State Summary Reports
Compare your school's PSAT/NMSQT performance to the state's and the nation's
PSAT/NMSQT State Summary Reports provide data on participation and performance for juniors and sophomores who took the PSAT/NMSQT. New reports are available annually in February and include:
- Number of test-takers
- Percentage meeting the College Readiness Benchmark
- Ethnic background
- Participation in Student Search Service® (SSS®)
- Self-reported GPA
- Year completing high school and entering college
- Performance by score range
- College major of interest
State-level data is also compared to all students who took the PSAT/NMSQT. Learn more:
- Download state-level PSAT/NMSQT 2010 Summary Reports for College-Bound Juniors
- Download state-level PSAT/NMSQT 2010 Summary Reports for College-Bound Sophomores
Highlights of 2010 Junior Data
- 1,572,274 juniors took the PSAT/NMSQT.
- 53.3% of juniors who took the PSAT/NMSQT were female; 46.7% were male.
- Of those indicating racial/ethnic background, 43% of juniors indicated a category other than "white," an increase from 42.2% in 2009.
- Junior average scores for 2010 (with comparison to 2009 data):
- Critical Reading: 47.3 (0.4 increase)
- Math: 48.9 (0.7 increase)
- Writing Skills: 45.4 (0.4 decrease)
- Critical Reading: 47.3 (0.4 increase)
- College majors of interest to the Class of 2012 include: health professions and sciences, 19.7%; engineering, 9.1%; visual and performing arts, 8.9%; business management, 8.4%; biological sciences, 5.0%; psychology, 4.3%; and education, 4.2%. The strongest interest among males was engineering (17.0%); females' most frequently indicated interest was health professions and sciences (26.7%). 12.1% were undecided about a college major.
Highlights of 2010 Sophomore Data
- 1,575,925 sophomores took the PSAT/NMSQT.
- 51.7% of sophomores who took the PSAT/NMSQT were female; 48.3% were male.
- Of those noting racial/ethnic background, 50.2% of sophomores indicated a category other than "white," a decrease from 50.5% in 2009.
- Sophomore average scores for 2010 (with comparison to 2009 data):
- Critical Reading: 42.5 (0.5 increase)
- Math: 44 (0.7 decrease)
- Writing Skills: 40.4 (.06 decrease)
- College majors of interest to the Class of 2013 include: health professions and sciences, 17.6%; visual and performing arts, 10.2%; engineering, 8.9%; business management, 6.7%; biological sciences, 4.9%; security and protective services. 4.3%; and "other", 4.3%. The strongest interest among males was engineering (16.7%); females' most frequently indicated interest was health professions and sciences (24.8%). About 14.3% were undecided about a college major.