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 2012 Summary Reports for College-Bound Juniors
- Download state-level PSAT/NMSQT 2012 Summary Reports for College-Bound Sophomores
Highlights of 2012 Junior Data
- 1,551,095 juniors took the PSAT/NMSQT.
- 53.1% of juniors who took the PSAT/NMSQT were female; 46.9% were male.
- Of those indicating racial/ethnic background, 44.2% of juniors indicated a category other than "white," an increase from 43.5% in 2011.
- Junior average scores for 2012 (with comparison to 2011 data):
- Critical Reading: 47.7 (0.1 increase)
- Math: 48.6 (0.3 increase)
- Writing Skills: 46.5 (0.9 increase)
- College majors of interest to the Class of 2014 include: health professions and sciences, 19.9%; engineering, 10.3%; business management, 9.1%; visual and performing arts, 8.2%; biological sciences, 5.3%; psychology, 4.1%; and security and protective services, 3.9%. The strongest interest among males was engineering (18.7%); females' most frequently indicated interest was health professions and sciences (27.4%). 11.6% were undecided about a college major.
Highlights of 2012 Sophomore Data
- 1,585,611 sophomores took the PSAT/NMSQT.
- 51.5% of sophomores who took the PSAT/NMSQT were female; 48.5% were male.
- Of those noting racial/ethnic background, 50.3% of sophomores indicated a category other than "white," an increase from 49.8% in 2011.
- Sophomore average scores for 2012 (with comparison to 2011 data):
- Critical Reading: 43.1 (no change)
- Math: 43.6 (0.5 increase)
- Writing Skills: 41.8 (0.9 increase)
- College majors of interest to the Class of 2015 include: health professions and sciences, 18.0%; visual and performing arts, 9.8%; engineering, 9.8%; business management, 7.1%; biological sciences, 5.0%; security and protective services, 4.5%; and "other", 3.7%. The strongest interest among males was engineering (18.0%); females' most frequently indicated interest was health professions and sciences (25.5%). About 13.8% were undecided about a college major.