Standardized
Test Performance by
Undergraduate Major
(Percentages by which the mean scores of majors in each field were
above or below the mean scores of all test-takers)
| LSAT |
Law School Admissions
Test |
| GMAT |
Graduate Management
Aptitude Test |
| GRE |
Graduate Record Examination |
| Undergraduate
Major |
LSAT
|
GMAT
|
GRE Verbal
|
GRE Math
|
| Philosophy |
8.7%
|
11.0%
|
17.6%
|
4.6%
|
| English |
5.6%
|
4.1%
|
14.5%
|
-5.7%
|
| History |
2.9%
|
4.6%
|
10.8%
|
-5.5%
|
| Biology |
4.0%
|
3.3%
|
5.4%
|
8.0%
|
| Chemistry |
7.6%
|
7.5%
|
2.1%
|
18.3%
|
| Engineering |
8.0%
|
10.0%
|
-7.3%
|
25.1%
|
| Business |
-4.5%
|
-5.0%
|
-9.1%
|
-2.3%
|
| Sociology |
-0.7%
|
-0.5%
|
-0.7%
|
-1.5%
|
| Political Science |
-1.6%
|
0.6%
|
3.5%
|
-5.0%
|
| Education |
-8.7%
|
-4.2%
|
-10.4%
|
-15.8%
|
Source: Clifford Adelman,
The Standardized Test Scores of College Graduates