 397 II 221 I 2.29 1 482 I 502 II 191 I 1.98 I 517 I 453 I I 163 I 1.69 I 493 I 444 II 163 1 1.69 I 558 I 423 II 139 I 1.44 I 507 I 429 II 135 I 1.40 I 499 I 441 II 126 1 1.31 I 510 I 593 II
97 I 1.01 1 457 I 402 II 97 I 1.01 I 497 I 424 11 95 I 0.99 1 483 I 424 11 88 I 0.91 1 486 I 400 II 83 I 0.86 1 485 I 445 11 78 1 0.81 1 507 I 427 II 65 1 0.67 1 580 I 444 II 60 I 0.62 I 473 1 531 II 57 I 0.59 I 463 I 407 II 47 I 0.49 I 504 i 395 II 47 I 0.49 I 528 I 445 II 46 I 0.48 I 424 I 396 II 45 I 0.47 I 456 I 595 II 43 I 0.45 1 488 1 465 II 42 I 0.44 I 566 I 446 It 42 I 0.44 I 430 1 356 11 40 I 0.41 1 542 I 394 II 39 I 0.40 1 498 I 483 II 33 I 0.39 I 540 I 420 II 33 I 0.34 I 538 I 464 Ii 32 1 0.33 1 498 I 464 II 31 I 0.32 1 522 I 425 II 31 I 0.32 1 484 I 432 Ii 31 I 0.32 1 489 I 470 II 31 I 0.32 I 430 I 451 II 28 1 0.29 1 489 I 607 II 26 1 0.27 I 540 I 549 II 26 I 0.27 I 511 I 668 II 24 1 0.25 I 490 I 570 II 23 I 0.24 1 445 I 377 II 23 I 0.24 1 579 I 489 II 21 I 0.22 I 428 I 578 II 20 I 0.21 1 516 i 500 iI 20 I 0.21 I 437 i 588 11 19 I 0.20 1 448 I 576 11 19 I 0.20 I 529 I 502 tI
MEAN MEAN N % GQE-V GRE-Q
I I 11 COMPARE LIT II FHYSICS iI AUDIOLOGY I I BIOCHEMISTRY 11 OCCUP THERAPY II VET MEDICINE 11 SOCIAL PSYCH II ARCHAEOLOGY 11 ARCHITECTURE II FHYSIOLOGY II FRENCH II MECHANICAL ENG ! I PHARMACOLOGY i I 6OTANY II AMER STUDIES I I NEAR EAST LANG 11 STATISTICS iI GERMAN 11 MEDICINE II FORESTRY II ITALIAN 11 DENTISTRY I I ENTOMOLOGY 11 PATHOLOGY II ZOOLOGY II PHARMACY II CHEMICAL ENG I I OTHER FOR LANG I I OCEANOGRAPHY
II FAR EAST LANG Ii GENETICS II BACTERIOLOGY I I OPTOMETRY I I APPLIED MATH 11 CLASSICAL LANG 1 I RUSSIAN Ii ASTRONOMY 11 PARASITOLOGY I I METALLURGY 11 ANATOMY II BIOPHYSICS 11 AERONAUT ENG II PHYS THERAPY 11 MINING II SLAVIC STUDIES II OSTEOPATHY
II 11 NOT IN ABOVE It UNDECIDED I I TOTAL iI NO RESPONSE
I I 16 1 0.17 I 592 14 I 0.15 I 516 14 i 0.15 1 452 14 I 0.15 I 446 13 I 0.13 I 534 13 I 0.13 I 402 13 I 0.13 I 451 13 I 0.13 I 554 13 I 0.13 I 500 12 I 0.12 I 449 12 I 0.12 I 516 11 I 0.11 I 430 10 I 0.10 I 573 10 I 0.10 I 607 10 I 0.10 1 528
9 I 0.09 I 484 9 I 0.09 I 534 9 I 0.09 I 540 8 I 0.08 1 515 8 I 0.08 1 558 7 I 0.07 I 507 6 1 0.06 i 378 6 I 0.06 I 470 6 1 0.06 I 428 6 1 0.06 1 592 6 1 0.06 1 352 4 I 0.04 I 440 4 I 0.04 1 488 4 I 0.04 I 513 41 0.04 I 405 4 I 0.04 I 650 31 0.03 I 507 3 I 0.03 I 553 3 I 0.03 I 557 3 I 0.03 I 543 21 0.02 I 715 2 I 0.02 I 385 2 I 0.02 I 465 2 I 0.02 1 280 2 I 0.02 I 635 2 I 0.02 I 505 11 0.01 1 600 1 I 0.01 t 480 1 I 0.01 I 300 0 I 0.0 I 0 0 I 0.0 I 0
I ! 315 I 3.27 I 464 549 I 5.70 I 471
9639 1 100.00 1 486 248 I 2.51*1 468
I / 427 ;I / 677 11 1 438 II
521 II 450 II
I 465 II ' 377 II
468 11 508 II 433 II
~ 478 iI 580 II 551 II 581 II 369 11 429 II 617 11 422 11 540 II 524 II 411 I I 440 I I 443 II 470 I I 550 II 493 II 680 II 388 Ii 483 II 468 11 560 II 460 II 507 II 763 11 380 II 545 II 400 II 635 II 505 II 585 Ii 520 II 760 11 390 I I 340 II
0 II 0 II
II 422 II 420 Ii
I
F
* BASED ON ALL GRE RESPONDENTS OCTOBER, 1980 - JUNE, 1981, WHO COMPLETED GRE AND BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE
TABLE 6. RANK ORDER OF INTENDED GRADUATE MAJOR FOR MALES
I I ii PSYCHOLOGY tI EDUCATION It COMPUTER SC1 11 ELECTRICAL ENG II RELIGIOUS STD 1 I BUSINESSXMRCE t I ECONOMICS 1 I PUBLIC ADMIN iI EDUC ADMIN I I GEOLOGY II CHEMISTRY I I CIVIL ENG II MECHANICAL ENG II OTHER ENGIN II POLITICAL SC1 i I ENGLISH I I PHYSICS II AGRICULTURE II ARCHITECTURE i I HISTORY II OTHER BIOL SC1 t I BIOLOGY I I MUSIC I I INTERNAT REL I I PHYSICAL ED II GUIDANCEXOUNS i I CHEMICAL ENG II VET MEDICINE 11 URBAN DEVELOP i 1 COMIlUNICATIONS I I OTHER SOC SC1 II BIOCHEMISTRY 11 SOCIAL WORK 1 1 MATHEMATICS II MICROBIOLOGY I I JOURNALISM II HOSPITAL ADMIN II PUBLIC HEALTH II FINE ARTS II INDUSTRIAL ENG I I DRAMATIC ARTS It OTHER PHYS SC1 11 ZOOLOGY 11 INDUSTRIAL REL II soCIoLoSY I I PHILOSOPHY I I PHYSIOLOGY II GEOGRAPHY Ii FORESTRY II EDUC PSYCH Ii ANTHROFOLOGY I I AERONAUT ENG Jl
N %
I I 5357 I 5.91 I
1 3535 3505 I I 3.90 3.87 I I
I 3460 2962 I I 3.82 3.27 1 I 1 2769 2548 i i 2.81 3.06 I I
I 2312 2280 I I 2.55 2.52 I I I 2132 1885 I I 2.35 2.08 1 I
I 1805 1871 I I 1.99 2.06 I 1
I 1729 1 1.91 I
I 1637 1653 I I 1.81 1.82 I I I 1617 I 1.78 I I 1496 1504 I I 1.65 1.66 I I
I 1480 1418 I I 1.63 1.56 I I
t 1393 1351 I I 1.54 1.49 I I
I 1301 1299 I I 1.44 1.43 I I I 1252 1261 I I 1.38 1.39 I I
1 1247 973 I I 1.38 1.07 I I
f 878 914 I I 1.01 0.97 I I I 845 848 I 1 0.93 0.94 I I
1 823 746 i 1 0.91 0.82 I 1
I 740 725 I I 0.82 0.80 I I
! 700 708 1 I 0.77 0.78 i I
1 698 621 I I 0.77 0.69 I I
1 570 569 I I 0.63 0.63 I I I 567 552 1 1 0.63 0.61 i I
I 474 539 I I 0.52 0.59 I I
I 469 462 I 1 0.52 0.51 I I I 451 I 0.50 I
I 447 416 I 1 0.49 0.46 I I I I I
MEAN MEAN GRE-V GRE-Q
I I I 515 I 530 I I 456 I 487 I I 486 I 655 1 I 448 1 668 1 I 511 I 517 I I 459 I 563 I I 475 I 603 I I 468 I 489 I I 439 I 474 I I 497 I 590 I I 499 I 640 I I 402 I 638 11 440 I 666 I I 469 I 647 I I 492 I 516 I I 584 1 527 I I 527 1 692 1 I 424 I 522 I I 481 I 579 I I 538 I 512 I i 506 I 586 I I 500 I 570 I I 493 I 515 I I 534 I 547 I I 406 1 467 11 455 I 465 I I 470 I 676 I I 477 I 591 I I 474 I 529 I i 484 I 500 I I 472 1 500 i I 515 I 625 I I 471 I 464 I I 517 I 697 I I 479 I 564 1 I 538 I 522 I I 464 1 519 i I 487 I 539 1 I 469 1 467 I I 405 I 626 11 529 1 516 t 1 499 I 638 I I 528 I 578 I I 466 I 512 I I 467 I 488 I I 593 I 578 11 493 I 573 I I 485 1 536 1 I 495 I 583 11 486 I 491 I I 541 1 521 11 477 I 667 1 I
I I[
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
II l l MEDICINE 11 LAW I I PHARMACOLOGY I I LIBRARY SC1 II GENETICS I I PHYS THERAPY II DENTISTRY I I NURSING I I PHARMACY II OTH HUMANITIES I I 6OTANY I I STATISTICS II APPLIED MATH 1 I SPEECH I I ENTOHOLOGY I I LINGUISTICS I I OCEANOGRAPHY I I ARCHAEOLOGY I I METALLURGY I I PATHOLOGY I I ANATOMY I I ASTRONOMY II NUTRITION II ART HISTORY II NEAR EAST LANG I I SPANISH Ii SOCIAL PSYCH I I COMaRARE LIT iI AUDIOLOGY I I AMER STUDIES I I FRENCH Ii BIOPHYSICS II CLASSICAL LANG I I BACTERIOLOGY I I GERMAN I I FAR EAST LANG I I RUSSIAN I I MINING 11 SLAVIC STUDIES 11 HOME ECONOMICS I I PARASITOLOGY II OCCUP THERAPY I I ORTOIlETRY ! I OTHER FOR LANG I I ITALIAN I I OSTEOPATHY
!I I I NOT IN ABOVE I I UNDECIDED 1 I TOTAL II NO RESPONSE
I 1
I II 407 I 0.45 506 I 610 II 406 I 0.45 I 488 I 517 I I 405 I 0.45 1 497 I 602 II 386 I 0.43 I 545 I 490 II 327 I 0.36 I 527 I 620 II 311 I 0.34 I 468 I 534 I I 309 I 0.34 1 487 I 586 II 307 I 0.34 I 497 I 504 II 294 I 0.32 1 449 I 570 II 282 I 0.31 1 546 I 532 II 277 I 0.31 I 521 I 580 II 239 i 0.26 I 452 I 669 I I 236 I 0.26 1 520 I 692 II 236 I 0.26 I 490 I 492 II 231 I 0.25 I 493 I 556 II 226 I 0.25 I 497 I 540 II 223 I 0.25 I 497 I 628 Ii 174 I 0.19 I 552 I 540 II 173 I 0.19 I 422 I 646 II 155 I 0.17 I 471 I 565 11 155 I 0.17 I 486 I 564 II 150 I 0.17 I 552 I 683 iI 147 I 0.16 I 445 I 555 II 136 I 0.15 I 543 I 508 II 124 I 0.14 I 540 I 569 11 121 I 0.13 I 467 I 467 II 117 I 0.13 I 479 I 500 II 105 I 0.12 I 576 1 536 II 100 I 0.11 i 462 I 505 II
90 I 0.10 I 546 I 535 II 86 I 0.09 I 539 I 541 II 85 I 0.09 I 573 I 660 II 77 I 0.08 I 628 I 572 II 69 I 0.08 I 477 t 545 II 65 I 0.07 1 555 I 552 I I 63 1 0.07 I 562 I 560 II 55 I 0.06 i 532 I 554 II 54 I 0.06 I 435 I 625 II 50 I 0.06 I 527 I 582 II 45 I 0.05 1 431 1 483 11 43 I 0.05 1 490 I 568 II 38 I 0.04 I 497 1 521 II 26 I 0.03 I 408 I 586 II 26 1 0.03 1 515 1 527 11 24 I 0.03 I 503 I 543 II 13 I 0.01 I 454 I 535 II
I I I II 2140 I 2.36 I 467 I 530 I I 7017 I 7.74 I 482 I 557 II
90619 I 100.00 1 484 I 563 II 2098 I 2.26*1 4i5 I 564 I I
R I
* BASED ON ALL GRE RESPONDENTS OCTOBER, 1980 - JUNE, 1981, WHO COMPLETED GRE AND BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE
TABLE 7. RANK ORDER OF INTENDED GRADUATE MAJOR FOR FEMALES
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
II Ii EDUCATION 11 PSYCHOLOGY I I NURSING I I I SOCIAL NORK I l l GUIDAtJCF/COUNS I I ENGLISH- I 1 1 ECUC ADMIN I l l LIBRARY SC1 I I PUBLIC ADMIN t I I PUBLIC HEALTH I 1 1 PUSIt~ESS/Cf:RCE I 1 I COMPUTER SC1 I I COiltlUNICATIONS I 11 MUSIC iI NUTRITION 1 I I OTHER SDC SC1 I 11 VET MEDICINE 1 I OTHER BIOL SC1 I II PHYSICAL ED I I SPEECH I II EDUC PSYCH 11 BIOLOGY I 11 FINE ARTS I 1 INTERNAT REL I I I HISTORY 1 1 JOURNALISM I I I HOSPITAL ADMIN I I I HOME ECONOMICS I I 1 ECCNOMICS I I SOCIOLOGY f I I RELIGIOUS STD 11 GEOLOGY I I I CHEMISTRY I I MICROBIOLOGY f 1 I POLITICAL SC1 I I URPAN DEVELOP I I I PHYS THERAPY I I I ANTHROPOLOGY II ART HISTORY I II ARCHITECTURE I II DRAMATIC ARTS II INDUSTRIAL REL 1 II AUDIOLOGY I ll AGRICULTURE II BIOCHEMISTRY I II MATHEMATICS I ll GENETICS II LINGUISTICS f II OTH HUMANITIES I II PHYSIOLOGY I I ZOOLOGY 1 II OTHER ENGIN I
I 15068 I 14.10
9039 I 8.46 6448 I 6.03 3475 I 3.25 3455 I 3.23 2757 I 2.58 2330 I 2.18 2278 I 2.13 1910 I 1.79 1769 I 1.65 l-i32 I 1.62 1510 I 1.41 1507 I 1.41 1459 I 1.36 1424 I 1.33 1397 I 1.31 1367 1 1.28 1352 I 1.26 1256 I 1.17 1239 I 1.16 1196 1 1.12 1186 I 1.11 1132 I 1.06 1105 I 1.03 1102 I 1.03 1032 I 0.97
965 I 0.90 954 I 0.89 930 I 0.87 916 1 0.86 865 I 0.81 852 I 0.60 843 I 0.79 815 I 0.76 764 I 0.73 764 1 0.71 741 I 0.69 719 I 0.67 693 I 0.65 686 I 0.64 635 I 0.59 616 I 0.58 584 I 0.55 582 I 0.54 575 I 0.54 536 1 0.50 435 I 0.41 427 I 0.40 405 I 0.38 364 1 0.34 362 I 0.34 361 I 0.34
448 ; 438 1 : 1 508 1 489 I I
491 I 473 I I 465 I 434 I I 455 I 433 I I
’ 564 I 471 I t 451 I 431 I I 524 I 459 I I 469 I 448 I I 501 I 502 I I 469 1 504 11 462 I 609 I I 477 I 453 I I 491 1 478 I i 466 I 501 f I 476 I 462 I I 518 I 573 I I 506 1 537 I I 415 I 445 I I 453 I 443 I I 482 I 465 I I 510 I 543 I I 477 I 444 I I 536 I 507 11 549 1 466 i 1 526 1 471 I I 474 I 474 I I 431 I 446 I I 504 I 563 I I 470 I 452 I I 543 I 491 I I 537 I 580 I I 502 I 608 I i 485 i 538 I I 506 t 472 I I 503 1 486 I I 478 1 521 11 552 1 497 I I 542 i 479 i I 522 I 558 i I 519 I 464 I I 487 I 477 I I 455 i 466 i 1 476 I 526 I I 508 I 583 I I 475 I 639 11 535 1 586 11 525 I 523 I I 518 I 472 I I 498 I 536 I I 528 I 558 I I 510 1 621 11
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-9
II l l SPANISH I I LAW II MEDICINE II OCCUP THERAPY 1 I BOTANY I I FRENCH i 1 ELECTRICAL ENG I I GEOGRAPHY I I PHARMACOLOGY 1 I CHEMICAL ENG I I PATHOLOGY II SOCIAL PSYCH I I ‘PHILOSOPHY I I COMPARE LIT II FHARMACY 1 I CIVIL ENG II PHYSICS 11 ARCHAEOLOGY I I STATISTICS II FORESTRY I I OTHER PHYS SC1 1 I MECHANICAL ENG II AMER STUDIES 11 NEAR EAST LANG 11 INDUSTRIAL ENG I I OCEANOGRAPHY I I GERMAN I I ENTOMOLOGY 1 I APPLIED MATH II DENTISTRY 1 I ANATOMY I I FAR EAST LANG I I CLASSICAL LANG I I BACTERIOLOGY 1 I RUSSIAN 1 I ITALIAN 11 SLAVIC STUDIES I I PARASITOLOGY I I BIoPHYsIcs I I ASTRONOMY I I AERONAUT ENG I I OTHER FOR LANG II METALLURGY 1 I OPTOMETRY II OSTEOPATHY 1 I MINING
!I Ii NOT IN ABOVE
I I 360 I 0.34 1 465 354 I 0.33 I 479 327 I 0.31 I 507 315 I 0.29 i 477 304 I 0.28 I 538 276 I 0.26 I 526 275 1 0.26 1 454 272 1 0.25 I 505 265 I 0.25 1 505 256 I 0.24 I 506 255 I 0.24 i 463 247 I 0.23 I 481 233 I 0.22 I 568 222 I 0.21 I 564 210 I 0.20 I 466 205 I 0.19 I 484 202 I 0.19 i 552 190 I 0.18 1 560 185 I 0.17 I 460 175 I 0.16 1 536 169 I 0.16 I 515 154 I 0.14 1 532 143 I 0.13 I 545 139 I 0.13 I 491 130 I 0.12 I 448 122 I 0.11 1 525 121 I 0.11 I 535 109 I 0.10 1 516 101 I 0.09 I 513
90 I 0.08 1 462 87 I 0.08 I 501 so I 0.07 I 515 76 I 0.07 1 617 68 I 0.06 1 493 60 I 0.06 I 562 45 I 0.04 I 472 41 I 0.04 I 600 36 I 0.03 I 456 32 I 0.03 I 57s 30 I 0.03 1 567 30 I 0.03 I 494 25 I 0.02 I 501 17 I 0.02 I 459 14 I 0.01 I 533 10 I 0.01 I 538
6 I 0.01 I 470
I I 3127 I 2.93 1 466
I 438 I 468 I 557 I 478 I
’ I z”,i I 661 I 513 I 574 I 655 I 488 I 466 I 515 I 479 I 566 I 641 I 662 I 501 I 617 I 571 I 593 I 665 I 492 I 495 I 611 I 584 I 511 I 535 I 639 1 520 I 521 I 516 1 554 I 519 I 516 I 43s I 551 I 503 I 591 I 632 I 624 I 478 I 598 I 567 I 596 I 502 I
I 466 1
I I UNDECIDED f 106’9’0’: !
