10 Highest IQ Subjects

Jordan Darlington·2 December 2014·3 min read

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It’s time to settle the debate. Science students are smarter that Arts students. At least, that’s according to date released by ETS. They tested 26,000 students across every degree subject known to mankind. They found that physics students were the brightest, that science beats the humanities, and that of the humanities philosophers are the brainiest. Here’s the top 10. For some reference, people who score over 140 are considered to have genius level IQs. An IQ score over 130 puts you in the top 2% of the population and the median person has an IQ of 100. 1. Physics and Astronomy Mean IQ: 139 2. Maths Mean IQ: 137 3. Economics Mean IQ: 136 4. Philosophy Mean IQ: 136 5. Chemistry Mean IQ: 132 6. Engineering Mean IQ: 129 7. Political Science Mean IQ: 129 8. Biology and Bio-medical Science Mean IQ: 128 9. History Mean IQ: 125 10. Computer Science and IT Mean IQ: 124 We got the data from Here Didn’t see your subject in the top 10, convert the score from the first table using this table and then punch the data into this converter.

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Jordan Darlington

Jordan is a Masters student who is studying at Sheffield University. Originally from Manchester, Jordan writes on a wide range of topics and is particularly interested in blogging about the student friendly cafes and coffee shops in his home city.

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