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Table 2 Descriptive statistics

From: SAT patterns and engineering and computer science college majors: an intersectional, state-level study

 

Non-URM female

URM female

Non-URM male

URM male

ECS enrollment

n

5055

1244

17,343

3566

% of ECS enrollment

18.58%

4.57%

63.74%

13.11%

% of intersectional group

3.62%

2.32%

15.10%

9.80%

% of all students

1.47%

.36%

5.03%

1.03%

Mean math score (SD)

642.74 (84.26)

557.15 (101.23)

642.23 (783.60)

560.23 (105.08)

Mean verbal score (SD)

609.71 (91.95)

537.41 (101.42)

589.78 (91.66)

524.01 (101.38)

Other enrollment

n

134,760

52,483

97,519

32,833

% of other enrollment

42.43%

16.53%

30.71%

10.34%

% of intersectional group

96.38%

97.68%

84.90%

90.20%

% of the sample

39.08%

15.22%

28.28%

9.52%

Mean math score (SD)

536.22 (91.47)

457.42 (88.28)

566.80 (95.86)

475.29 (97.79)

Mean verbal score (SD)

548.05 (96.09)

473.28 (93.40)

551.40 (98.47)

470.06 (98.34)

  1. Standard deviations (SD) are in the parentheses. % of ECS enrollment = n/the total number of ECS enrollment students; % of other enrollment = n/the total number of other enrollment students; % of all students = n/the total students (N = 344,803); % of intersectional group = n/the number of students in the group (non-URM female, URM female, non-URM male, and URM male)