9.15 I 486 I 492 II I I TOTAL 100.00 1 466 I 484 11 11 NO RESPONSE I 2224 I Z-04*1 485 I 482 II
* BASED ON ALL GRE RESPONDENTS OCTOBER, 1980 - JUNE, 1981, WHO COMPLETED GRE AND BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE
8. RANK ORDER OF INTENDED GRADUATE MAJOR FOR CANDIDATES WHO RECEIVED BACHELORS DEGRf:E 1972-1966
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
II I I I I II I I EDUCATION I 11 EDUC ADMIN II PSYCHOLOGY I II GUIDANCE/COUNS I 1 I NURSING I i 1 PUBLIC ADMIN 11 LIBRARY SC1 I II COMPUTER SC1 II RELIGIOUS STD I I I SOCIAL WORK I I ENGLISH I II BUSINESS/CMRCE I I I EDUC PSYCH I I PUBLIC HEALTH f t t PHYSICAL ED I I OTHER SOC SC1 I II ECONOMICS 1 I COt1MUNICATIONS 1 1 I HISTORY f( ;i;;;TAL ADMIN I
iI ELECTRICAL ENG I II FINE ARTS I I POLITICAL SC1 / iI ARCHITECTURE I II AGRICULTURE I I JOURNALISM I If OTHER ENGIN I I HOME ECONOMICS I Ii OTHER BIOL SC1 I I I BIOLOGY I I LINGUISTICS I I 1 URBAN DEVELOP 11 SOCIOLOGY f II MATHEMATICS Ii ANTHROPOLOGY r II CIVIL ENC I l l INDUSTRIAL REL I I I INTERNAT REL Ii DRAMATIC ARTS i I I SPEECH iI NUTRITION I I I GEOLOGY 11 CHEMISTRY I I I MECHANICAL ENG I 11 MICROBIOLOGY i I i INDUSTRIAL ENG 1 11 VET MEDICINE I I PHYSICS I 11 ART HISTORY II OTH HUMANITIES i I I OTHER PHYS SC1 I
3284 1 1454 I
983 I 703 I 631 1 472 I 435 I 376 I 372 I 360 I 346 I 335 I 295 I 241 I 212 I 207 I 170 I 169 I 166 I 150 I 144 I 139 I 126 1 121 I 115 I 111 I 108 I 106 I
97 I 94 I 92 1 92 1 92 1 86 1 80 1 80 I 79 I 78 I 77 I 73 I 64 i 63 1 58 I 55 I 55 I 51 I 50 I 47 I 47 I 44 I 44 I 43 I
20.50 I 477 I 458 If 9.08 1 463 I 465 I I 6.14 I 568 I 515 I I 4.39 1 496 I 456 II 3.94 1 525 I 476 II 2.95 1 502 I 484 II 2.72 I 548 I 472 Ii 2.35 1 513 I 646 II 2.32 I 556 I 513 II 2.25 1 534 I 465 II 2.16 1 586 I 476 II 2.09 I 508 i 555 I I 1.84 1 527 I 489 I I 1.50 1 544 I 527 11 1.32 I 430 I 449 I I 1.29 I 509 I 488 I I 1.06 I 474 1 590 II 1.05 1 520 I 488 t I 1.04 I 534 I 464 I I 0.94 I 493 I 491 II 0.90 1 507 i 462 11 0.87 I 441 I 659 II 0.79 I 482 I 435 I I 0.76 I 517 I 490 II 0.72 I 566 I 579 II 0.69 I 414 1 492 I I 0.67 1 569 I 490 I I 0.66 1 456 I 635 I I 0.61 1 464 I 432 II 0.59 I 494 I 549 I I 0.57 I 538 I 537 I I 0.57 1 526 I 517 I I 0.57 I 507 I 514 I I 0.54 I 497 I 475 I I 0.50 I 458 1 653 11 0.50 I 568 I 495 II 0.49 1 418 I 635 II 0.49 1 512 I 481 II 0.48 I 567 I 541 I I 0.46 I 557 I 476 Ii 0.40 1 523 1 464 11 0.39 1 476 I 488 I I 0.36 I 534 I 570 I I 0.34 I 439 I 579 I I 0.34 I 454 i 667 I I 0.32 1 523 I 526 iI 0.31 I 459 1 651 11 0.29 1 527 I 572 II 0.29 I 446 I 666 II 0.27 I 597 I 460 I I 0.27 1 580 I 522 I I 0.27 I 489 I 620 I I
JI I I I I IL
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
II I I DENTISTRY II GEOGRAPHY Ii PHYS THERAPY If PHILOSOPHY II FORESTRY II STATISTICS I I PHARMACOLOGY If PHYSIOLOGY II BIOCHEMISTRY I I BOTANY II AERONAUT ENG I I FRENCH II CHEMICAL ENG it MEDICINE I I COMPARE LIT I I PHARMACY II NEAR EAST LANG tI OCCUP THERAPY I I PATHOLOGY 11 SOCIAL PSYCH I I ZOOLOSY I I SPANISH 11 AMER STUDIES II AUDIOLOGY I I APPLIED MATH i I ENTOMOLOGY 11 LAW I I GENETICS 1 I ARCHAEOLOGY I I ANATOMY I I CLASSICAL LANG II OCEANOGRAPHY I I BACTERIOLOGY II FAR EAST LANG i I ITALIAN I I METALLURGY I I MINING I I RUSSIAN I I GERMAN I I PARASITOLOGY II SLAVIC STUDIES I I OTHER FOR LANG i I ASTRONOMY II BIOPHYSICS iI OPTOMETRY f; OSTEOPATHY
I I ll NOT IN ABOVE Ii UNDECIDED I I TOTAL iI NO RESPONSE
I I I II 42 I 0.26 I 543 I 557 iI 41 I 0.26 1 504 I 487 i I 38 I 0.24 I 536 I 541 I I 31 I 0.19 I 571 I 539 II 30 I 0.19 I 508 1 600 II 29 1 0.18 1 447 I 612 If 28 I 0.17 1 501 1 583 II 27 I 0.17 I 540 I 543 II 26 I 0.16 1 441 I 535 I I 26 I 0.16 1 528 t 548 I I 24 1 0.15 1 441 1 658 11 24 I 0.15 I 530 I 490 II 23 I 0.14 I 411 1 671 11 23 1 0.14 I 473 1 583 II 23 I 0.14 1 539 I 436 II 22 I 0.14 1 425 I 534 II 22 I 0.14 I 533 I 515 II 21 I 0.13 1 507 I 489 I I 21 I 0.13 1 487 i 546 II 20 I 0.12 I 511 I 474 I I 20 I 0.12 I 565 I 545 II 20 I 0.12 1 481 I 422 I I 19 I 0.12 I 574 I 499 II 17 I 0.11 1 549 I 508 II 16 1 0.10 I 539 I 606 II 14 I 0.09 1 499 i 532 If 13 I 0.08 I 497 f 441 II 13 I 0.08 1 506 I 580 II 11 I 0.07 1 595 I 516 If 11 I 0.07 I 505 I 515 I I 11 I 0.07 I 597 I 544 II
9 I 0.06 1 458 I 562 II 9 I 0.06 I 420 I 507 Ii 8 t 0.05 1 476 I 491 II 8 I 0.05 I 500 I 479 II 7 I 0.04 I 433 1 650 11 7 I 0.04 I 403 I 661 II
1 .
6 0.04 1 487 i 487 I I 4 I 0.02 1 563 I 448 iI 4 I 0.02 I 393 I 410 II 4 I 0.02 I 403 1 580 11 3 I 0.02 I 350 I 503 I I 3 I 0.02 f 487 I 660 II 2 I 0.01 I 510 I 475 II 2 I 0.01 I 545 1 580 11 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II
I I I II 483 I 3.01 I 498 I 507 II 783 I 4.89 I 507 I 493 f I
16020 1 100.00 I 504 I 496 II 233 1 1.43*1 494 I 492 11
* BASED ON ALL GRE RESPONDENTS OCTOBER, 1980 - JUNE, 1981, WHO COMPLETED GRE AND BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE
9. RANK ORDER OF INTENDED GRADUATE MAJOR FOR CANDIDATES WHO RECEIVED BACHELORS DEGRLE 1965 OR EARLIER
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
II I iI EDUCATION I iI EDUC ADMIN II PSYCHOLOGY I 11 GUIDANCE/COUNS I I I NURSING I l l LIGRARY SC1 II SOCIAL WORK I i I PUBLIC ADMIN I I ENGLISH I II RELIGIOUS STD I II EDUC PSYCH I I BUSINESS/CMRCE 1 I I COMPUTER SC1 I I PUBLIC HEALTH I 11 OTHER SOC SC1 11 HISTORY 1 I I MUSIC I ll FINE ARTS II HOME ECONOMICS i I I HOSPITAL ADMIN i II SOCIOLOGY I I COMMUNICATIONS I II PHYSICAL ED 11 POLITICAL SC1 / I I ECONOMICS I I JOURNALISM f II ANTHROPOLOGY II URBAN DEVELOP I I i ELECTRICAL ENG I II NUTRITION I I SPEECH f II OTHER 6IOL SC1 I II OTH HUMANITIES I II MATHEMATICS 11 AGRICULTURE I I I LINGUISTICS II DRAMATIC ARTS I II OTHER ENGIN II INDUSTRIAL REL t II ART HISTORY I I CHEMISTRY I I I BIOLOGY I l l PHYSICS I I ARCHITECTURE I 11 CIVIL ENG I I MICROBIOLOGY I I I OTHER PHYS SC1 I II OCCUP THERAPY I I SPANISH I I I INDUSTRIAL ENG i 1 I INTERNAT REL I I STATISTICS
I 1824 1 26.71
696 I 10.19 358 I 5.24 346 I 5.07 290 I 4.25 282 I 4.13 165 1 2.42 155 I 2.27 148 I 2.17 140 I 2.05 136 I 1.99 121 I 1.77 120 I 1.76 a9 I 1.30 85 I 1.24 a4 I 1.23 a3 I 1.22 57 I 0.83 56 1 0.82 54 I 0.79 49 I 0.72 48 I 0.70 45 I 0.66 42 I 0.62 37 I 0.54 36 I 0.53 34 I 0.50 33 I 0.48 32 1 0.47 30 I 0.44 30 I 0.44 28 1 0.41 27 I 0.40 26 1 0.38 26 I 0.38 25 I 0.37 24 I 0.35 24 1 0.35 24 i 0.35 23 1 0.34 20 I 0.29 19 I 0.28 19 I 0.28 16 I 0.23 15 I 0.22 15 I 0.22 14 I 0.21 14 I 0.21 14 I 0.21 13 I 0.19 13 I 0.19 12 I 0.18
491 t 429 1; I 464 1 428 II
572 I 483 11 499 I 425 I I 512 I 427 11
I 537 I 437 I I 540 I 440 II 526 1 472 11 575 I 425 II 541 I 484 I I
I 532 1 462 I I I 527 1 535 I I I 553 1 634 11
552 I 488 I I i 506 I 462 I I ~ 500 I 461 II
500 I 422 11 513 I 418 II 475 I 417 II 513 I 469 11 555 I 467 I I 566 I 458 I I 418 I 397 I I 514 I 468 I I
;:: l i 532 461 11 11 597 I 465 11 533 I 453 I I 465 I 619 II 489 I 443 II 548 I 417 I I 522 1 504 11 560 I 458 I I 571 I 702 11 415 I 442 11 521 1 454 11 556 1 471 11 516 1 652 11 544 I 522 1 i 600 I 456 I i 493 1 596 1 I 532 1 549 I I 476 i 647 11 584 I 546 1 I 455 I 632 I I 530 I 469 I I 500 I 623 11 536 i 454 I 1 529 I 392 11 465 I 631 1 I 623 1 552 11 469 I 640 1 I
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
I I I I I I I I II PHILOSOPHY i I GEOGRAFHY 1 I GEOLOGY I I AMER STUDIES I I LAW 11 AUDIOLOGY 11 VET MEDICINE I I BIOCHEMISTRY 11 NEAR EAST LANG II FORESTRY II SOCIAL PSYCH 11 COMPARE LIT 1 I MEDICINE 11 FRENCH 1 1 PHYSIOLOGY 11 MECHANICAL ENG 11 APPLIED MATH I I ENTOMDLOGY 11 ARCHAEOLOGY i 1 GERMAN i I ZOOLOGY II OCEANDGRAPHY I i PHARMACY I 1 GOTANY I i ITALIAN iI DENTISTRY f 1 GENETICS I I PHARMACOLOGY I 1 OPTCMETRY II BACTERIOLOGY i 1 ASTRONCMY 11 CHEMICAL ENG 11 CLASSICAL LANG I I PATHOLCGY 11 PHYS THERAPY I 1 PARASITOLOGY 11 AERONAUT ENG I I FAR EAST LANG II METALLURGY 1 I ANATOMY I I GIOPHYSICS 11 MINING 11 OSTEOPATHY 11 SLAVIC STUDIES 11 RUSSIAN 11 OTHER FOR LANG
/I I I NOT IN ABOVE 11 UNDECIDED I I TOTAL II NO RESPONSE
12 11 11 11 10 10
9 9 9 8 8 7 7
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
202 294
6828 111
0.18 j 0.16 ~ 0.16
0.16 0.15
I 0.15 I 0.13
0.13 0.13 0.12 0.12 0.10
I 0.10 0.10
I 0.07 I 0.07
0.07 0.07 0.07
’ 0.07 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2.96 4.31
100.00 1.60*
615 I 504 iI 571 I 575 I I 525 I 578 I I 544 I 425 1 I 459 I 417 I I 562 I 488 I I 403 I 447 I I 533 I 570 I I 502 1 452 I I 461 I 543 I I 508 I 408 I I 627 I 446 I I 573 I 567 I I 549 I 491 I I 4S2 I 474 I I 440 I 652 ! I 506 I 668 1 I 504 I 502 I I 526 I 554 I I 564 I 488 I I 560 i 518 I I 598 i 573 I I 413 I 510 I I 660 I 585 I I 463 I 428 I I 475 I 443 I I 568 I 443 I I 653 I 583 I I 663 f 567 i I 410 I 540 I I 467 I 513 I I 250 I 560 I I 660 I 495 I I 375 I 535 I I 545 I 505 I I 475 I 435 I I 600 I 760 II 510 I 410 I I 200 I 490 I I 740 I 550 I I 700 I 570 I I
0 I 0 II 0 I 0 II 0 I 0 II 0 I 0 II 0 I 0 II
1 fi 498 I 456 I I 517 1 460 11 512 I 456 i I 518 i 462 I I
* BASED ON ALL GRE RESPONDENTS OCTOBER, 1980 - JUNE, 1981, WHO COMPLETED GRE AND BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE
TABLE 10. RANK ORDER OF INTENDED GRADUATE MAJOR FOR MALES AGE 22 OR LESS
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-9
