Comparative Analysis of SAT, GRE, and MCAT Scores

Financial Mismanagement at Morgan State University

The Mean SAT Score for Maryland's Historically Black Colleges/Universities (Bowie State University, Coppin State College, University of Maryland: Eastern Shore, and Morgan State University) from 1989 to 1999 is 817.73. For other public Colleges/Universities in Maryland (Salisbury State University, Frostburg State University, Towson University, University of Maryland: Baltimore County, University of Maryland: College Park, and St. Mary's College), during the same time period, the Mean SAT Score is 1077.46. This is a Mean difference of 259.72 and is statistically significant. In 2002, these scores dropped, from 11 to 49 points, for all of Maryland's Historically Black Colleges/Universities. Generally, the higest SAT score for these insitutions was either equal to or lower than the the lowest SAT score for Maryland's other four year Colleges/Universities.

The National Mean SAT Score, for this same period, is 943.36. When compared to Maryland's Historically Black Colleges/Universities, the Mean difference is 125.63 and is statistically significant. Maryland's other public Colleges/Universities had significantly higher SAT Scores for entering freshman compared to the National Mean SAT Score, with a Mean difference of 134.1.

Thus, entering freshman between 1989 and 1999, for Maryland's Historically Black Colleges/Universities, where both the full-time faculty and the student body are maintained as predominately African American, had significantly LOWER SAT Scores when compared to other public Colleges/Universities in Maryland as well as Nationally. Also, Maryland's other public Colleges/Universities had significantly HIGHER SAT Scores when compared Nationally. Also, for 2002-2003, the mean SAT score for entering freshman at Maryland's Historically Black Colleges/Universities was significantly lower than the State average.

For 1999, Maryland's Historically Black Colleges/Universities had a total enrollment of 17,786 students; 85% were African American, while Maryland's other public Colleges/Universities had a student enrollment of 73,237; 12% were African American students. The full-time faculty at Maryland's Historically Black Colleges/Universities were 62% African American, and 5% African American at Maryland's other public Colleges/Universities; the latter in light of Affirmative Action hiring practices. The data for 2002 are similar*. Further, in 2001 and in April/August 2000, Black/Black American College/University graduates scored significantly lower than all other racial/ethnic groups on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). DATA TABLES

*Maryland Higher Education Commission

DATA TABLES

TRENDS IN THE AVERAGE COMBINED SAT SCORES OF ENTERING FRESHMAN AT PUBLIC FOUR-YEAR CAMPUSES IN MARYLAND: 1989-2002*

School198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992002
(Institutional Range)
Bowie State722730734732741774772901922908921900
(825-975)
Coppin State732745763785782791797835866889879850
(750-1050)
Frostburg State9209169079179029019169789939859811019
(930-1090)
Salisbury State99110191032103610451084108511321112112011231126
(1050-1210)
Towson9931001982984983967 99810841094108910771094
(1020-1160)
UMBC1017 1016 10341068 1083 1093111111781177 116711721213
(1120-1290)
UMCP10841086107810811086 1093 111111921199120912321263
(1200-1350)
UMES717 711730 739767743 748852862 858 847836
(730-930)
Morgan State 806 820828851857 864 854957941 937947898
(810-970)
St Mary's College of MD11331162116711761194 1170121512491250123712361232
(1150--1330)
All Campuses980981976979983 98999710971099109711061043
(959-1136)
Maryland Seniors914908904907909 9089091011101410141016
HS Seniors Nation Wide9039008968999029029101013101610171019

*SOURCE: Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) Form S-11, The College Board

Mean SAT Score for Maryland's Historic Public Black Colleges/Universities (MHPBC/U)*, Maryland's Other Public Colleges/Universities (MOPC/U)**, and High School Seniors Nation Wide (HSSNW) from 1989 to 2002

School198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992002
MHPBC/U744752764777787793793886903898898871
MOPC/U102310331033104410491051107311361138113511371158
HSSNW9039008968999029029101013101610171019

* Bowie State University, Coppin State College, University of Maryland: Eastern Shore, and Morgan State University

** Salisbury State University, Frostburg State University, Towson University, University of Maryland: Baltimore County, University of Maryland: College Park, and St. Mary's College

Total Student Enrollment, Percent Black Students, Percent Full-Time Balck Faculty, and Mean SAT Score

SchoolTotal Student EnrollmentPercent Black StudentsPercent Black Full-Time FacultyMean SAT Score
MHPBC/U17,786(1999);
19,448(2002)		85%(1999);
85%(2002)		62%(1999);
63%(2002)		898(1999);
871(2002)
MOPC/U73,237(1999);
78,115(2002)		12%(1999);
11%(2002)		5%(1999);
6%(2002)		1078(1999);
1137(2002)

Combined Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Score by Racial and Ethnic Group for 2001*

Racial/Ethnic GroupNPercentMean Combined GRE ScoreStandard Deviation
Asian/Pacific10,8215%1661369
White183,41977%1609357
Other6,6403%1606395
American Indian1,4661%1451369
Hispanic13,3516%1384366
Black/Black American21,2089%1238332
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TOTALS236,9051001565377
* Graduate Record Examination Board

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Combined Mean MCAT Score (Verbal Reasoning, Physical and Biological Sciences) by Racial/Ethnic Group in April/August 2000*

Racial/Ethnic GroupNPercentMean Combined MCAT ScoreStandard Deviation
Asian/Pacific11,39217.3%24.16.7
White31,49547.8%25.36.6
Other13,58920.6%24.57.5
American Indian3300.5%21.46.4
Hispanic3,9025.9%19.76.7
Black/Black American5,1167.7%18.66.6
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TOTALS65,82410022.36.8
* Medical College Admission Test

MCAT Scores by Racial/Ethnic Group: 2004

MCAT Scores by Racial/Ethnic Group: 2003

SAT, GRE, and MCAT Scores

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