Below you will find the results of a study of how students in various majors performed on standardized tests. We have included only the top 10 performers (no need to embarrass those who appear below this level).
|
Rank |
LSAT |
GMAT |
GRE Verbal |
GRE Quant. |
|
1 |
Mathematics |
Mathematics |
Philosophy |
Physics |
|
2 |
Economics |
Philosophy |
English |
Mathematics |
|
3 |
Philosophy |
Engineering |
Anthropology |
Engineering |
|
4 |
Engineering |
Chemistry |
History |
Computer Science |
|
5 |
Chemistry |
Economics |
Foreign Languages |
Chemistry |
|
6 |
Other Humanities |
English |
Physics |
Other Science |
|
7 |
Foreign Languages |
Computer Science |
Other Humanities |
Economics |
|
8 |
English |
Foreign Languages |
Journalism |
Biology |
|
9 |
Anthropology |
History |
Political Science |
Philosophy |
|
10 |
Biology |
Other Humanities |
Biology |
Anthropology |
The data for this demonstration comes from The Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association (66:1, 1992).