ii 11 PSYCHOLOGY ii ELECTRICAL ENG i 1 CHEMISTRY 11 COMPUTER SC1 11 GEOLOGY I i PHYSICS I I ECONOMICS 11 BUSINESSXMRCE I I RELIGIOUS STD II VET MEDICINE II MECHANICAL ENG 11 OTHER ENGIN II CHEMICAL ENG II POLITICAL SC1 I I CIVIL ENG I I BIOLOGY I I INTERNAT REL I I ENGLISH II OTHER BIOL SC1 I I ARCHITECTURE I I HISTORY II PUGLIC ADMIN iI BIOCHEMISTRY I I MUSIC I I AGRICULTURE I I MATHEMATICS I I EDUCATION I I MICROBIOLOGY II PHYSICAL ED II URBAN DEVELOP I I COMMUNICATIONS I I ZOOLOSY t I JOURNALISM II AERONAUT ENG I I OTHER PHYS SC1 II MEDICINE iI DRAMATIC ARTS II HOSPITAL ADMIN II FHYSIOLOGY I I LAW II PHILOSOFHY II INDUSTRIAL ENG II FORESTRY I I GENETICS II INDUSTRIAL REL i I PHARIIACOLOGY 1 I GUIDANCE/COUNS II OTHER SOC SC1 I 1 SOCIOLOGY iI FINE ARTS iI GECGRAPHY II SOCIAL WORK
I I 2100 I 6.29 I 505 1551 I 4.64 I 479 1183 I 3.54 I 524 1167 I 3.49 I 523 1003 I 3.00 I 507
980 I 2.93 I 561 951 I 2.85 I 522 895 I 2.68 I 464 876 I 2.62 I 499 785 I 2.35 I 475 767 I 2.30 I 472 757 I 2.27 I 505 683 I 2.04 I 514 661 I 1.98 I 526 652 I 1.95 1 428 651 I 1.95 I 504 639 I 1.91 i 556 627 I 1.88 I 594 620 I 1.86 I 511 571 I 1.71 I 494 562 I 1.68 I 551 562 I 1.68 I 483 524 I 1.57 I 538 513 I 1.54 I 497 487 I 1.46 I 451 414 I 1.24 I 558 356 I 1.07 I 464 353 I 1.06 I 492 333 I 1.00 I 410 327 I 0.98 I 490 317 I 0.95 I 491 290 I 0.87 I 536 271 I 0.81 t 531 240 i 0.72 I 495 238 I 0.71 I 510 227 I 0.68 I 513 227 I 0.68 I 538 223 I 0.67 I 459 218 I 0.65 I 500 217 I 0.65 I 505 212 I 0.63 I 604 206 I 0.62 I 430 203 I 0.61 I 491 190 I 0.57 I 530 187 I 0.56 I 467 185 f 0.55 I 522 184 I 0.55 I 437 168 I 0.50 I 477 165 I 0.49 I 489 162 I 0.48 I 476 160 I 0.48 I 488 159 I 0.48 I 439
I 545 t / 689 I / 658 I I 686 I 1 609 I I 707 I i 636 I I 580 i I 533 I 1 601 I
683 I 672 I 700 I
~ 549 I I 665 I
589 I 566 I 556 I
~ 605 I 595 I 534 I 519 I 648 I 536 I 559 I 722 I 534 I 579 I 499 I 552 1 512 I 595 I 531 I 684 I 663 i 631 I 546 I 543 I 591 I 543 I 596 I 654 I 597 I 637 i 524 I 624 I 480 I 529 I 525 I 510 I 560 I 474 I
I I I I I I II_
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
II l l PUBLIC HEALTH Ii APPLIED MATH II PHYS THERAPY II ANTHROPOLOGY II EDUC ADtlIN I I OCEANOGRAPHY I I BOTANY I I ASTRONOMY I I STATISTICS I I SPEECH I i OTH HUMANITIES I I PHARMACY I I ANATOMY I I ENTOMOLOGY Ii ARCHAEOLOGY I I METALLURGY I I PATHOLOGY I I BIOFHYSICS I I LIBRARY SC1 I I EDUC PSYCH II ART HISTORY I I NEAR EAST LANG I I SPANISH II CLASSICAL LANG 1 I NUTRITION I I LINGUISTICS II SOCIAL PSYCH II AUDIOLOGY 1 I DENTISTRY I I COMPARE LIT I I FRENCH II AMER STUDIES Ii GACTERIOLOGY I I RUSSIAN II SLAVIC STUDIES I I FAR EAST LANG I I GERMAN I I MINING i I NURSING I I PARASITOLOGY I I OPTOHETRY II HONE ECONOMICS I I OTHER FOR LANG II OCCUP THERAPY i I ITALIAN I I OSTEOPATHY
II II NOT IN ABOVE II UNDECIDED I I TOTAL I I NO RESPONSE
I I I II 158 I 0.47 I 491 I 574 II 132 I 0.40 I 555 I 723 II 132 I 0.40 I 459 I 540 II 131 I 0.39 1 546 I 564 II 118 I 0.35 I 440 I 510 II 115 I 0.34 I 519 I 635 II 101 I 0.30 I 513 I 584 II
98 I 0.29 I 581 I 705 II 97 I 0.29 I 498 I 691 II 92 I 0.28 I 479 I 509 II 79 I 0.24 I 544 I 545 II 76 I 0.23 I 474 I 598 II 75 I 0.22 I 476 i 584 II 70 I 0.21 I 509 I 586 II 64 I 0.19 ! 569 I 548 II 57 I 0.17 I 502 I 673 II 55 I 0.16 I 487 I 579 II 53 I 0.16 I 595 I 691 I I 48 I 0.14 I 517 I 510 II 47 I 0.14 I 473 I 524 II 46 I 0.14 I 524 I 506 II 44 I 0.13 I 531 I 592 II 42 I 0.13 I 502 I 515 II 41 I 0.12 I 636 I 593 iI 40 I 0.12 I 489 I 600 II 39 I 0.12 I 543 I 574 II 38 I 0.11 I 466 I 515 II 37 I 0.11 I 448 I 523 I I 34 I 0.10 i 456 I 539 II 34 I 0.10 i 613 I 571 II 32 I 0.10 I 557 I 589 I I 28 I 0.08 I 587 I 543 II 26 i 0.08 I 493 I 575 Ii 26 I 0.08 I 534 I 568 II 25 I 0.07 I 540 I 588 II 25 I 0.07 I 588 I 574 II 24 1 0.07 I 546 I 567 II 19 I 0.06 i 472 I 625 II 18 I 0.05 I 491 I 511 II 14 I 0.04 I 517 I 614 II 11 I 0.03 I 504 I 593 II 10 I 0.03 I 450 I 557 I I 10 I 0.03 I 584 I 549 II
8 I 0.02 I 478 I 566 II 7 I 0.02 I 557 I 604 iI 4 I 0.01 I 463 I 580 II
1 I I II 501 I 1.50 I 469 I 552 II
3223 i 9.65 I 505 I 592 II 33403 I 100.00 I 505 I 602 II
655 I 1.92*! 515 I 606 II _
* BASED ON ALL GRE RESPONDENTS OCTOBER, 1980 - JUNE, 1981, WHO COMPLETED GRE AND BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE
TABLE 11. RANK ORDER OF INTENDED GRADUATE MAJOR FOR FEMALES AGE 22 OR LESS
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
I I I I I I I I I PSYCHOLOGY I I EDUCATION I I SOCIAL WORK 1 I ENSLISH I I VET MEDICINE i 1 GUIDANCE/COUNS I I BUSINESS/CMRCE I I NURSING I I COMPlUNICATIONS I I SPEECH II OTHER BIOL SCI I 1 INTERNAT REL 11 MUSIC II PUBLIC ADMIN II NUTRITION I I BIOLOGY 1 I COMPUTER SC1 II OTHER SOC SC1 I I CHEMISTRY I I ECONOMICS 1 I PUBLIC HEALTH I I LIBRARY SC1 I I PHYSICAL ED i 1 GEOLOGY I I HISTORY t I MICROBIOLOGY I I JOURNALISM II PHYS THERAPY II POLITICAL SC1 I I SOCIOLOGY iI FINE ARTS II AUDIOLOGY I I HOME ECONOMICS I I BIOCHEMISTRY iI ART HISTORY i I URBAN DEVELOP II HOSPITAL ADMIN I 1 RELIGIOUS STD I I AGRICULTURE I I MATHEMATICS I I DRAMATIC ARTS Ii ARCHITECTURE II EDUC PSYCH 1 I INDUSTRIAL REL I I GENETICS II EDUC ADMIN I I ANTHROPOLOGY II LAW II OTHER ENGIN II PHYSIOLOGY 1 I ZOOLOGY II MEDICINE
4280 1 10.06 1 494 I 498 II 2973 I 6.99 I 435 I 464 II 1450 I 3.41 I 444 I 447 II 1116 I 2.62 i 569 I 495 11
908 1 2.13 I 511 1 576 Ii 894 1 2.10 I 440 I 457 II 798 I 1.88 1 462 I 513 II 797 I 1.87 1 482 I 502 Ii 760 I 1.79 1 463 I 462 Ii 753 I 1.77 I 443 I 449 II 744 I 1.75 1 505 I 546 II 740 I 1.74 1 537 I 518 II 718 1 1.69 I 486 I 494 II 695 I 1.63 I 459 I 453 II 645 1 1.52 1 464 I 518 II 635 1 1.49 1 509 I 556 II 595 I 1.40 1 475 I 620 Ii 577 I 1.36 1 471 I 481 II 564 I 1.33 1 519 I 621 II 520 I 1.22 1 521 I 577 iI 517 I 1.21 1 492 I 529 II 516 I 1.21 1 528 I 485 II 406 1 1.17 1 406 I 455 II 490 I 1.15 I 533 I 591 II 483 1 1.13 1 552 I 487 Ii 470 I 1.10 I 488 I 551 II 453 I 1.06 1 513 I 476 I! 431 I 1.01 1 472 I 531 II 409 I 0.96 1 510 I 486 II 400 I 0.94 I 458 I 462 II 394 I 0.93 1 473 1 458 II 385 I 0.90 1 444 I 469 II 381 I 0.90 I 419 I 450 II 354 I 0.83 I 522 I 598 iI 349 I 0.82 I 545 I 504 II 339 I 0.80 i 495 1 491 II 333 I 0.78 i 476 I 503 II 330 I 0.78 I 548 I 515 II 312 I 0.73 1 482 I 541 II 301 I 0.71 1 488 I 641 II 300 I 0.70 1 521 I 479 iI 291 I 0.68 1 516 i 570 II 285 I 0.67 I 465 I 491 II 278 1 0.65 1 475 I 492 II 275 I 0.65 I 5(+3 I 595 II 270 I '0.63 1 428 I 456 II 265 1 0.62 I 544 I 514 II 244 I 0.57 1 492 I 480 II 213 1 0.50 1 529 I 646 II 205 I 0.48 I 506 I 547 II 201 I 0.47 1 528 I 574 II 201 I 0.47 I 510 I 571 II
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-9
II I I I I I I I I CHEMICAL ENG I I ELECTRICAL ENG 1 I SPANISH II OTH HUMANITIES I 1 I PHYSICS I I BOTANY I II PATHOLOGY I I FRENCH I I I LINGUISTICS I I GEOGRAPHY I I I OCCUP THERAPY I i CIVIL ENS I II PHARMACOLOGY I I SOCIAL PSYCH ! I I PHILOSOPHY Ii MECHANICAL ENG I I I FORESTRY I I STATISTICS I II ARCHAEOLOGY I I COMPARE LIT I I I OTHER PHYS SC1 1 1 1 PHARMACY I I OCEANOGRAPHY ! II NEAR EAST LANG I I I APPLIED MATH II INDUSTRIAL ENG I I I AtlER STUDIES I I GERMAN I I I ANATOMY I I CLASSICAL LANG I I i BACTERIOLOGY II FAR EAST LANG I I I ENTOMOLOGY I i RUSSIAN I I I SLAVIC STUDIES I I I ASTRONOMY II BIOPHYSICS 1 II DENTISTRY II AERONAUT ENG I I I ITALIAN I I PARASITOLOGY I I I OTHER FOR LANG i I I METALLURGY I I OSTEOPATHY 1 I I OPTOMETRY
: I M1N1NG I
II I l l NOT IN ABOVE I I UNDECIDED i I I TOTAL II NO RESPONSE I
181 1 0.43 I 519 I 672 11 173 I 0.41 I 503 I 681 II 147 I 0.35 1 473 I 467 11 146 I 0.34 1 522 I 495 II 138 I 0.32 I 572 I 674 I I 136 1 0.32 I 543 f 576 II 133 I 0.31 I 450 I 479 I I 130 I 0.31 I 534 I 503 II 129 I 0.30 1 546 1 558 II 121 I 0.28 1 500 I 521 II 121 I 0.28 I 461 I 494 I I 114 I 0.27 I 492 I 652 ii 114 I 0.27 I 510 I 589 I I 112 I 0.26 I 464 I 471 II 110 I 0.26 I 579 I 535 II 105 I 0.25 I 523 I 666 iI 104 I 0.24 I 529 I 583 II 104 I 0.24 I 470 I 619 II
98 I 0.23 I 570 i 530 II 94 I 0.22 1 582 i 501 Ii 89 1 0.21 I 528 i 620 II 77 I 0.18 1 479 1 585 II 75 I 0.18 I 524 I 591 iI 69 I 0.16 1 506 1 526 11 65 I 0.15 1 510 1 651 11 62 I 0.15 I 435 1 631 II 61 1 0.14 I 531 I 503 I I 57 I 0.13 I 548 1 548 iI 47 I 0.11 1 502 I 524 II 44 I 0.10 1 610 1 569 II 38 1 0.09 I 518 I 543 II 35 I 0.08 1 541 1 527 iI 34 I 0.08 i 527 I 545 II 34 I 0.08 I 583 I 541 II 25 1 0.06 I 593 I 577 I I 21 I 0.05 1 605 1 655 I I 20 I 0.05 I 593 1 623 11 20 I 0.05 I 427 I 454 II 18 I 0.04 i 524 I 641 II 17 I 0.04 I 494 I 448 11 12 I 0.03 1 471 1 516 II 10 I 0.02 1 539 1 548 11
8 1 0.02 I 521 1 665 II 6 I 0.01 1 510 1 615 11 4 I 0.01 I 490 I 555 II 3 I 0.01 1 540 I 603 I I
I 1 I II 1405 I 3.30 I 457 I 479 II 5357 I 12.59 I 492 I 511 II
42556 I 100.00 I 488 I 510 II 820 I l-89*1 493 I 513 I I
* BASED ON ALL GRE RESPONDENTS OCTOBER, 1980 - JUNE, 1981, WHO COMPLETED GRE AND R4CKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE
TABLE 12. RANK ORDER OF INTENDED GRADUATE MAJOR FOR MALES AGE 23-29
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-9
II 1 1 PSYCHOLOGY I 11 COMPUTER SC1 II ELECTRICAL ENG f II EDUCATION I I RELIGIOUS STD I II BUSINESSXMRCE I (1 ECONOMICS II CIVIL ENG I II PUBLIC ADMIN 11 GEOLOGY 1 11 MECHANICAL ENG 1 II ARCHITECTURE 11 OTHER ENGIN f i I AGRICULTURE I 11 EDUC ADMIN tI ENGLISH I II PHYSICAL ED 1; ;;‘:;ICAL SC1 !
