• Average Revised GRE Scores for Top US Universities for Masters and PhD

    Here is list of Average GRE Scores required for admission into US Universities. Average GRE Scores means the average of GRE score of all applicants accepted in a University or Graduate Schools in USA. You can look into average GRE score to find out what range of GRE scores a university is accepting. Minimum GRE, Maximum GRE score of the applicants will be around this average score.

    If you are applying to competitive majors like Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, add a score of 5 + to the verbal and Quant scores below. If you are from non-engineering majors you may do 5- in each sections to get your required Revised GRE score to apply to a university.

    Average GRE scores for top US Universities

    Here is a list of US universities with the average Revised GRE scores for their MS and PhD programs

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    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT):
    Verbal: 158
    Quantitative: 159
    Writing: 5.3

    Stanford University:
    Verbal: 159
    Quantitative: 158
    Writing: 4.8

    University of California, Berkeley:
    Verbal: 153 – 156 score range
    Quantitative: 167
    Writing: 4.5

    University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA):
    Verbal: 155
    Quantitative: 167
    Writing: 5.0

    University of Virginia:
    Verbal: 163
    Quantitative: 166
    Writing: 4.5

    University of Michigan – Ann Arbor:
    Verbal: 160 range
    Quantitative: 167
    Writing: 5.0

    University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill:
    Verbal: 158
    Quantitative: 160
    Writing: 4.5

    Georgia Institute of Technology:
    Verbal: 158
    Quantitative: 167
    Writing: 4.3

    University of California – San Diego:
    Verbal: 162
    Quantitative: 160
    Writing: 5.5

    University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign:
    Verbal: 155
    Quantitative: 165
    Writing: 4.0

    University of Wisconsin – Madison:
    Verbal: 163
    Quantitative: 731
    Writing: 4.5

    University of Washington:
    Verbal: 156
    Quantitative: 167
    Writing: 4.0

    Pennsylvania State University:
    Verbal: 150
    Quantitative: 165
    Writing: 3.0

    University of Florida (UFL):
    Verbal: 154
    Quantitative: 165
    Writing: 3.0

    University of Texas , Austin:
    Verbal: 155
    Quantitative: 165
    Writing: 4.0

    Ohio State University:
    Verbal: 156
    Quantitative: 165
    Writing: 4.0

    California Institute of Technology:
    Verbal: 160
    Quantitative: 157
    Writing: 5.0

    Duke University:
    Verbal: 160
    Quantitative: 160
    Writing: 4.5

    University of Chicago:
    Verbal: 158
    Quantitative: 167
    Writing: 4.0

    Northwestern University:
    Verbal: 160
    Quantitative: 160
    Writing: 5.0

    Washington University in St. Louis:
    Verbal: 161
    Quantitative: 160
    Writing: 5.0

    Johns Hopkins University:
    Verbal: 163
    Quantitative: 164
    Writing: 4.8

    Rice University:
    Verbal: 160
    Quantitative: 167
    Writing: 5.0

    Emory University:
    Verbal: 153
    Quantitative: 306
    Writing: 4.0-6.0

    University of Notre Dame:
    Verbal: 165
    Quantitative: 165
    Writing: 5.3

    Vanderbilt University:
    Verbal: 157
    Quantitative: 166
    Writing: 4.8

    William and Mary:
    Verbal: 158
    Quantitative: 160
    Writing: 4.5

    Johns Hopkins University
    Verbal: 159
    Quantitative: 162
    Writing: 4.2

    Universirty of Texas At Dallas
    Average Verbal Score 150
    Average Quant Score: 163

    Rutgers University
    Average Verbal Score 152
    Average Quant Score: 162

    Please add scores for other US Graduate School GRE score requirements in the Comments.

    Average GRE Scores, GRE Cut off Scores - Duke University
    Comments 224 Comments
    1. kumawat's Avatar
      kumawat -
      verbal-138
      quantitative -159
      writing- 2.5
      toefl-60
      applied for ielts test on 18 feb
      suggest me universities
    1. golisagar's Avatar
      golisagar -
      verbal-135
      Quantitative-154
      may i know the universities for this scores please
    1. Kartik6402's Avatar
      Kartik6402 -
      Try Univ Of Houston Main campus,UT Dallas.

