<p>I’ve always wondered which SAT scores were most relevant when considering tech schools. A comparison of 18 schools with > 50% STEM majors and > 640 M75% scores yields the following correlations for grad rate / retention rate only:</p>
<p>M75: 0.826
M25: 0.791
C75: 0.745
C25: 0.814</p>
<p>These figures are quite interesting. It appears that tech schools with the strongest top level math students and the highest bottom floor of critical reading ability both retain and graduate their students. The correlation for C25 & M75 averaged is a whopping 0.84.</p>