I l l OTHER BIOL SC1 1 11 HISTORY t I BIOLOGY I I I CHEMISTRY I I GUIDANCE/COUNS I I I INTERNAT REL 11 PHYSICS I I I URBAN DEVELOP II CHEMICAL ENG 11 SOCIAL WORK i I I COMMUNICATIONS 1 II OTHER SOC SC1 II FINE ARTS I I I VET MEDICINE I Ii INDUSTRIAL ENG I I I JOURNALISM I I PUBLIC HEALTH I I I MICROBIOLOGY II HOSPITAL ADMIN 1 II MATHEMATICS II DRAMATIC ARTS I I I BIOCHEMISTRY I I I INDUSTRIAL REL I 11 PHILOSOFHY I I SOCIOLOGY I I I OTHER PHYS SC1 1 I I ZOOLOGY I I GEOGRAPHY II EDUC PSYCH / 1 I PHYSIOLOGY I I ANTHROFOLOGY I II DENTISTRY Ii FORESTRY
I 2207 I 1678 I 1501 I 1490 I 1437 I 1206 I 1174 I
988 I 943 I 939 I 888 I 781 I 741 I 728 I 718 I 709 I 705 I 690 I 678 I 666 I 630 I 586 I 574 I 535 I 521 I 499 I 495 I 493 I 421 I 410 I 394 I 385 I 375 I 365 I 342 I 339 I 327 I 313 I 301 I 296 I 277 I 257 I 251 I 245 I 241 I 237 I 228 1 217 I 209 I 205 I 203 I 197 I
I I II 5.59 I 514 I 525 II 4.25 I 458 I 642 I I 3.80 I 422 I 655 II 3.78 1 449 1 489 II 3.64 I 514 I 517 11 3.06 1 448 I 561 iI 2.98 I 451 1 591 11 2.50 I 386 I 628 II 2.39 I 462 I 491 1 I 2.38 I 484 I 574 11 2.25 I 415 I 656 II 1.98 i 466 I 567 1 I 1.88 1 442 1 631 11 1.85 I 424 I 519 11 1.82 I 426 i 482 II 1.80 I 582 I 524 II 1.79 I 404 I 459 I I 1.75 I 475 I 505 I I 1.72 I 491 I 507 I I 1.69 I 505 1 577 I I 1.60 I 535 1 513 II 1.49 ! 498 I 559 1 I 1.45 I 460 I 613 I I 1.36 I 442 I 468 II 1.32 I 512 I 534 I I 1.26 I 478 I 675 II 1.25 I 467 I 519 1 I 1.25 i 418 I 648 I I 1.07 I 462 I 461 II 1.04 I 471 I 496 II 1.00 I 472 I 502 I I 0.98 1 466 i 465 II 0.95 I 487 I 579 1 I 0.93 I 386 I 618 I I 0.87 I 537 I 520 11 0.86 I 477 I 534 II 0.83 1 467 1 552 1 I 0.79 I 461 I 519 i 1 0.76 I 474 I 679 11 0.75 I 524 I 504 II 0.70 I 480 I 596 11 0.65 1 463 I 509 I I 0.64 I 586 I 571 11 0.62 I 460 1 491 i 1 0.61 1 493 1 618 II 0.60 I 522 1 567 11 0.58 1 488 I 531 11 0.55 I 483 I 495 11 0.53 I 490 1 566 11 0.52 I 541 I 513 I I 0.51 I 487 1 604 11 0.50 I 498 i 573 1 t
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
II I I I I II 11 LIBRARY SC1 I I PHARMACOLOGY i I PHARMACY I I NURSING I I BOTANY II PHYS THERAPY II OTH HUMANITIES 11 LAW I I MEDICINE II AERONAUT ENG I I ENTOMOLOGY i I GENETICS I I SPEECH I I LINGUISTICS I I METALLURGY I I STATISTICS II OCEANOGRAPHY II APPLIED MATH I I NUTRITION I I ARCHAEOLOGY I I PATHOLOGY II ART HISTORY I I ANATOMY II SOCIAL PSYCH I I AUDIOLOGY II NEAR EAST LANG 11 COMPARE LIT I I SPANISH II AMER STUDIES I I ASTRONOMY I I FRENCH I I GERtlAN I I BACTERIOLOGY II BIOFHYSICS II FAR EAST LANG I I CLASSICAL LANG 11 MINING II OCCUP THERAPY I I PARASITOLOGY II SLAVIC STUDIES 1 I RUSSIAN I I HOflE ECONOMICS I I OTHER FOR LANG I I OPTOHETRY I I ITALIAN I I OSTEOPATHY I I I I II NOT IN ABOVE II UNDECIDED I I TOTAL II NO RESPONSE
179 I 0.45 I 543 I 492 I I 177 I 0.45 I 478 I 588 II 171 I 0.43 I 439 I 565 I I 162 1 0.41 I 496 I 519 I I 146 1 0.37 1 528 I 584 II 146 i 0.37 1 465 I 530 II 143 I 0.36 I 545 I 535 II 139 I 0.35 I 479 I 512 II 138 1 0.35 I 499 I 591 II 136 I 0.34 1 457 I 640 II 128 1 0.32 I 490 I 550 II 115 I 0.29 1 527 I 601 II 106 1 0.27 I 491 I 480 II 105 I 0.27 I 489 I 548 II
95 I 0.24 I 398 I 650 II 94 I 0.24 I 429 I 668 II 86 I 0.22 1 476 I 627 II 81 I 0.21 1 475 I 659 II 78 f 0.20 i 443 I 558 iI 77 I 0.20 I 533 I 535 II 74 I 0.19 1 467 I 559 II 71 I 0.18 I 559 I 516 I I 70 I 0.18 I 486 I 545 II 56 1 0.14 1 481 I 509 II 54 I 0.14 I 471 1 489 II 53 I 0.13 I 542 I 553 II 51 I 0.13 I 570 I 547 I I 46 I 0.12 1 459 I 485 Ii 44 I 0.11 I 519 I 519 II 42 I 0.11 I 496 I 654 II 36 1 0.09 1 531 i 506 I I 36 I 0.09 I 564 I 556 11 30 I 0.08 I 483 I 535 I I 27 1 0.07 I 534 I 614 II 26 I 0.07 I 573 I 563 iI 26 I 0.07 1 638 I 550 II 25 1 0.06 1 426 I 634 I I 23 1 0.06 1 502 I 515 II 23 1 0.06 1 507 I 558 I I 20 I 0.05 I 528 1 573 I I 19 I 0.05 I 527 I 581 II 16 1 0.04 I 391 1 485 11 13 I 0.03 ! 490 I 531 II 11 I 0.03 1 466 I 575 iI
7 I 0.02 I 450 I 539 II 6 l 0.02 1 418 I 523 II
I I t II 1011 I 2.56 1 464 I 530 II 2802 1 7.10 I 464 I 540 II
39455 I 100.00 I 471 I 554 II 971 I 2.40*1 459 I 563 II
* BASED ON ALL GRE RESPONDENTS OCTOBER, 1980 - JUNE, 1981, WHO COMPLETED GRE AND BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE
TABLE 13. RANK ORDER OF INTENDED GRADUATE MAJOR FOR FEMALES AGE 23-29
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
I I 11 EDUCATION 11 NURSING II PSYCHOLOGY I I GUIDANCEXOUNS II SOCIAL WORK I I ENGLISH 11 LISRARY SC1 II PUBLIC HEALTH 11 EDUC ADMIN II PUBLIC ADMIN 11 COElPUTER SC1 1 1 BUSINESWCMRCE II NUTRITION t I PHYSICAL ED I I MUSIC II OTHER SOC SC1 I I COMXJNICATIONS II FINE ARTS 11 OTHER 610L SC1 II EDUC PSYCH Ii JOURNALISM I I BIOLOGY II HOSPITAL ADMIN II VET MEDICINE I I HOME ECONOMICS 11 SPEECH 11 HISTORY 1 1 ECONOMICS I I URBAN DEVELOP II SOCIOLOGY II ARCHITECTURE I I INTERNAT REL 11 GEOLOGY I I RELIGIOUS STD II PHYS THERAPY iI ANTHROPOLOGY I I POLITICAL SC1 I I MICROBIOLOGY II DRAMATIC ARTS II INDUSTRIAL REL f I AGRICULTURE II ART HISTORY II CHEMISTRY II BIOCHEMISTRY i I LINSUISTICS I I OTH HUMANITIES II MATHEMATICS 11 AUDIOLOGY II OCCUP THERAPY I I SPANISH I I ZOOLOGY II GENETICS
I 6233 1 I 3410 I 2785 I 1337 I 1207 I
942 I 856 1 800 I 755 I 727 i 670 1 633 I 619 1 595 I 545 I 513 I 500 I 480 I 468 1 453 I 437 I 414 I 391 I 387 I 356 ! 343 I 342 I 310 I 309 I 305 I 300 I 299 I 297 1 295 I 266 I 266 I 263 1 259 1 237 1 232 I 224 I 221 I 216 1 182 I 176 1 167 I 166 I 148 I 143 I 141 I 141 I 137 I
I I I I !5.79 I 435 I 440 II 8.64 1 486 I 483 Ii 7.05 I 511 I 488 I I 3.39 I 443 I 430 II 3.06 1 464 I 430 II 2.39 I 556 1 466 II 2.17 1 520 I 461 II 2.03 1 498 I 500 II 1.91 I 436 I 436 11 1.84 I 462 I 453 II 1.70 I 437 1 601 11 1.60 I 461 1 498 II 1.57 I 460 I 492 I I 1.51 I 416 I 443 I I 1.38 1 493 I 473 11 1.30 I 473 I 460 II 1.27 I 470 i 443 II 1.22 1 474 I 446 II 1.19 I 507 I 535 II 1.15 1 459 I 458 II 1.11 I 531 I 471 II 1.05 I 507 I 536 II 0.99 I 473 I 477 I I 0.98 I 528 I 564 II 0.90 I 431 I 457 I1 0.87 1 454 I 434 I I 0.87 I 542 I 466 iI 0.79 I 478 I 549 II 0.78 i 507 I 496 II 0.77 1 458 I 451 II 0.76 I 515 I 550 I I 0.76 I 537 I 492 11 0.75 I 532 I 566 II 0.75 1 542 I 494 iI 0.67 1 484 I 505 I I 0.67 I 542 I 498 I I 0.67 1 487 I 461 I I 0.66 1 467 I 523 II 0.60 I 506 I 455 I I 0.59 1 486 1 473 11 0.57 I 473 I 515 I I 0.56 I 525 I 470 II 0.55 I 460 I 581 11 0.46 1 486 I 562 II 0.45 I 513 I 524 11 0.42 1 512 I 477 II 0.42 1 453 I 633 iI 0.37 1 467 I 458 II 0.36 I 477 1 466 II 0.36 I 465 I 438 II 0.36 1 527 I 540 II 0.35 I 516 I 576 II
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-9
I I I I I I II I I PHYSIOLOGY I I BOTANY II OTHER ENGIN I I PHARMACOLOGY II PHARMACY I I GEOGRAPHY i I FRENCH I I PATHOLOGY I I MEDICINE I I COMPARE LIT 1 I PHILOSOPHY 1 I SOCIAL PSYCH 11 ELECTRICAL ENG I I LAW 11 CIVIL ENG I I CHEMICAL ENG 1 1 ARCHAEOLOGY i I ENTOMOLOGY 11 FORESTRY i I DENTISTRY 11 OTHER PHYS SC1 II INDUSTRIAL ENG 11 STATISTICS I I PHYSICS I I AMER STUDIES I I GERMAN 11 MECHANICAL ENG I I OCEANOGRAPHY I I NEAR EAST LANG II FAR EAST LANG I I ANATOMY II APPLIED MATH I I CLASSICAL LANG II BACTERIOLOGY I I ITALIAN 11 RUSSIAN II SLAVIC STUDIES 11 PARASITOLOGY II AERONAUT ENG 11 OTHER FOR LANG I I METALLURGY I I ASTRONOMY 1 I OPTOtlETRY 11 BIOPHYSICS I I MINING II OSTEOPATHY
II II NOT IN ABOVE II UNDECIDED I I TOTAL II NO RESPONSE
135 I 0.34 I 480 1 526 II 133 I 0.34 I 530 I 555 I I 125 I 0.32 1 477 I 587 I I 116 I 0.29 1 499 I 567 II 110 I 0.28 1 456 I 552 II 108 I 0.27 I 498 I 511 II 105 I 0.27 1 521 I 491 !I
98 1 0.25 1 476 I 500 I I 96 I 0.24 I 502 I 541 II 88 I 0.22 1 552 I 485 II 86 I 0.22 1 563 I 512 iI 84 1 0.21 I 490 f 484 11 83 I 0.21 I 451 I 642 II 80 I 0.20 I 453 I 455 II 79 I 0.20 I 473 I 630 II 69 1 0.17 I 470 1 615 11 68 I 0.17 1 560 I 484 II 65 I 0.16 I 507 I 535 II 65 I 0.16 I 544 I 560 II 61 1 0.15 I 478 I 545 II 59 I 0.15 1 489 I 582 It 58 I 0.15 1 449 I 592 II 56 I 0.14 I 438 I 625 II 50 I 0.13 I 511 1 639 11 49 I 0.12 1 568 I 516 iI 47 I 0.12 I 525 I 501 II 44 I 0.11 1 546 I 663 I I 42 I 0.11 I 540 I 585 11 42 1 0.11 I 485 I 488 II 34 I 0.09 I 496 I 508 II 29 I 0.07 1 509 I 528 II 23 1 0.06 1 496 I 627 II 23 I 0.06 I 627 I 545 II 19 I 0.05 I 451 I 504 II 17 I 0.04 I 439 I 441 II 16 1 0.04 1 583 I 501 II 15 I 0.04 1 613 I 517 II 13 I 0.03 1 472 I 532 II 12 I 0.03 I 449 I 598 11
9 I 0.02 1 501 I 438 II 7 I 0.02 I 431 I 554 II 6 i 0.02 1 428 I 528 II 6 1 0.02 I 517 I 618 II 5 I 0.01 i 554 i 564 11 3 I 0.01 I 400 1 580 11 3 I 0.01 1 623 I 563 I I
f 1 1 II 1060 i 2.68 1 466 I 463 II 2985 I 7.56 1 473 I 480 II
39484 I 100.00 I 478 I 479 II 810 1 2.01*1 477 I 482 11
JI I I I I IL
* BASED ON ALL GRE RESPONDENTS OCTOBER, 1980 - JUNE, 1081, WHO COMPLETED GRE AND BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE
TABLE 14. RANK ORDER OF INTENDED GRADUATE MAJOR FOR MALES AGE 30-39
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
I I 11 EDUCATION 11 EDUC ADMIN I 1 l PSYCHOLOGY 11 PUBLIC ADMIN 1 I I COMPUTER SC1
tI RELIGIOUS STD I 11 BUSINESWCMRCE I II GUIDANCE/COUNS 1 II ECONOMICS 11 ELECTRICAL ENG I II AGRICULTURE II OTHER SOC SC1 I I I ENGLISH I I SOCIAL NDRK I I I POLITICAL SC1 I I PHYSICAL ED I I I HISTORY II OTHER ENGIN I 1 I CIVIL ENG I l l FUBLIC HEALTH II HOSPITAL ADMIN ! 11 EDUC PSYCH I I COM”lUNICATIONS 1 I I GEOLOGY I I EIOLOGY f I I FINE ARTS II ARCHITECTURE I I I URPAN DEVELOP I I MECHANICAL ENG I I I LIERARY SC1 I I INTERNAT REL ! I I r1usxc I ll OTHER BIOL SC1 1 1 I PHYSICS i 1 NURSINS I 11 SOCIOLOGY II INDUSTRIAL ENG ! I i CHEMISTRY
I I INDUSTRIAL REL f I I JOURNALISM I I ANTHROFOLOGY I I I MATHEM4TICS
t I DRAMATIC ARTS I I I GEOSRAPHY
II VET MEDICINE f I I LINGUISTICS II OTHER PHYS SC1 ! I I DENTISTRY II PHILOSOPHY I I I CHEMICAL ENG I 1 MICROPIOLOGY I I I FORESTRY I
I I I I I 1278 I 9.15 I 463 I 484 II 1076 I 7.70 I 452 I 480 I I
838 I 6.00 1 539 1 516 I I 611 I 4.37 I 466 I 472 II 535 I 3.83 I 492 I 638 II
520 I 3.72 I 524 I 502 II 491 I 3.51 I 474 I 551 II 408 I 2.92 1 479 I 467 11 350 I 2.51 I 433 I 566 II 341 I 2.44 I 422 I 640 II 242 I 1.73 ! 369 I 472 II 241 1 1.73 I 465 I 487 Ii 237 I 1.70 1 579 1 488 II 224 I 1.60 I 506 1 468 Ii 223 I 1.60 I 452 I 473 I I 221 I 1.58 I 412 I 455 II 210 I 1.50 I 511 I 474 II 192 I 1.37 1 437 1 614 11 184 i 1.32 I 408 I 612 II
176 I 1.26 I 500 I 523 II 159 I 1.14 I 481 I 502 11
157 I 1.12 1 486 1 482 II 154 I 1.10 1 502 I 497 II 148 I 1.06 I 513 I 571 II 132 I 0.94 1 438 I 530 II 132 I 0.94 I 478 1 431 11 124 I 0.89 1 517 I 580 II 123 I 0.88 1 453 1 512 ! 1 121 I 0.87 I 421 I 645 Ii 121 I 0.87 I 560 I 493 I I 117 I 0.84 I 511 I 511 II 116 I 0.83 I 499 I 485 II 114 I 0.82 I 494 i 549 11 113 I 0.81 I 461 i 646 II 111 I 0.79 I 503 I 491 I I 108 I 0.77 I 449 I 451 II 103 I 0.74 I 417 I 606 II 101 I 0.72 I 453 I 597 I I 101 I 0.72 I 470 I 501 II
97 I 0.69 I 569 I 514 I I 95 I 0.68 I 531 I 459 I I 87 I 0.62 I 483 1 657 I I 73 I 0.52 I 531 I 503 I I 69 I 0.49 I 457 I 493 I I 68 I 0.49 I 472 1 565 II 68 I 0.49 I 474 I 510 II 67 I 0.48 I 493 I 631 I I 64 I 0.46 I 511 I 564 iI 59 I 0.42 I 575 I 559 II 58 I 0.42 I 408 I 641 II 55 I 0.39 i 475 1 538 11 54 I 0.39 I 495 I 570 II
