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
- 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 2008 Summary Reports for College-Bound Juniors
- Download state-level PSAT/NMSQT 2008 Summary Reports for College-Bound Sophomores
Highlights of 2008 Junior Data
- 1,588,688 juniors took the PSAT/NMSQT.
- 53.5% of juniors who took the PSAT/NMSQT were female; 46.5% were male.
- Of those indicating racial/ethnic background, 40.6% were minorities, an increase from 39% in 2007.
- Junior average scores for 2008 (with comparison to 2007 data):
- Critical Reading: 46.7 (no change)
- Math: 48.8 (0.6 increase)
- Writing Skills: 45.8 (0.1 increase)
- College majors of interest to the Class of 2010 include: health professions and sciences, 19.4%; business management, 9.5%; visual and performing arts, 9.5%; engineering, 8.4%; education, 4.5%; biological sciences, 4.3%; and psychology, 4.1%. The strongest interest among males was engineering (15.6%); females' most frequently indicated interest was health professions and sciences (26.2%). 11.7% were undecided about a college major.
Highlights of 2008 Sophomore Data
- 1,521,122 sophomores took the PSAT/NMSQT.
- 52.1% of sophomores who took the PSAT/NMSQT were female; 47.9% were male.
- Of those noting racial/ethnic background, 50% of sophomores were minorities, an increase from 49% in 2007.
- Sophomore average scores for 2008 (with comparison to 2007 data):
- Critical Reading: 41.6 (0.2 decrease)
- Math: 44 (0.9 increase)
- Writing Skills: 41 (0.2 decrease)
- College majors of interest to the Class of 2011 include: health professions and sciences, 18%; visual and performing arts, 10.8%; engineering, 8.1%; business management, 7.5%; biological professions and sciences, 4.4%; and education, 3.6%. The strongest interest among males was engineering (15.2%); females' most frequently indicated interest was health professions and sciences (25.1%). About 14% were undecided about a college major.