      Quote Originally Posted by golisagar View Post
      verbal-135
      Quantitative-154
      may i know the universities for this scores please
    1. ameygosavi's Avatar
      ameygosavi -
      verbal 141
      Quantitative 160
      could you suggest some universities offering mechanical engineering or industrial engineering or MS in engineering management
    1. ameygosavi's Avatar
      ameygosavi -
      verbal-141
      Quantitative-160
      suggest some universities offering mechanical engineering or industrial engineering or MS in Engineering Management
    1. srikanthb's Avatar
      srikanthb -
      i have taken my gre yesterday
      verbal -138
      quants-147
      ielets -6
      Is there any chance to apply for fall intake .If so , suggest me some universitys for fall intake please
    1. sharath49's Avatar
      sharath49 -
      verbal-145 quants-159
      74% in jntu affiliated college...
      is there a chance of getting into university of akron for ms in electrical engineering..?
      also suggest some of the universities which offer funding for my scores..?
    1. THIRUMAL's Avatar
      THIRUMAL -
      Hi ..
      I got verbal - 151
      quantitative-158
      AWA -3
      2 years work experience and scored 8.1 cgpa out of 10 .
      Suggest me good universities for Mechanical engineering .....with funding..
    1. avi1222's Avatar
      avi1222 -
      Can you please tell me the average scores for Arizona state university,Tempe,Arizona.please reply soon
    1. Tejaswini's Avatar
      Tejaswini -
      wt is meant by writing?
    1. vishwa316's Avatar
      vishwa316 -
      Hiii
      i've got verbal - 141
      Quantitative - 164
      AWA - 3.0
      IELTS yet to take
      10th- 87%
      +2 - 89%
      UG -67%
      suggest me good universities accordingly with funding for spring'13
      DEpt - CS major
    1. suresh.N's Avatar
      suresh.N -
      hiiii my gre score is 960..
      verbal-460
      quant-500
      awa-3
      ielts-yet to take
      10th-88%
      +2-93.6%
      graduation-73%
      suggest me good universities accordingly with funding for spring'13
      department-pharmacy
    1. pintu_'s Avatar
      pintu_ -
      hiiii my gre score is 323..
      verbal-160
      quant-163
      awa-4
      toefl yet to take
      10th-88%
      +2-84.8%
      graduation-80.8%
      suggest me good universities accordingly with funding for spring'13/fall'13
      department-computers
    1. soniya's Avatar
      soniya -
      Hiii
      i've got verbal - 143
      Quantitative - 153
      AWA - 3.0
      TOEFL yet to take
      10th- 75%
      +2 - 91%
      UG -75%
      suggest me good universities accordingly with funding for spring'13
      DEpt - ece
    1. swetha1236's Avatar
      swetha1236 -
      hiii...my
      verbal-139
      quant-159
      AWA-2
      plz...suggest me some universities.....thanq....
    1. abhi41's Avatar
      abhi41 -
      hii...
      verbal-139
      quant 152
      awa-2
      plz suggest me some universities
    1. pintu_'s Avatar
      pintu_ -
      hi va -160
      qa-163
      awa 4.0
      10-88
      12-85
      b.tech-81
      2 yrs wrk ex with infoys
      pls suggest me soome gud univ for MS in CS/MIS
    1. razzz's Avatar
      razzz -
      Quote Originally Posted by sharath49 View Post
      verbal-145 quants-159
      74% in jntu affiliated college...
      is there a chance of getting into university of akron for ms in electrical engineering..?
      also suggest some of the universities which offer funding for my scores..?
      hai bro im also willing to take gre test.im pursuing my 4 th yr in electrical engineering.if u get any admission for doing ms ,then reply to this post plz
    1. Amber's Avatar
      Amber -
      Hello all,
      I require assistance in selecting some universities for applying in fall 2013 session for MS in US. My profile is :
      1) GRE : 321(Verbal - 156, Quant - 165, AWA - 3.0)
      2) TOEFL : 107 (Reading-30, Listening-26, Speaking-24, Writing-27)
      3) B.Tech C.S.E : 76% (U.P.T.U.)
      4) 12th : 86% (C.B.S.E)
      5) 10th : 88% (C.B.S.E)
      6) Sun Certified Java Programmer
      7) Work Experience : 2 years (as on 1 August, 2012) in J2EE.
      8) Experienced in technologies : Spring, Struts, Hibernate. Adept to Apache, Tomcat, Marklogic Database, Wowza Media Server, Oracle.


      So far i have selected some universities. Please help me in balancing my selection for universities among Safe, moderate and dream universities selection :

      GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECH
      University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
      Columbia University
      University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill
      University of Southern California
      OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLUMBUS
      Stony Brook University—SUNY
      Northwestern University
      University of Colorado—Boulder
      University of Florida
      North Carolina State University
      New York University
      U CA SAN FRANCISCO -*4840
      UNIV DISTRICT COLUMBIA -*5929
      U OF PENN SCH ENG APPL SCI
    1. neer's Avatar
      neer -
      Pls evaluate my profile :

      Hi ..
      I wish to apply for MS in fall 2013. I am yet to give my gre in august.
      toefl score 108
      brech % 73 (topper's = 82)
      1 bcklog in 1st sem but cleared in 1 attmpt

      Have 2 years experience in telecom
      No papers published

      The score in my GRE mock test is average 310- 315.
      how likely am i to get the following universities for ms in control systems:
      Univ of Illinois Urbana Chamgn
      Univ of Michigan - ann arbr
      Univ of purdue - west lyfl
      univ f texas - a & m
      univ of illinois -chicago
      univ of texas - arlingtion
      univ of Southern califrna - LA

      Please suggest guys
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