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
II I I I I II iI OTH HUMANITIES I II STATISTICS I Il PHYSIOLOGY I I PHARMACY I 11 AERONAUT ENG I 1 PHARMACOLOGY I II BIOCHEMISTRY I 1 ZOOLOGY 1 I I LAW 11 SPEECH I I I MEDICINE 11 PHYS THERAPY 1 11 ENTOMOLOGY I 1 BOTANY I II NUTRITION II PATHOLOGY I t 1 SPANISH
II APPLIED MATH I II ARCHAEOLOGY II SOCIAL PSYCH I 11 GENETICS 11 METALLURGY f I I NEAR EAST LANG I 11 COMPARE LIT i 1 FRENCH I 11 OCEANOGRAPHY II ART HISTORY 1 I I AMER STUDIES I I HOME ECONOMICS I iI BACTERIOLOGY I I ANATOMY ! 11 MINING 11 CLASSICAL LANG t 1 I ITALIAN I I FAR EAST LANG I 11 ASTRONOMY I I RUSSIAN I 11 OCCUP THERAPY 11 PARASITOLOGY I 11 BIOFHYSICS 11 SLAVIC STUDIES I iI AUDIOLCGY I I OPTOXETRY I I I GERXAN II OSTEOPATHY f 11 OTHER FOR LANG I
I I I I 1 1 l NOT IN ABOVE I 11 UKDECIDED 11 TOTAL I 11 NO RESPONSE I
50 I 0.36 I 548 1 503 II 40 I 0.29 I 402 I 630 iI 40 I 0.29 I 481 I 528 I I 40 I 0.29 1 458 i 548 II 36 1 0.26 I 436 I 653 11 35 I 0.25 I 469 I 561 iI 34 I 0.24 I 462 I 526 II 34 I 0.24 1 493 I 519 II 33 I 0.24 I 463 i 432 I I 32 1 0.23 I 524 I 503 iI 31 I 0.22 1 491 I 572 11 29 I 0.21 I 526 I 531 II 28 I 0.20 i 470 i 527 II 27 I 0.19 I 517 I 550 I I 25 l 0.18 I 399 I 474 II 24 1 0.17 I 449 I 555 II 23 t 0.16 I 457 I 401 II 22 I 0.16 i 458 I 628 II 21 I 0.15 i 573 I 532 11 20 I 0.14 I 488 I 454 II 19 I 0.14 I 515 I 568 11 18 i 0.13 I 321 I 554 II 18 I 0.13 I 577 I 566 11 16 1 0.11 I 502 I 428 II 16 I 0.11 I 521 I 516 II 15 I 0.11 1 449 I 598 II 15 I 0.11 I 541 I 497 II 14 I 0.10 I 546 I 567 II 13 I 0.09 I 471 I 454 I I 11 I 0.08 I 448 I 495 II
9 I 0.06 I 551 I 544 II 9 I 0.06 1 394 i 632 11 9 I 0.06 I 598 I 563 II 8 I 0.06 I 488 I 485 II 8 1 0.06 I 525 I 555 II 8 I 0.06 I 544 I 648 Ii 7 I 0.05 I 521 i 477 II 6 i 0.04 1 493 1 478 iI 6 1 0.04 I 363 1 500 II 5 I 0.04 I 550 I 590 II 5 I 0.04 I 460 I 592 II 5 I 0.04 I 478 I 552 II 4 I 0.03 I 573 I 598 II 4 I 0.03 I 465 I 443 I I 3 I 0.02 I 513 I 500 I I 2 I 0.01 1 425 I 485 i I
I I I I t II
479 I 3.43 I 476 I 525 II 746 1 5.34 I 464 I 503 i I
13969 1 100.00 I 477 I 520 II 353 I 2.46*! 457 I 523 I I
II I I I I I I
% BASED ON ALL GRE RESPONDENTS OCTOBER, 1980 - JUNE, 1981~ WHO COMPLETED GRE AND BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE
TABLE 15. RANK ORDER OF INTENDED GRADUATE MAJOR FOR FEMALES AGE 30-39
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
I I I iI EDUCATION I 11 NURSING 1 I PSYCHOLOGY I 11 EDUC ACMIN I I GUIDANCE/COUNS i iI SOCIAL WORK 1 I LIBRARY SCI I 11 ENGLISH I I PUBLIC’ ADMIN f I I EDUC PSYCH I l l PUBLIC HEALTH I I BUSINESS/CMRCE I I I OTHER SOC SC1 I I COMPUTER SC1 f I I COMMUNICATIONS I I I HISTORY II FINE ARTS I 11 HOME ECONOMICS 1 1 I RELIGIOUS STD II HOSPITAL ADMIN 1 II SOCIOLOGY ii PHYSICAL ED t tI ANTHROPOLOGY I I MUSIC I II NUTRITION II JOURNALISM i II OTHER BIOL SC1 1 I I BIOLOGY II LINGUISTICS 1 Ii SPEECH iI ARCHITECTURE i I I UREAN DEVELOP 11 ART HISTORY 1 II POLITICAL SC1 II INDUSTRIAL REL t I I ECONOMICS 1 i DRAMATIC ARTS i 11 MICROBIOLOGY I I OTH HUMANITIES 1 I t VET MEDICINE i I MATHEMATICS I I I GEOLOGY II CHEMISTRY I I I INTERNAT REL II SOCIAL PSYCH f II PHYS THERAPY I I SPANISH f I I AGRICULTURE II OCCUP THERAPY I 11 AUDIOLOGY 11 GEOGRAPHY II FRENCH / __
I 3955 I 1634 I 1471 I
862 I 841 i 604 I 591 I 468 I 349 I 343 I 335 I 225 I 201 I 200 I 183 I
172 I 171 I 162 I 157 I 155 I 140 I 133 I 130 I 128 i 118 I 118 I 106 I 103 I 102 I
94 I 86 I 86 I 82 I 80 1 74 I 73 I 71 I 71 I 62 1 61 I 57 I 51 I 48 I 47 I 41 I 38 I
38 I 37 I 36 I 35 I 31 I 28 I
I 22.69 I 470 I 434 iI
9.37 I 510 I 460 II 8.44 I 543 I 481 II 4.95 1 466 I 437 II 4.83 i 480 I 428 II 3.47 1 505 I 428 II 3.39 1 530 I 456 11 2.69 I 569 1 451 iI 2.00 i 498 I 444 II 1.97 1 519 I 467 II 1.92 1 525 I 486 iI 1.29 I 502 I 510 II 1.15 I 494 I 434 II 1.15 1 503 I 609 iI 1.05 1 524 I 456 II 0.99 I 550 I 443 II 0.98 I 491 I 431 II 0.93 I 452 1 428 iI 0.90 1 540 I 468 11 0.89 1 484 I 452 iI 0.80 I 508 I 432 II 0.76 1 433 I 421 Ii 0.75 I 577 I 484 II 0.73 I 514 I 449 II 0.68 I 503 I 477 II 0.68 1 556 I 466 iI 0.61 1 515 I 512 1 I 0.59 1 540 1 516 II 0.59 I 534 I 497 II 0.54 1 514 I 446 11 0.49 I 566 I 552 II 0.49 1 515 I 464 11 0.47 1 587 I 444 iI 0.46 I 552 I 457 iI 0.42 I 534 I 448 II 0.42 1 510 I 536 II 0.41 1 553 1 442 Ii 0.41 1 523 I 514 iI 0.36 I 516 I 445 11 0.35 1 565 I 572 II 0.33 1 461 i 629 II 0.29 1 588 1 572 II 0.28 I 491 1 595 II 0.27 1 529 I 466 II 0.24 I 521 I 445 Ii 0.22 I 514 i 525 iI 0.22 I 459 I 397 II 0.21 1 467 I 477 iI 0.21 i 513 1 487 II 0.20 1 524 i 486 II 0.18 I 533 I 505 Ii 0.16 I 520 I 459 II
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
I I I I I I I I I I BIOCHEMISTRY I I BOTANY I I COMPARE LIT iI AMER STUDIES 1 I PHILOSOPHY 1 I MEDICINE I I PHARMACOLOGY II STATISTICS I I NEAR EAST LANG II OTHER ENGIN I I PHARMACY i I PHYSIOLOGY I I PATHOLOGY II ARCHAEOLOGY 11 ZCOLOGY I I GENETICS I I LAW 1 I OTHER PHYS SC1 II ELECTRICAL ENG I I PHYSICS 1 I FAR EAST LANG It APPLIED MATH I I ANATOMY I I CIVIL ENG I I PARASITOLOGY i I RUSSIAN
1 I ENTOMOLOGY I I BACTERIOLOGY II CLASSICAL LANG II INDUSTRIAL ENG I I GERMAN II DENTISTRY 11 CHEMICAL ENG II ITALIAN II BIOPHYSICS II FORESTRY II OTHER FOR LANG I I OCEANOGRAPHY 1 1 ASTRONOMY
II MECHANICAL ENG I I METALLURGY
I I OSTEOPATHY II SLAVIC STUDIES I I OPTOMETRY I I MINING
II AERONAUT ENG
!I II NOT IN ABOVE 11 UNDECIDED II TOTAL II NO RESPONSE I
28 1 0.16 I 590 I 563 11 26 I 0.15 I 542 i 518 iI 26 i 0.15 1 529 1 418 11 25 I 0.14 1 534 1 458 11 25 1 0.14 1 546 1 466 11 24 I 0.14 I 512 I 523 II 24 I 0.14 I 498 t 552 II 21 I 0.12 1 435 1 582 11 21 I 0.12 1 458 1 423 iI 20 I 0.11 1 518 1 585 I I 20 I 0.11 I 496 1 592 II 18 i 0.10 1 552 1 524 II 18 I 0.10 I 504 I 507 II 17 I 0.10 I 532 I 454 II 17 I 0.10 1 539 1 525 11 17 I 0.10 I 521 1 506 tI 16 1 0.09 I 438 I 418 II 15 I 0.09 I 517 I 500 II 13 I 0.07 I 475 I 548 II 11 I 0.06 I 515 I 628 II 11 I 0.06 I 490 I 504 Ii 11 I 0.06 I 584 I 575 II 10 I 0.06 i 455 I 482 II 10 I 0.06 I 455 I 632 II 10 I 0.06 I 417 1 456 II
9 I 0.05 I 421 I 442 iI 8 1 0.05 i 553 1 508 11 8 1 0.05 I 493 I 491 II 7 I 0.04 i 620 1 533 II 7 I 0.04 I 571 I 593 II 7 I 0.04 I 493 I 414 II 7 I 0.04 I 439 I 543 II 6 1 0.03 I 493 I 617 II 5 I 0.03 i 448 I 426 II 5 I 0.03 I 574 I 520 II 4 I 0.02 1 548 1 530 II 3 I 0.02 I 337 I 440 II 3 I 0.02 I 433 I 447 II 3 I 0.02 I 577 I 680 II 2 I 0.01 I 585 I 710 II 2 I 0.01 1 305 I 485 II 1 I 0.01 1 450 1 580 11 1 I 0.01 I 590 I 430 II 1 I 0.01 I 740 I 490 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II
I I I II 444 I 2.55 I 494 I 458 II 959 I 5.50 I 499 I 459 II
17430 I 100.00 1 503 I 458 11 411 I 2.30*1 492 I 452 I I
Jl 1 I I I ll_
* BASED ON ALL GRE RESPONDENTS OCTOBER, 1980 - JUNE, 1981, WHO COMPLETED GRE AND BACKGROUh'D QUESTXDNNAIRE
TABLE 16. RANK ORDER OF INTENDED GRADUATE MAJOR FOR MALES AGE 40 OR MORE
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-9
II I i I EDUCATION 11 EDUC ADMIN 1 1 PSYCHOLOGY 11 PUBLIC ADMIN I I BUSINESWCMRCE 11 GUIDANCE/COUNS II RELIGIOUS STD Ii COMPUTER SC1 I I HISTORY 11 OTHER SOC SC1 iI POLITICAL SC1 11 ENGLISH 11 ECONOMICS II ELECTRICAL ENG II LIBRARY SC1 II SOCIAL HORK 11 MUSIC 1 I SOCIOLOGY 11 PUBLIC HEALTH II EDUC PSYCH 1 I COMMUNICATIONS I I AGRICULTURE II OTHER ENGIN 11 PHYSICAL ED I I HOSPITAL ADMIN 11 URBAN DEVELOP I 1 JOURNALISM I I GEOLOGY I I INTERNAT REL I I OTHER PHYS SC1 Ii CIVIL ENG II INDUSTRIAL REL II INDUSTRIAL ENG I I MATHEMATICS 11 FINE ARTS 11 DRAMATIC ARTS I I ANTHROPOLOGY 11 LINSUISTICS I I N’JRSING I I PHYSICS 1 I FHILOSOPHY II CHEMISTRY I I LAW II VET MEDICINE I I MECHANICAL ENG 1 I BIOLOGY II OTH HUHANITIES II GEOGRAPHY 1 ! ARCHAEOLOGY 1 I SPANISH I I OTHER BIOL SC1 11 ARCHITECTURE
I I I II 374 1 12.84 I 459 I 453 II 351 I 12.05 I 431 I 431 II 157 I 5.39 I 519 I 479 II 155 I 5.32 1 468 I 443 II 153 I 5.25 I 471 I 524 II 116 I 3.98 I 464 I 424 II 109 I 3.74 I 506 I 469 II
94 I 3.23 1 511 I 598 11 70 I 2.40 I 556 I 451 II 67 1 2.30 I 488 1 473 11 58 I 1.99 I 481 I 452 II 46 1 1.58 1 547 1 426 11 43 I 1.48 I 473 I 549 I I 42 I 1.44 I 455 I 592 II 36 I 1.24 I 542 I 443 II 36 I 1.24 1 488 I 431 I I 32 I 1.10 I 453 1 480 11 29 I 1.00 I 470 I 399 II 28 I 0.96 I 526 I 509 II 28 1 0.96 I 532 I 466 I I 27 I 0.93 I 501 I 457 II 25 I 0.86 I 423 I 444 II 25 I 0.86 I 493 I 616 II 24 1 0.82 I 375 I 388 II 23 I 0.79 1 463 I 445 i I 22 I O.i6 I 532 I 514 tI 20 I 0.69 1 549 I 467 I I 20 I 0.69 I 526 I 563 I I 20 I 0.69 1 544 I 469 i I 18 I 0.62 I 467 I 561 I I 18 I 0.62 I 417 I 597 I I 18 I 0.62 I 474 I 508 I I 17 I 0.58 I 456 I 577 II 15 I 0.52 I 484 I 645 I I 15 I 0.52 1 450 1 399 11 14 I 0.48 I 510 I 419 I I 14 I 0.48 1 566 1 463 i I 14 I 0.48 I 537 I 534 II 13 I 0.45 1 456 I 424 II 13 I 0.45 I 512 f 676 I I 13 I 0.45 I 601 I 511 11 12 I 0.41 I 338 1 591 II 12 I 0.41 I 434 I 396 II 11 I 0.38 I 395 I 464 II 11 I 0.38 1 430 I 580 II 10 I 0.34 I 530 I 542 II 10 I 0.34 I 564 I 530 II
9 I 0.31 1 538 1 541 II 9 I 0.31 I 588 I 530 II 8 I 0.27 i 413 1 343 II 7 I 0.24 I 467 I 583 I I 7 I 0.24 1 479 I 509 I I
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
I I I I I I II 11 MEDICINE 1 I MICROBIOLOGY f II PHYSIOLOGY I 11 STATISTICS 1 1 PHARMACY f I I ENTOMDLOGY 11 FORESTRY 1 11 DENTISTRY I l l SPEECH I I HOME ECONOMICS I 1 I CHEMICAL ENG 11 ART HISTORY f 11 BIOCHEMISTRY II FAR EAST LANG I 11 AUDIOLOGY 11 OCEANOGRAPHY ! II NEAR EAST LANG I 11 SOCIAL PSYCH I I BOTANY f 11 COMPARE LIT I I ZOOLOGY I 1 I METALLURGY I I FRENCH I I 1 PATHOLOGY 11 AMER STUDIES f I 1 PHARMXOLOGY 1 1 ASTRONO:lY I I 1 RUSSIAN I I MINING I 11 ANATOMY 1 1 ITALIAN f 11 OCCUP THERAPY 1 1 BACTERIOLOGY I It PHYS THERAPY 11 APPLIED MATH I 11 OTHER FOR LANG I 11 NUTRITION I 11 AERONAUT ENG I I CLASSICAL LANG I 11 P4RASITOLOGY I 1 1 GENETICS I I EIoPt~YsIcs / 11 OPTOMETRY 1 1 GERMAN f i I SLAVIC STUDIES I 11 OSTEOPATHY I I I I I 11 NOT IN ABOVE I 11 UNDECIDED 1 I TOTAL 11 NO RESPONSE /
7 I 0.24 1 539 I 546 iI 6 1 0.21 1 532 I 558 II 6 I 0.21 I 428 I 458 II 5 I 0.17 1 470 I 610 11 5 I 0.17 I 350 I 500 II 5 I 0.17 I 458 I 440 II 5 I 0.17 I 518 I 528 I I 5 I 0.17 1 364 I 460 I I 5 I 0.17 1 476 I 418 II 4 I 0.14 1 478 I 448 II 4 I 0.14 I 440 I 680 I I 4 I 0.14 1 505 I 423 II 4 I 0.14 1 433 1 585 I I 4 I 0.14 I 405 1 468 11 4 I 0.14 I 453 I 483 I I 3 I 0.10 I 540 I 543 I I 3 I 0.10 I 520 I 487 II 3 I 0.10 I 540 1 463 II 3 I 0.10 I 490 I 560 iI 3 I 0.10 1 663 I 517 1 I 3 I 0.10 I 660 I 603 I I 2 I 0.07 I 250 I 505 I I 2 I 0.07 I 555 I 605 11 2 I 0.07 I 415 I 475 II 2 I 0.07 I 495 I 335 II 2 I 0.07 1 605 1 595 II 2 I 0.07 I 385 I 400 II 1 I 0.03 1 660 I 530 I I 1 I 0.03 I 300 I 340 II 1 I 0.03 I 530 I 590 II 1 I 0.03 I 390 I 410 II 1 I 0.03 I 570 I 540 II 1 I 0.03 I 480 i 510 II 1 I 0.03 I 480 I 390 II 1 I 0.03 I 830 I 790 II 1 I 0.03 I 330 I 330 II 1 I 0.03 1 210 1 520 I I 1 I 0.03 I 600 I 760 II 1 I 0.03 I 320 I 320 I I 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0 I i:: I 0 I 0 II 0 I I 0 I 0 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II
