All CoursesThousands of students from all over the world travel to the US every year, for the purpose of getting higher education. Colleges in US are popular for the quality of education they impart. The job prospects after the completion of degree are also really good. Any student interested in doing research gets access to high quality research equipment and also gets to learn from highly qualified researchers.
Most of the top universities in the US require the candidates for masters or Ph.D. programs to appear for GRE. GRE Exam (Graduate Record Examination) is a standardized online exam, which can be taken at any time during a year. You can select a slot for the exam 45 days prior. ETS (Educational Testing Service) is responsible for conducting the exam.
The GRE is conducted in multiple stages. In this test, the difficulty of next section depends upon your performance in the previous section. If you do well in the first verbal section, the difficulty level of second verbal section will automatically increase.
But, the difficulty level of questions within a section does not change. The scores for Verbal and Quant sections are between 130 to 170, in one point increments. Analytical writing is scored on a scale of 0 to 6, in 0.5 increments.
GRE score cut-off for various top US universities
|
University |
Quant (Average Score) |
Quant (Minimum Score) |
Verbal (Average Score) |
|
Stanford University |
163 |
160 |
158 |
|
University of California Berkeley |
162 |
159 |
155 |
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
162 |
160 |
157 |
|
University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign |
163 |
159 |
155 |
|
Carnegie Mellon University |
161 |
159 |
159 |
|
Georgia Technological University |
161 |
159 |
155 |
|
University of Texas Austin |
160 |
157 |
155 |
|
University of Michigan Ann Arbor |
161 |
159 |
154 |
|
Cornell University |
162 |
159 |
160 |
|
Purdue University |
163 |
160 |
158 |
|
University of Southern California |
163 |
160 |
158 |
|
Texas A&M University |
160 |
157 |
154 |
|
University of California San Diego |
166 |
157 |
154 |
|
California Technological University |
166 |
164 |
158 |
|
Princeton University |
163 |
157 |
158 |
|
University of Wisconsin Madison |
163 |
160 |
157 |
|
Columbia University |
163 |
157 |
164 |
|
University of Maryland College |
160 |
159 |
154 |
|
Northwestern University |
161 |
159 |
154 |
|
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities |
163 |
– |
155 |
|
University of Washington |
159 |
– |
156 |
|
Ohio State University |
158 |
155 |
– |
|
Duke University |
165 |
– |
155 |
|
North Carolina State University |
161 |
– |
155 |
|
University of Colorado Boulder |
152 |
– |
155 |
|
University of California Irvine |
161 |
– |
152 |
|
Arizona State University |
162 |
– |
154 |
|
Iowa State University |
160 |
– |
152 |
|
North-eastern University |
157 |
– |
152 |
|
University at Buffalo – SUNY |
161 |
– |
154 |
|
University of Connecticut |
157 |
– |
153 |
|
University of Illinois-Chicago |
158 |
– |
152 |
|
Colorado State University |
157 |
– |
153 |
|
Illinois Institute of Technology |
158 |
– |
148 |
|
Clemson University |
155 |
– |
151 |
|
University of Central Florida |
155 |
– |
151 |
|
University of Cincinnati |
159 |
– |
155 |
|
Santa Clara University |
157 |
– |
151 |
|
Mississippi State University |
157 |
– |
148 |
|
University of North Carolina |
155 |
– |
158 |
|
Michigan Technological University |
157 |
– |
154 |
|
University of Texas Arlington |
157 |
– |
148 |
The above table represents the mean scores across various schools but the average GRE score for the top ranked schools tend to be much higher. Let’s see how much the average GRE score varies depending upon the school or the program you wish to apply to.
The following tables represent the mean GRE scores for some of the MS abroad programs as per ETS data:
Average GRE Scores for MS in Chemistry
|
University Name |
Average Verbal |
Average Quantitative |
|
|
1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
164 |
163 |
|
2 |
Harvard |
164 |
163 |
|
3 |
Stanford |
164 |
163 |
|
4 |
University of California-Berkeley |
164 |
163 |
|
5 |
University of Pennsylvania |
159 |
160 |
|
6 |
Princeton |
164 |
168 |
|
7 |
Yale |
159 |
160 |
|
8 |
University of South California |
156 |
158 |
|
9 |
UCLA |
159 |
160 |
Average GRE Scores for MS in Mathematics
|
University Name |
Average Verbal |
Average Quantitative |
|
|
1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
165 |
167 |
|
2 |
Harvard |
165 |
166 |
|
3 |
Stanford |
165 |
164 |
|
4 |
University of California-Berkeley |
165 |
166 |
|
5 |
University of Pennsylvania |
160 |
164 |
|
6 |
Princeton |
168 |
161 |
|
7 |
Yale |
165 |
166 |
|
8 |
University of South California |
157 |
164 |
|
9 |
UCLA |
165 |
165 |
Average GRE Scores for MS in Education
|
University Name |
Average Verbal |
Average Quantitative |
|
|
1 |
Harvard |
163 |
158 |
|
2 |
Stanford |
161 |
156 |
|
3 |
University of California-Berkeley |
159 |
152 |
|
4 |
University of Pennsylvania |
162 |
156 |
|
5 |
University of South California |
161 |
154 |
|
6 |
UCLA |
158 |
152 |
|
7 |
Columbia University |
158 |
153 |
|
8 |
Northwestern University |
161 |
153 |
Average GRE Scores for MS in Physics
|
University Name |
Average Verbal |
Average Quantitative |
|
|
1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
167 |
167 |
|
2 |
Harvard |
167 |
167 |
|
3 |
Stanford |
167 |
167 |
|
4 |
University of California-Berkeley |
167 |
167 |
|
5 |
University of Pennsylvania |
162 |
164 |
|
6 |
Princeton |
168 |
168 |
|
7 |
Yale |
162 |
154 |
|
8 |
University of South California |
159 |
151 |
|
9 |
UCLA |
162 |
164 |
Average GRE Scores for MS in Psychology
|
University Name |
Average Verbal |
Average Quantitative |
|
|
1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
163 |
163 |
|
2 |
Harvard |
163 |
165 |
|
3 |
Stanford |
163 |
164 |
|
4 |
University of California-Berkeley |
163 |
158 |
|
5 |
University of Pennsylvania |
158 |
154 |
|
6 |
Princeton |
165 |
158 |
|
7 |
Yale |
163 |
160 |
|
8 |
University of South California |
158 |
160 |
|
9 |
UCLA |
163 |
163 |
Average GRE Scores for MS in Computer Science
|
University Name |
Average Verbal |
Average Quantitative |
|
|
1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
162 |
167 |
|
2 |
Harvard |
160 |
167 |
|
3 |
Stanford |
159 |
167 |
|
4 |
University of California-Berkeley |
157 |
165 |
|
5 |
University of Pennsylvania |
155 |
166 |
|
6 |
Princeton |
162 |
166 |
|
7 |
Yale |
155 |
170 |
|
8 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
154 |
161 |
|
9 |
University of South California |
151 |
163 |
|
10 |
UCLA |
154 |
165 |
|
11 |
Cornell |
154 |
171 |
The average scores keep on changing every year, as the level of difficulty of any section cannot be predicted beforehand. Just focus on the admission criteria of the colleges of your choice and prepare accordingly for choosing MS.
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