What is a good GRE Score?

Good GRE Scores

The two main ways to answer the question "What is a good GRE Score?" are to compare them to other students and to determine what your preferred colleges require. For student who took the exam between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2007, the average (mean) GRE Scores were 462 for Verbal Reasoning, 584 for Quantitative Reasoning and 4.0 for Analytical Writing.

To determine how you did relative to other test takers, please go to our GRE Percentile Scores Table. 

 Here are some representative GRE Scores for leading US colleges:

Boston University
Verbal: 530
Quantitative: 750

Columbia
Verbal: 529
Quantitative: 773

Cornell
Verbal: 607
Quantitative: 770

Dartmouth
Verbal: 561
Quantitative: 768

George Mason
Verbal: 429
Quantitative: 715

Harvard
Verbal: 555
Quantitative: 768

Johns Hopkins
Verbal: 534
Quantitative: 753

MIT
Verbal: 561
Quantitative: 775  

Princeton
Verbal: 626
Quantitative: 731

University at Buffalo
Verbal: 506
Quantitative: 758 

University of Pennsylvania
Verbal: 531
Quantitative: 753

Yale
Verbal: 522
Quantitative: 743

 

The GRE Test is a standardized exam that is used by various colleges and universities in the U.S. as a factor in determining graduate school admissions.  The GRE Test is similar in purpose to the ACT and  SAT tests.  The GRE Test is only one factor that colleges use in their admissions processes, but it can be an important factor – so you should prepare and strive to do well on the test.  You can find GRE Test Dates and GRE Test Locations to help you sign up for the GRE Test.