I I I I II
124 1 4.26 I 455 I 460 II 155 I 5.32 I 444 I 441 II
2912 I 100.00 I 475 I 473 II 83 I 2.77*1 448 I 462 II . .
* BASED ON ALL GRE RESPONDENTS OCTOBER, 1980 - JUNE, 1981, WHO COMPLETED GRE AND BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE
TABLE 17. RANK ORDER OF INTENDED GRADUATE MAJOR FOR FEMALES AGE 40 OR MORE
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
I I I I I I I 11 EDUCATION 11 NURSING II PSYCHOLOGY iI EDUC ADMIN I I GUIDANCE/COUNS tI LIGRARY SC1 I I ENGLISH 11 SOCIAL WORK II Pl!BLIC ADMIN It EDUC PSYCH II PUGLIC HEALTH it OTHER SOC SC1 I i HISTORY II RELIGIOUS STD II HOSPITAL ADMIN II FINE ARTS I 1 SOCIOLOGY I I BUSINESS/CMRCE I I MUSIC I I HOME ECONOMICS I I ANTHROPOLOGY I t COMMUNICATIONS I I SPEECH II ART HISTORY I t SPANISH I I NUTRITION I I COMPUTER SC1 I I BIOLOGY iI OTH HUMANITIES II INDUSTRIAL REL 11 POLITICAL SC1 I I URSAN DEVELOP 1 I OTHER 610L SC1 II FHYSICAL ED I 1 JOURNALISM II LINGUISTICS iI DRAMATIC ARTS 1 I ECONCMICS 11 INTERNAT REL I I MICROBIOLOGY I I COMPARE LIT II OCCUP THERAPY I I LAW I I BIOCHEMISTRY I I GEOGRAPHY I I MATHEMATICS I I SOCIAL PSYCH I I PHILOSOPHY II AUDIOLOGY I I FRENCH iI CHEMISTRY I I GERMAN
1787 I 26.97 1 467 I 400 II 559 I 8.44 I 485 I 409 I I 444 I 6.70 I 528 I 431 II 423 I 4.38 I 462 I 395 I I 359 I 5.42 1 477 I 391 II 301 I 4.54 1 518 I 414 II 208 I 3.14 I 556 I 410 II 193 I 2.91 I 504 I 391 Ii 122 I 1.84 I 497 I 417 I I 108 I 1.63 I 501 I 419 i I 106 i 1.60 I 492 I 423 iI
93 I 1.40 1 496 I 425 t 1 91 I 1.37 1 563 I 403 I I 77 I 1.16 1 531 t 426 !I 73 I 1.10 1 457 I 389 I I 71 I 1.07 1 492 I 398 iI 68 I 1.03 1 508 t 435 II 64 1 0.97 1 505 I 446 It 63 1 0.95 i 498 1 396 II 53 I 0.80 I 462 I 404 iI 51 I 0.77 1 584 I 438 ii 51 I 0.77 I 511 I 411 I I 41 I 0.62 1 506 I 392 ti 35 I 0.53 I 545 I 391 II 34 I 0.51 I 434 I 359 I I 30 I 0.45 1 403 1 429 Ii 30 I 0.45 I 515 1 576 1 i 27 t 0.41 I 490 I 459 I I 27 I 0.41 I 537 1 383 11 25 i 0.38 1 498 i 433 11 25 1 0.38 i 493 1 426 11 25 1 0.38 I 524 1 385 11 24 1 0.36 1 495 1 437 II 22 I 0.33 I 478 i 405 II 19 I 0.29 I 591 1 430 ii 18 1 0.27 1 467 I 409 t 1 17 I 0.26 1 532 i 430 II 16 1 0.24 1 467 1 483 1 I 13 I 0.20 1 529 t 456 1 I 13 I 0.20 1 512 1 465 II 13 I 0.20 1 575 1 406 11 12 I 0.18 I 531 1 443 II 11 I 0.17 I 456 1 356 iI 10 I 0.15 1 451 I 496 11 10 I 0.15 1 522 I 466 iI 10 I 0.15 1 521 I 689 11 10 I 0.15 t 424 1 351 11 10 I 0.15 I 551 1 460 11 10 I 0.15 1 452 I 420 11 10 I 0.15 I 508 i 452 11
9 I 0.14 1 549 I 561 11 9 I 0.14 1 540 I 422 iI
II I I I I I1
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
I I I I I I I l l PHARMACOLOGY 1 i AMER STUDIES 1 I BOTANY i 1 NEAR EAST LANG I i ITALIAN
11 OTHER PHYS SC1 t I GEOLOGY I I ARCHITECTURE iI PHYSIOLOGY 11 AGRICULTURE 11 PATHOLOGY 11 GENETICS 1 I ARCHAEOLOGY II STATISTICS Ii ELECTRICAL ENG 11 OTHER ENGIN 1 I ZOOLOGY 1 I OTHER FOR LANG 11 OPTOMETRY 11 INDUSTRIAL ENG 1 I VET MEDICINE 1 i CLASSICAL LANG iI APPLIED MATH 11 CIVIL ENG I I BACTERIOLOGY iI FORESTRY 11 GIOPHYSICS 1 I PHARMACY it OCEANOGRAPHY II DENTISTRY i I t!EDICINE I I PHYSICS I t ANATOMY i I PARASITOLOGY 1 I ENTOMOLOGY 1 t RUSSIAN 11 OSTEOPATHY iI MECHANICAL ENG 11 PHYS THERAPY tI METALLURGY i 1 MINING I I CHEMICAL ENG 11 SLAVIC STUDIES 1 I ASTRONOMY iI AERONAUT ENG 11 FAR EAST LANG
!i 11 NOT IN ABOVE Ii UNDECIDED i I TOTAL Ii NO RESPONSE
8 1 0.12 1 565 I 540 II 8 I 0.12 1 536 I 378 11 7 I 0.11 1 657 1 590 11 6 i 0.09 1 467 I 400 11 6 1 0.09 1 527 I 412 11 6 i 0.09 I 560 t 537 11 6 1 0.09 1 590 1 502 11 6 1 0.09 I 525 I 507 I I 6 1 0.09 I 470 I 407 I I 6 1 0.09 I 460 1 478 11 4 I 0.06 1 435 1 468 iI 4 I 0.06 1 650 I 560 iI 4 I 0.06 I 478 I 330 II 4 I 0.06 1 615 1 625 II 3 I 0.05 I 463 1 630 Ii 3 I 0.05 I 457 I 533 I I 3 I 0.05 1 523 I 497 11 3 I 0.05 I 540 I 407 II 3 I 0.05 I 553 I 507 I I 2 I 0.03 I 375 I 570 II 2 I 0.03 I 440 I 475 II 2 I 0.03 I 655 I 410 I I 2 I 0.03 t 420 1 750 iI 2 I 0.03 I 620 I 505 Ii 2 I 0.03 1 520 I 435 11 2 I 0.03 i 645 I 450 1 I
: I I 0.02 0.03 1 1 505 360 I 1 520 460 Ii II 1 I 0.02 I 430 I 300 II 1 I 0.02 I 450 I 340 II 1 I 0.02 I 350 I 500 II 1 I 0.02 1 570 ! 690 iI 1 I 0.02 I 740 1 580 1 t 1 I 0.02 I 450 I 430 II 1 I 0.02 I 530 1 460 t! 1 I 0.02 1 770 i 560 11
0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II
I f I !I 188 I 2.84 1 468 I 397 11 388 I 5.85 1 481 I 411 11
6627 I 100.00 1 491 I 410 Ii 162 t 2.39*1 478 I 407 tI
* BASED ON ALL GRE RESPONDENTS OCTOBER, 1980 - J’.!NE, 1981, WHO COMPLETED GPE AND BACKGROIJND QUESTIONNA1RE
TABLE 18. RANK ORDER OF INTENDED GRADUATE MAJOR FOR MALES WHO RECEIVED BACHELORS DEGREE 19X-1966
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
EDUC ADMIN EDUCATION PSYCHOLOGY RELIGIOUS STD PUBLIC ADMIN COMPUTER SC1 BUSINESS/CMRCE GUIDANCE/COUNS ECONDMICS ELECTRICAL ENG PHYSICAL ED ENGLISH SOCIAL WORK HISTORY OTHER SOC SC1 AGRICULTURE OTHER ENGIN EDUC PSYCH POLITICAL SC1 HOSPITAL ADMIN COFl:lUNICATIONS PUBLIC HEALTH CIVIL ENG LIBRARY SC1 MUSIC ARCHITECTURE INTERNAT RE L MECHANICAL ENG OTHER BIOL SC1 URBAtd DEVELOP FINE ARTS MATHEPIATICS INDUSTRIAL ENG INDUSTRIAL REL GEOLOGY SOCIOLOGY PHYSICS BIOLOGY JOURNALISM ANTHROPOLOGY CHEMISTRY OTHER PHYS SC1 DENTISTRY DRAt:ATIC ARTS LItXUISTICS GEOfRAFHY
VET tlEDICINE HICF?03IOLOGY AERONAUT ENG FORESTRY PHILOSOPHY NCIRSING
I I I I 775 : 11.59 1 457 I 488 it 745 I 11.14 t 478 I 502 11 349 I 5.22 1 568 I 538 II 278 i 4.16 I 556 I 525 II 274 I 4.10 I 500 I 501 II 250 I 3.74 1 518 I 661 II 218 I 3.26 1 504 I 581 Ii 214 I 3.20 1 492 I 478 11 134 I 2.00 1 461 I 602 II 132 I 1.97 1 441 I 667 II 119 I 1.78 I 425 I 464 II 117 t 1.75 i 586 1 499 iI 105 I 1.57 i 548 I 502 II 102 I 1.53 I 520 I 472 II
95 I 1.42 I 504 I 519 II 94 I 1.41 I 398 i 492 iI 91 I 1.36 1 444 I 638 ii 86 I 1.29 I 517 I 511 II 84 1 1.26 I 496 I 491 II 76 I 1.14 1 496 I 511 Ii 76 1 1.14 I 523 1 518 II 75 I 1.12 I 533 I 557 I I 75 I 1.12 i 414 I 635 I I 74 I 1.11 i 552 I 515 II 65 I 0.97 I 494 I 480 II 59 I 0.88 I 553 1 602 II 56 I 0.84 i 573 I 561 ii 55 I 0.82 I 454 I 667 II 53 I 0.79 1 484 i 563 Ii 53 I 0.79 1 487 I 547 11 50 I 0.75 I 498 I 440 II 49 I 0.73 I 467 I 657 iI 46 I 0.69 I 452 I 646 II 45 I 0.67 I 490 I 504 iI 44 I 0.66 I 508 I 562 I I 43 I 0.64 1 479 I 489 II 42 1 0.63 I 441 I 666 11 42 I 0.63 I 522 I 545 II 41 I 0.61 I 592 I 527 Ii 40 I 0.60 1 564 I 506 iI 39 I 0.58 i 417 i 580 ii 38 I 0.57 i 494 I 639 Ii 38 I 0.57 1 548 I 557 Ii 35 1 0.52 i 532 I 502 II 34 I 0.51 I 492 I 528 iI 26 I 0.39 I 488 I 487 II 25 I 0.37 I 455 i 562 11 25 I 0.37 1 515 I 561 11 24 I 0.36 1 441 I 658 II 23 I 0.34 I 492 I 615 11 22 I 0.33 1 587 I 568 II 21 I 0.31 1 506 i 480 11
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
I I I I CHEMICAL ENG I I PHYSIOLOGY I I BOTANY I iI PHYS THERAPY iI OTH HUMANITIES I i I PHARMACY Ii MEDICINE I i I SPEECH ii PHARMACOLOGY I Ii STATISTICS ii PATHOLOGY I I I ZOOLOGY I I i ENTOMOLOGY I I NUTRITION I I I FRENCH i I NEAR EAST LANG ! 1 i AMER STUDIES 1 i i COMPARE LIT I i ARCHAEOLOGY I I i HOME ECONOHICS i I I LAW ii APPLIED MATH I I I MINING i I BIOCHEMISTRY I I I ART HISTORY I I SPANISH I I I ANATOilY I I OCEANOGRAPHY ! 11 CLASSICAL LANG I II METALLURGY I I GENETICS I I I BACTERIOLOGY I I SLAVIC STUDIES I i i FAR EAST LANG II SOCIAL PSYCH I i i RUSSIAN I I ITALIAN I i i OCCUP THERAPY Ii OPTOMETRY f 1 I OTHER FOR LANG I Ii ASTRONOMY I 1 l GERllAN II BIOPHYSICS ! II PARASITOLOGY I II AUDIOLOGY I I OSTEOPATHY I
II f I I NOT IN ABOVE 1 i I UNDECIDED I I TOTAL f iI NO RESFONSE I
I I I I I 20 I 0.30 1 402 I 670 II 17 I 0.25 I 513 I 554 II 17 I 0.25 I 486 I 552 iI 16 1 0.24 1 511 1 529 II 16 1 0.24 1 605 I 564 II 16 I 0.24 I 438 I 539 II 15 I 0.22 1 475 I 629 II 15 I 0.22 1 542 I 529 Ii 14 I 0.21 I 481 I 593 II 13 I 0.19 I 443 I 633 II 13 I 0.19 I 454 I 545 II 12 I 0.18 I 579 I 562 II 12 I 0.18 1 477 i 520 II 10 I 0.15 1 343 I 469 II
9 I 0.13 I 519 I 509 I I 9 I 0.13 I 618 I 606 II 8 i 0.12 I 595 I 549 II 8 I 0.12 I 566 I 491 iI 8 I 0.12 1 614 i 560 iI 8 I 0.12 I 429 I 456 I I 8 I 0.12 1 528 I 461 II 8 I 0.12 I 531 1 659 11 7 I 0.10 I 403 I 661 II 7 I 0.10 I 393 I 509 II 7 I 0.10 I 556 i 516 iI 7 I 0.10 I 486 i 420 II 7 I 0.10 I 546 I 517 iI 6 I 0.09 i 470 I 620 I I 6 i 0.09 I 572 I 555 ii 6 I 0.09 I 453 I 670 Ii 5 I 0.07 I 498 i 634 II 5 I 0.07 i 428 i 504 i I 4 I 0.06 I 403 I 580 Ii 4 I 0.06 1 453 I 508 II 3 I 0.04 I 550 I 503 II 3 I 0.04 I 507 I 467 ii 3 I 0.04 I 447 I 500 II 3 I 0.04 I 487 I 523 iI 2 I 0.03 1 595 I 580 ii 2 I 0.03 I 425 I 485 iI 2 I 0.03 I 470 i 640 Ii 1 I 0.01 I 490 I 530 II 1 I 0.01 1 650 I 530 ii 1 I 0.01 I 310 I 400 II 1 I 0.01 I 660 I 740 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II
I I I II 238 i 3.56 1 491 I 549 i I 312 I 4.67 I 501 I 528 i 1
6616 I 100.00 I 497 I 535 II 103 I 1.52*i 507 I 550 ii
* BASED ON ALL GRE RESPONDENTS OCTOBER, 1980 - JUNE, 1981, WHO COMPLETED GRE AND BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE
TAGLE 19. RANK ORDER OF INTENDED GRADUATE MAJOR FOR FEMALES WHO RECEIVED BACHELORS DEGREE 1972-1966
I I
MEAN MEAN N % G?E-V G’ZE-Q
I I I I I I II EDUCATION I I EDUC ADMIN 1 I PSYCHOLOGY I I NURSING 11 GUIDANCE/COUNS 11 LIERARY SC1 I I SOCIAL L!CRK i I ENGLISH I I EDUC PSYCH I I FU”uLIC ADMIN
I I PUSLIC HEALTH CC?:lFUTER SC1
BUSINESWCNRCE OTHER SK SC1 RE LIGiCUS STD COXMU~JIC4TIONS
FHYSICAL ED HOME ECONDMICS MUSIC FINE ARTS HOSPITAL ADMIN JOURNALISM
i I HISTCRY I 1 LINGUISTICS I I I ARCHITECTURE 1
II NUTRITION I I BIOLOGY I 1 I SPEECH I
socIoLoGY
OTHER BIOL SC1 I DRAMATIC ARTS
ANTHROPOLOGY I UREjAN DEVELOP ART HISTORY 1 POLITICAL SC1 ECONDMICS I INDUSTRIAL REL I
MATHEMATICS OTH HUMANITIES I
i I MICRDSIOLOGY II PHYS THERAPY I II VET MEDICINE II INTERNAT REL 1 I I BIOCHEMISTRY II OCCUP THERAPY I 11 SOCIAL PSYCH i I STATISTICS I 11 CHEMISTRY II AUDIOLOGY 1 II GEOGRAPHY 1 1 AGRICULTURE I I I FRENCH I
2512 I 27.21 I 477 I 446 II 668 i 7.24 I 472 I 440 II 623 I 6.75 I 569 I 503 II 609 I 6.60 I 526 I 476 II 493 I 5.23 I 498 I 447 II 361 I 3.91 I 541 I 463 I I 254 I 2.75 I 527 I 449 I I 227 I 2.46 I 555 I 454 II 207 I 2.24 I 532 i 479 II 194 I 2.10 I 506 I 461 II 165 I 1.79 I 549 I 513 I I 125 I 1.35 1 502 1 615 II 116 I 1.26 I 517 I 508 II 111 I 1.20 I 512 I 461 II
92 I 1.00 I 557 I 47s II 91 I 0.99 I 519 I 463 I I 91 I 0.99 I 437 I 430 II 89 I 0.06 I 458 I 430 I I 79 I 0.86 1 517 I 448 II 76 I 0.82 I 471 I 431 I I 73 I 0.79 I 489 I 470 I I 67 I 0.73 I 554 I 467 II 64 I 0.69 I 557 I 450 Ii 57 I 0.62 I 549 I 506 II 56 I 0.61 1 579 i 554 Ii 53 I 0.57 I 502 I 491 II 50 I 0.54 I 551 I 530 II 47 I 0.51 I 512 I 444 I I 43 I 0.47 I 515 I 460 II 41 I 0.44 I 507 I 531 II 38 I 0.41 I 579 I 453 II 38 1 0.41 I 568 I 456 Ii 38 I 0.41 I 535 I 473 II 37 I 0.40 I 605 1 449 II 37 I 0.40 I 566 I 490 II 35 I 0.38 I 526 I 537 II 32 I 0.35 I 542 I 449 II
29 I 0.31 I 432 I 639 II 28 I 0.30 I 556 I 498 II 26 i 0.28 I 530 I 493 ii 22 I 0.24 I 553 I 550 iI 22 I 0.24 I 597 t 564 11 21 I 0.23 I 551 I 490 II 19 I 0.21 I 459 I 544 II 18 1 0.19 I 511 I 483 II 17 I 0.18 I 504 I 468 II 16 i 0.17 I 450 I 594 II 16 i 0.17 I 490 I 576 II 16 I 0.17 I 543 I 494 I I 15 I 0.16 I 530 1 485 II 15 I 0.16 I 485 I 4S2 II 15 I 0.16 I 537 I 478 I I
Jl I I I I Il.
I I I t I COMPARE LIT I I PHARMACOLOGY I I I GEOLOGY I I SPANISH ! I I NEAR EAST LANG I
II OTHER ENGIN I i AMER STUDIES I I I PHYSIOLOGY I I BOTANY I I I PATHOLOGY I I AFFLIED MATH I I I PHILOSOPHY i I MEDICINE f I I GENETICS I I ZOOLOGY I I I FtlARtiACY II FORESTRY I I I ELECTRICAL ENG I
i I OTHER PHYS SC1 i
I I PHYSICS i I CLASSICAL LANG I I I ITALIAN
I I LAW I I I INDUSTRIAL ENG I i I BACTERIOLOGY I I FAR EAST LANG t I I CIVIL ENG I I ANATOMY i II DENTISTRY II OCEANOGRAPHY I I I RUSSIAN 11 CHEMICAL ENG 1 i I GERMAN I l l PARASITOLOGY II ARCHAEOLOGY I I I ENTOMDLOGY I! BIOPHYSICS I I I OTHER FOR LANG I
I 1 METALLURGY I I ASTRONOMY ! Ii AERONAUT ENG I I MECHANICAL ENG I I I MINING i I OPTOMETRY t I I OSTEOPATHY I I SLAVIC STUDIES t
II I
l l NOT IN ABOVE I I I UNDECIDED I I TOTAL I II NO RESPONSE I
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
I I I l II 15 I 0.16 I 524 I 406 II
14 I 0.15 I 521 i 572 Ii 13 I 0.14 I 636 i 588 iI
13 I 0.14 I 478 I 422 II 12 I 0.13 I 468 I 442 II 12 I 0.13 I 519 I 605 I I 11 I 0.12 I 559 I 463 Ii 10 I 0.11 I 565 I 523 II
9 I 0.10 I 608 I 539 I I 8 1 0.09 I 540 I 548 II 8 I 0.09 I 548 I 554 I I 8 I 0.09 I 570 I 485 II 8 I 0.09 I 469 I 495 I I a I 0.09 1 511 I 546 II
8 I 0.09 I 544 I 520 iI 6 I 0.06 I 392 I 520 II
6 1 0.06 1 597 I 553 I I 6 i 0.06 I 460 I 522 11 5 I 0.05 1 446 1 470 II 5 I 0.05 1 482 I 672 1 I 5 I 0.05 I 628 1 530 11 5 I 0.05 I 532 I 466 iI 5 I 0.05 1 448 I 408 II 4 I 0.04 I 535 I 710 II 4 I 0.04 I 410 I 510 II 4 I 0.04 I 500 I 475 II 4 I 0.04 I 495 I 640 1 I
4 I 0.04 I 433 I 513 I I 4 I 0.04 I 490 1 560 Ii
3 I 0.03 I 433 I 447 I I 3 I 0.03 I 467 I 507 I I 3 I 0.03 1 477 1 680 11 3 I 0.03 I 557 1 420 I I
3 I 0.03 I 420 I 413 II 3 I 0.03 I 547 I 400 I I 2 I 0.02 1 635 I 605 1 I 1 I 0.01 1 370 1 420 II
1 I 0.01 1 290. 1 540 Ii 1 I 0.01 I 310 I 530 II 1 I 0.01 I 520 I 700 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0 I 0.0 I 0 I 0 II
I I I 11 243 1 2.63 i 504 i 465 11 467 I 5.06 i 511 I 471 I I
9232 I 100.00 I 510 1. 468 II 128 1 1.37*1 483 I 445 II
I I I I I I II_
* BASED ON ALL GRE RESPONDENTS OCTOBER, 1980 - JUPIE, L981, WHO COHP: FTFD GRE AND EhCKGROUND QUESTICt~KAIRE
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TABLE 20. RANK ORDER OF INTENDED GRADUATE MAJOR FOR MALES WHO RECEIVED BACHELORS DEGREE 19C.5 OR EARLIER
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
I I I II I 1 EDUC ADMIN i EDUCATION I PSYCHOLOGY 1 RELIGIOUS STD I GUIDANCEXOUNS I PUBLIC ADMIN I COMPUTER SC1 1 BUSINESS/CMRCE 1 HISTORY I OTHER SOC SC1 1 EDUC PSYCH 1 ELECTRICAL ENG I POLITICAL SC1 I ECONOMICS I MUSIC i ENGLISH I LIBRARY SC1 1 SOCIAL WORK 1 OTHER ENGIN 1 PUBLIC HEALTH 1 AGRICULTURE 1 HOSPITAL ADMIN I PHYSICAL ED I URBAN DEVELOP I PHYSICS 1 JOURNALISM I COHHUNICATIONS 1 INDUSTRIAL REL I DRAMATIC ARTS 1 CIVIL ENG I MATHEMATICS I FINE ARTS I socIoLoGY I BIOLOGY I OTHER PHYS SC1 1 INDUSTRIAL ENG i CHEMISTRY i ANTHROPOLOGY 1 OTH HUMANITIES I LINGUISTICS 1 VET MEDICINE I GEOLOGY 1 INTERNAT REL I GEOSRAPHY I PHILOSOPHY 1 FORESTRY i STATISTICS I LAW I MEDICINE I ARCHITECTURE I MECHANICAL ENG 1 OTHER 610L SC1
315 275
98 85 84 83 81 81 38 36 31 29 29 28 26 25 24 24 23 22 21 19 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 13 13 12 12 11 11 11 10 10 10 10
9 9 9 8 7 7
15.68 454 I 453 13.69 497 1 484
4.88 564 I 510 4.23 528 I 501 4.18 502 I 456 4.13 514 I 493, 4.03 557 I 644 4.03 513 I 559 1.89 586 1 492 1.79 518 I 506 1.54 536 I 483 1.44 466 I 618 1.44 486 I 471 1.39 486 1 553 1.29 481 I 481 1.24 582 I 445 1.19 534 I 443 1.19 535 I 477 1.14 523 I 663 1.10 545 I 550 1.05 382 I 422 0.95 498 I 505 0.95 356 I 394 0.90 517 I 482 0.85 474 I 653 0.80 568 I 486 0.75 579 1 525 0.70 508 I 525 0.65 549 I 475 0.65 458 I 641 0.65 560 I 691 0.60 493 I 432 0.60 573 I 498 0.55 495 I 523 0.55 490 1 635 0.55 434 I 629 0.50 470 1 633 0.50 567 I 457 0.50 605 i 507 0.50 609 I 541 0.45 403 I 447 0.45 519 I 5S8 0.45 601 I 530 0.40 546 1 556 0.35 629 I 519 0.35 467 I 527 0.35 449 I 641 0.35 493 I 439 0.30 575 I 558 0.30 602 I 535 0.25 440 I 652 0.25 588 I 634
I. I
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
I I I I I I I I 11 NEAR EAST LANG i I HOME ECONOMICS II OCEANOGRAPHY 11 AMER STUDIES. I I ZOOLOGY I I BIOCHEMISTRY 11 ARCHAEOLOGY II NURSING 11 APPLIED MATH 11 SPEECH 11 MICROBIOLOGY I I PHYSIOLOGY II DENTISTRY 1 I ENTOMOLOGY i 1 BACTERIOLOGY 11 PATHOLOGY 11 SOCIAL PSYCH II ART HISTORY 11 PHARMACY II SPANISH 11 CHEMICAL ENG I I METALLURGY 11 ITALIAN I I ASTRONOMY I I NUTRITION i I PHARMACOLOGY I I FRENCH 1 1 AERONAUT ENG I I AUDIOLOGY I i OPTOKETRY 11 BIOPHYSICS 1 1 MINING 11 CLASSICAL LANG I 1 Pb\RASITOLOSY 11 SLAVIC STUDIES 11 PHYS THERAPY I I OSTEOPATHY II GENETICS 11 RUSSIAN iI OCCUP THERAPY 11 OTHER FOR LANG I I GERMAN 1 I ANATOMY 1 1 COXPARE LIT I I BOTANY 11 FAR EAST LANG
II II NOT IN ABOVE 11 UNDECIDED II TOTAL 11 NO RESPONSE
4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
71 72
2009 29
0.20 1 535 I 465 II 0.20 I 485 1 418 11 0.20 1 598 I 573 II 0.20 I 483 I 438 II 0.15 I 543 I 507 II 0.15 1 460 1 587 II 0.15 I 543 I 623 11 0.15 I 410 I 443 II 0.15 1 563 I 613 II 0.15 I 547 I 407 II 0.15 I 567 I 530 Ii 0.15 1 427 I 437 iI 0.15 I 483 I 477 II 0.15 1 440 1 487 II 0.10 I 340 I 575 II 0.10 I 375 I 535 II 0.10 I 565 I 480 II 0.10 1 535 i 425 II 0.10 I 405 I 510 II 0.10 1 400 i 325 II 0.10 I 250 i 560 iI 0.05 I 200 I 490 II 0.05 I 390 I 410 II 0.05 I 250 I 200 II 0.05 1 210 1 520 Ii 0.05 1 610 I 590 II 0.05 1 670 I 630 II 0.05 I 600 I 760 ii 0.05 1 490 I 600 II 0.05 I 650 I 570 tI 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0.0 I 0 II 0.0 I : I 0 II 0.0 I i 1 0 II 0.0 t 0 II 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0.0 1 0 I 0 II 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0.0 I 0 I 0 II 0.0 I 0 I 0 II
I I I * II
3.53 I 493 I 511 II 3.58 I 504 I 506 ii
100.00 .I 504 I 505 II 1.42*1 500 I 472 I I
I I I I I I Il.
* BASED ON ALL GRE RESPONDENTS OCTOBER, 1980 - JUNE, 1981, WHO COMPLETED GRE AND BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE
TABLE 21. RANK ORDER OF INTENDED GRADUATE MAJOR FOR FEMALES WHO RECEIVED BACHELORS DEGREE 3965 OR EARLIER
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
EDUCATION EDUC ADMIN NURSING PSYCHOLOGY GUIDANCE/COUNS LIBRARY SC1 SOCIAL WORK ENGLISH EDUC PSYCH
PUBLIC ADMIN PUBLIC HEALTH MUSIC RELIGIOUS STD HOME ECONOMICS OTHER SOC SC1 HISTORY FINE ARTS COMPUTER SC1 BUSIt:ESS/CMRCE SOCIOLOGY HOSPITAL ADMIN COMMUNICATIONS NUTRITION SPEECH PHYSICAL ED ANTHROPOLOGY OTHER EIOL SC1 ART HISTORY JOURNALISM OTH HUMANITIES URBAN DEVELOP LINGUISTICS OCCUP THERAPY MATHEMATICS POLITICAL SC1 MICROBIOLOGY SPANISH DRAtlATIC ARTS CHEMISTRY ARCHITECTURE INDUSTRIAL REL
AUDIOLOGY ECONOMICS BIOLOGY COMPARE LIT AMER STUDIES FRENCH NEAR EAST LANG STATISTICS GERMAN SOCIAL PSYCH PHILOSOPHY
I I I I I 1531 1 32.31 1 490 I 420 11
373 I 7.87 1 473 I 408 II 285 I 6.02 I 513 1 427 II 258 I 5.45 1 576 I 473 II 257 I 5.42 1 499 I 415 II 255 I 5.38 I 537 I 437 II 140 I 2.95 i 541 I 434 I I 120 I 2.53 I 576 I 419 11 102 I 2.15 1 532 I 458 II
71 I 1.50 I 543 I 447 II 66 I 1.39 1 555 I 468 I I 57 I 1.20 I 509 I 395 II 52 I 1.10 1 564 I 457 II 51 I 1.08 i 476 1 420 II 49 I 1.03 i 497 I 429 II 46 i 0.97 I 593 I 436 11 44 I 0.93 I 519 I 413 II 36 I 0.76 I 559 I 614 II 36 1 0.76 1 558 I 479 iI 36 I 0.76 I 548 I 455 II 34 I 0.72 1 526 I 453 II 33 I 0.70 1 560 I 427 iI 29 t 0.61 1 499 I 440 II 26 i 0.55 1 548 I 418 II 26 I 0.55 1 464 I 399 II 24 I 0.51 I 610 I 469 11 23 I 0.49 I 507 I 475 II 19 I 0.40 I 603 I 464 II 17 I 0.36 I 612 I 446 II 16 I 0.34 I 542 I 437 II 15 I 0.32 1 552 I 417 II 15 I 0.32 I 463 1 397 II 14 I 0.30 I 536 I 454 II 13 I 0.27 I 582 I 714 II 13 I 0.27 1 575 I 460 II 12 I 0.25 I 521 I 454 II 12 I 0.25 I 535 I 403 II 11 I 0.23 1 564 I 465 II 10 I 0.21 i 516 i 558 II 10 I 0.21 I 573 I 553 II 10 I 0.21 1 595 I 518 II
9 I 0.19 I 570 I 476 11 8 I 0.17 I 456 I 463 II 7 I 0.15 I 599 1 589 11 7 I 0.15 1 627 I 446 II 7 I 0.15 I 579 I 417 II 6 I 0.13 1 528 I 468 II 5 I 0.11 1 476 I 442 11 5 I 0.11 I 498 I 638 II 5 I 0.11 I 564 I 488 II 51 0.11 1 496 I 402 II 5 I 0.11 I 596 I 484 II
MEAN MEAN N % CRE-V GRE-Q
I I l l BIOCHEMISTRY I I AGRICULTURE I I INTERNAT REL I I GENETICS I I BOTANY I I ITALIAN II OTHER FHYS SC1 I I ELECTRICAL ENG I 1 GEOGRAPHY
11 LAW I I PHARMACOLOGY I I CIVIL ENG I I PHYS THERAPY 1 1 PHARMACY I I GEOLOGY I I PHYSICS 11 PHYSIOLOGY i I ENTOMOLOGY I I APPLIED MATH I I ASTRONOMY I I CLASSICAL LANG I I ZCOLOGY I I PARASITOLOGY I I ARCHAEOLOGY I I OPTOMETRY
I I ANATOMY II MEDICINE
11 BACTERIOLOGY I I BIOPHYSICS I I DENTISTRY II INDUSTRIAL ENG I I FAR EAST LANG II MECHANICAL ENG II OSTEOPATHY II FORESTRY II AERONAUT ENG I I CHEMICAL ENG I I OTHER FOR LANG 11 METALLURGY II VET MEDICINE I I MINING 11 SLAVIC STUDIES II OCEANOGRAPHY I I RUSSIAN I I OTHER ENGIN I I PATHOLOGY
II II NOT IN ABOVE II UNDECIDED
11 TOTAL II NO RESPONSE
I I 5 I 0.11 i 532 5 I 0.11 I 554 4 I 0.08 1 673
4 I 0.0s I 568 4 I 0.08 I 660 3 I 0.06 I 457 3 I 0.06 1 573 3 I 0.06 I 460 3 I 0.06 I 637 3 I 0.06 I 380 3 I 0.06 I 667 2 I 0.04 I 430 2 I 0.04 I 545 2 I 0.04 I 420 2 I 0.04 I 555 2 I 0.04 I 495 2 I 0.04 I 565 2 I 0.04 1 600 2 I 0.04 I 420
: I I 0.04 0.04 1 I 605 660
2 I 0.04 I 5s5 2 I 0.04 I 475 2 I 0.04 I 500 2 I 0.04 I 670 1 I 0.02 I 740 1 I 0.02 I 560 1 I 0.02 I 550 1 I 0.02 I 700
1 I 0.02 I 450 1 I 0.02 I 800 1 I 0.02 I 510 0 I 0.0 I 0 0 I 0.0 I 0 0 I 0.0 I 0 0 I 0.0 I 0 0 I 0.0 I 0 0 I 0.0 I 0 0 I 0.0 I 0 0 I 0.0 I 0 0 I 0.0 I 0 0 I 0.0 I 0 0 I 0.0 I 0 0 I 0.0 I 0 0 I 0.0 I 0 0 I 0.0 I 0
1 I 129 1 2.72 I 504 218 I 4.60 I 522
4738 I 100.00 I 516 80 I 1.66*1 521
536 i 1
524 I I 603 II 443 I I 585 I I 433 I I 577 I I 627 II
623 I I 367 11
580 I I 575 I I 505 I I 510 II 535 I I 600 II 530 I I 525 I I 750 I I 670 11 495 I I 535 I I 435 I I 450 I I 565 1 I 580 11 620 II
470 I I 570 I I 340 II . 540 II 410 II
0 II 0 II 0 II 0 II 0 II 0 II 0 II 0 II 0 II 0 II 0 II 0 II 0 II 0 II
I 426 11 444 I I 435 I I 455 I I
* BASED ON ALL GRE RESPDNDENTS DCTOBFR, 1980 - JLtNE, 1981, WHD COMPLETED GPE 4ND BACKGROUND QUESTTONtfATRE
TABLE 22. RANK ORDER OF INTENDED GRADUATE MAJOR FOR TOTAL SAMPLE
II Ii EDUCATION f 18748 1 1 PSYCHOLOGY I 14477 I I NURSING I 6800 1 I COMFUTER SC1 I 5038 11 GUIDANCE/COUNS 1 I EDUC ADMIN II BUSINESS/CMRCE 1 I ENGLISH II SOCIAL WORK 1 1 PUBLIC ADMIN 1 i RELIGIOUS STD I I ELECTRICAL ENG I I ECONOMICS I I GEOLOGY
II rws1c I i OTHER 6IOL SC1 I I CHEMISTRY 11 LIBRARY SC1 11 VET MEDICINE i i BIOLOGY I I HISTORY I I PHYSICAL ED I I PUBLIC HEALTH 11 POLITICAL SC1 I I COHHUNICATIONS II INTERNAT REL I I OTHER SOC SC1 II ARCHITECTURE I I OTHER ENGIN I I AGRICULTURE 1 I CIVIL ENG II MECHANICAL ENG II FINE ARTS I I PHYSICS 1 I JOURNALISM 11 URBAN DEVELOP 11 HOSPITAL ADMIN II EDUC PSYCH 1 1 NUTRITION
I I MICROBIOLOGY 1 1 CHEMICAL ENG i 1 SPEECH i I SOCIOLOGY II BIOCHEMISTRY I 1 MATHEMATICS I I DRAMATIC ARTS II INDUSTRIAL REL I I ANTHROPOLOGY
II PHYS THERAPY I I HOME ECONOMICS 1 I ZOOLOGY I 1 PHYSIOLOGY
_I1
MEAN MEAN % GRE-V GRE-Q
I I I I 9.43 I 450 I 447 II
I 7.28 I 511 I 504 ii
f 3.42 2.53 I 1 492 479 1 I 474 641 II I I
f 4750 4652 I I 2.39 2.34 I I 455 445 I I 441 452 II II
f 4526 4413 1 I 2.28 2.22 I 1 463 571 I I 492 540 11 II
I 4340 4248 I I 2.18 2.14 I I 466 468 I I 470 440 II II I 3650 I 1.94 I 518 1 511 I I
I 3761 3495 I I 1.76 1.89 I I 450 483 1 I 667 592 I 1 I I 1 2821 3003 I I 1.51 1.42 I I 492 509 i I 587 496 !I I I
1 2787 2739 I I 1.40 1.38 1 I 506 500 I 1 562 630 Ii II I 2679 I 1.35 1 527 I 463 II
f 2624 2597 i I 1.32 1.31 I I 499 505 I I 581 557 II I I
I 2597 2565 I I 1.29 1.31 t 1 411 543 I I 492 456 II II
1 2498 2456 I I 1.26 1.24 i I 497 497 I I 512 502 iI II i 2432 2418 i I 1.22 1.22 I I 479 534 I 1 471 528 11 I I
1 2288 2197 1 I 1.15 1.11 I I 475 493 I i 477 572 II Ii
I 2103 2102 I I 1.06 1.06 1 I 477 438 I I 642 523 Ii tI
I 2085 1977 I I 1.05 0.99 1 I 410 447 f I 638 666 II II
I 1845 1832 I i 0.93 0.02 I I 474 530 I I 453 688 II I I I 1788 I 0.90 I 531 1 492 it
I 1747 1706 I 1 0.88 0.86 I 1 486 469 I I 509 493 II i I
I 1660 1579 I I 0.79 0.84 i I 464 483 I I 472 506 II I I
I 1515 1574 I I 0.79 0.76 I I 482 476 I I 550 672 II I I I 1482 1477 I I 0.75 0.74 I I 460 469 I I 465 451 11 I I
I 1429 1366 I I 0.72 0.69 I I 512 501 I I 608 674 I I I I
! 1263 1192 I I 0.64 0.60 I i 524 476 I i 491 493 II Ii I 1175 1061 I 1 0.59 0.53 1 I 549 475 I I 506 524 I II I
I 1005 I 0.51 I 431 I 447 II
1 842 936 I I 0.47 0.42 I 1 527 495 I I 570 557 II I I
I I I 1 ll_
MEAN MEAN N % GRE-V GRE-Q
I I I I I I I ll ART HISTORY I II INDUSTRIAL ENG 1 II PHILOSOPHY 11 GENETICS I I I LAW I l l OTHER PHYS SC1 I 1 i GEOGRAPHY 11 MEDICINE f II OTH HUMANITIES I 11 AUDIOLOGY
iI PHARMACOLOGY ! I I LINGUISTICS II FORESTRY I 1 I BOTANY I I PHARMACY 1 11 SPANISH II AERONAUT ENG I i I STATISTICS 11 PATHOLOGY f 11 DENTISTRY I II SOCIAL PSYCH II ARCHAEOLOGY t 11 FRENCH I I l OCCUP THERAPY iI OCEANOGRAPHY f I I ENTOplOLOGY II APPLIED MATH f i I COMPARE LIT 1 i NEAR EAST LANG I 1 I ANATOMY I I AMER STUDIES i 11 METALLURGY I l l GERMAN 1 1 ASTRO?dOMY t 1 1 CLASSICAL LANG I 11 FAR EAST LANG 1 I BACTERIOLOGY 1 II EIOPHYSICS I 1 RUSSIAN t 11 SLAVIC STUDIES 1 11 PARASITOLOGY 1 1 ITALIAN I II MINING I I OTHER FOR LANG I I I OPTCMETRY I l l OSTEOPATHY
II I
I\ NOT IN ABOVE I 11 UNDECIDED I
838 1 0.42 I 542 I 483 II 832 1 0.42 I 412 I 623 II 775 I 0.39 1 585 I 559 II 764 I 0.38 1 532 1 600 iI 764 I 0.38 I 484 I 494 iI 743 I 0.37 1 SO2 I 627 I I 743 I 0.37 1 492 I 527 II 742 I 0.37 1 507 I 586 II 692 1 0.35 I 530 I 497 II 686 I 0.35 1 456 i 471 II 673 I 0.34 I 500 I 591 II 659 I 0.33 I 515 I 530 II 640 I 0.32 I SO6 I 580 II 582 I 0.29 I 530 I 570 II 504 I 0.25 1 456 I 568 II 484 I 0.24 I 466 I 445 II 446 I 0.23 I 478 I 664 II 428 I 0.22 I 455 1 646 II 414 I 0.21 I 466 I 517 II 402 I 0.20 I 481 I 571 II 367 I 0.18 I 480 I 477 I I 367 1 0.18 i 557 I 520 II 362 I 0.18 I 529 I 503 II 355 I 0.18 1 479 t 483 1 I 353 I 0.18 I 506 I 613 II 342 I 0.17 I 500 I 549 I I
I 1 1 I I e
337 0.17 518 676 330 I 0.17 I 568 I 496 II 266 I 0.13 I 514 1 529 11 243 I 0.12 1 491 1 548 II 234 1 0.12 1 546 I 509 II 190 I 0.10 I 425 I 642 II 186 I 0.09 1 542 i 526 II 181 I 0.09 1 555 I 676 Ii 153 I 0.08 I 623 I 563 II 143 I 0.07 I 536 I 535 II 140 I 0.07 1 487 I 535 ii 117 I 0.06 1 5i4 I 642 II 116 I 0.06 I 547 1 535 II
92 I 0.05 1 561 I 568 II 81 I 0.04 I 473 I 540 II 69 I 0.03 1 483 I 475 I I 60 I 0.03 I 438 I 622 I I 51 I 0.03 1 508 I 503 II 40 I 0.02 1 511 I 580 II 23 i 0.01 I 490 1 562 II
f I I I II
5295 1 2.66 i 466 I 492 I I 16922 I 8.51 I 484 I 519 II
11 TOTAL I 198768 1 100.00 I 485 1 520 II 11 NO RESPONSE I 4363 I 2.15*1 480 I 522 II
* BASED ON ALL GRE RESPONDENTS OCTOBER, 19210 - JUNE, 1981, WHO COMPLETED GRE AND BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE
GRE BOARD RESEARCH REPORTS OF A TECHNICAL NATURE
Boldt, R. R. Comparison of a Bayesian and a Least Squares Method of Educational Prediction. 70-3P, 1975.
Campbell, J. T. and Belcher, L. H. Word Associa- tions of Students at Predominantly White and Predominantly Black Colleges. 71-6P, 1975.
Campbell, J. T. and Donlon, T. F. Relationship of the Figure Location Test to Choice of Graduate Major. 75-7P, 1980.
Carlson, A. B.; Reilly, R. R.; Mahoney, M. H.; and Casserly, P. L. The Development and Pilot Testing of Criterion Rating Scales. 73-lP, 1976.
Carlson, A. B.; Evans, F.R.; and Kuykendall, N. M. The Feasibility of Common Criterion Validity Studies of the GRE. 71-lP, 1974.
Centra, J. A. Graduate Degree Aspirations of Ethnic Student Groups Among GRE Test-Takers. 77-7P, 1980.
Donlon, T. F. An Exploratory Study of the tions of Test Speededness. 76-9P, 1980.
Implica-
Donlon, T. F.; Reilly, R. R.; and McKee, J. D. Development of a Test of Global vs. Articulated Thinking: The Figure Location Test. 74-9P, 1978.
Echternacht , G. Alternate Methods Advanced Tests. 69-2P, 1974.
of Equating GRE
Echternacht, G. A Comparison of Various Item Option Weighting Schemes/A Note on the Variances of Empirically Derived Option Scoring Weights. 71-17P, 1975.
Echternacht, G. A Quick Test Bias . 70-8P, 1974.
Method for Determining
Evans, F. R. The 71-5aP , 1977.
GRE-Q Coaching/Instruction Study.
Fredericksen, N. and Ward, W. C. Development of Measures for the Study of Creativity. 72-2P, 1975.
Kingston, N. and Dorans, N. Effect of the Position of an Item Within a Test on Item Responding Behavior: An Analysis Based on Item Response Theory. 79-12bP, 1982.
Kingston, N. M. and Dorans, N. J. The Feasibility of Using Item Response Theory as a Psychometric Model for the GRE Aptitude Test. 79-12P, 1982.
Levine, M. V. and Drasgow, F. Appropriateness Measurement with Aptitude Test Data and Esimated Parameters. 75-3P, 1980.
McPeek, M.; Altman, R. A.; Wallmark, M.; and Wingersky, B. C. An Investigation of the Feasibility of Obtaining Additional Subscores on the GRE Advanced Psychology Test. 74-4P, 1976.
Oltman, P. K. Content Representativeness of the Graduate Record Examinations Advanced Tests in Chemistry, Computer Science, and Education. 81-12P, 1982.
Pike, L. Implicit Guessing Strategies of GRE Aptitude Examinees Classified by Ethnic Group and Sex. 75-lOP, 1980.
Powers, D. E.; Swinton, S.; Thayer, D.; and Yates, A. A Factor Analytic Investigation of Seven Experimental Analytical Item Types. 77-lP, 1978.
Powers, D. E.; Swinton, S. S.; and Carlson, A. B. A Factor Analytic Study of the GRE Aptitude Test. 75-llP, 1977.
Reilly, R. R. and Jackson, R. Effects of Empirical Option Weighting on Reliability and Validity of the GRE. 71-9P, 1974.
Reilly, R. R. Factors in Graduate Student Perform- ance. 71-2P, 1974.
Rock, D. A. The Identification of Population Moderators and Their Effect on the Prediction of Doctorate Attainment. 69-6bP, 1975.
Rock, D. A. The "Test Chooser": A Different Approach to a Prediction Weighting Scheme. 70-2P, 1974.
Rock, D., Werts, C., and Grandy, J. Construct Validity of the GRE Aptitude Test Across Populations--An Empirical Confirmatory Study. 78-lP, 1982.
Sharon, A. T. Test of English as a Foreign Language as a Moderator of Graduate Record Examinations Scores in the Prediction of Foreign Students' Grades in Graduate School. 7Q-lP, 1974.
Stricker, L. J. A New Index of Differential Subgroup Performance: Application to the GRE Aptitude Test. 78-7P, 1981.
Swinton, S. S. and Powers, D. E. A Factor Analytic Study of the Restructured GRE Aptitude Test. 77-6P, 1980.
Ward, W. C. A Comparison of Free-Response and Multiple-Choice Forms of Verbal Aptitude Tests. 79-8P, 1982.
Ward, W. C.; Frederiksen, N.; and Carlson, S. B. Construct Validity of Free-Response and Machine- Storable Versions of a Test of Scientific Thinking. 74-8P, 1978.
Ward, W. C. and Frederiksen, N. A Study of the Predictive Validity of the Tests of Scientific Thinking. 74-6P, 1977.
Wild, C. L., Swinton, S. S., and Wallmark, M. M. Research Leading to the Revision of the Format of the Graduate Record Examinations Aptitude Test in October 1981. 80-lbP, 1982.
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