How to Convert your UCAT Scores into a Percentile Rank

How to Convert Your UCAT Scores into a Percentile Rank

In the past, our website included a calculator to help students estimate their UCAT percentile. However, as the UCAT exam continues to evolve each year, it has become increasingly difficult to provide accurate and reliable predictions. For this reason, we have removed our calculator to ensure students are not misled by outdated or incomplete data.

That said, the only official and final statistics are those released directly by the UCAT Consortium. Once published each year, these official figures will also be posted on our website for students to review.

UCAT ANZ 2025 Summary Test Statistics

Test statistics for UCAT 2025 will be released in two stages. Preliminary statistics will be released by the end of August 2025. Detailed percentiles will be made available in early September 2025. Please note that as a candidate, you will be only able to view statistics similar to the tables shown below from previous years. You will also be able to input your section 1 - 3 total score to receive your percentile rank for those subsections. More detailed information about the particular section breakdown will ONLY be available to universities.

UCAT ANZ 2024 Summary Test Statistics

The following table shows the Scaled Score Statistics for candidates taking UCAT ANZ from 1st July – 17 August 2024 (15,240 candidates). A small number of candidates took the test outside the test window and are not included in this summary.

UCAT ANZ 2023 Summary Test Statistics

Final summary statistics for UCAT ANZ 2023 The following table shows the Scaled Score Statistics for candidates taking UCAT ANZ from 03 July – 21 August 2023 (14,109 candidates). A small number of candidates took the test outside the test window and are not included in this summary.

UCAT ANZ 2022 Summary Test Statistics

The following table shows the final statistics for candidates who sat the UCAT ANZ, from 1 July – 12 August 2022 (13,891 candidates). Another 18 candidates took the test outside the test window and their data are not included in the analysis. (Retrieved from UCAT ANZ / Pearson VUE, 2024).

UCAT ANZ 2021 Summary Test Statistics

The following table of summary statistics of the scaled scores for UCAT ANZ 2021 should assist you understanding your results in relation to those of other candidates. The scaled score range for each cognitive subtest (and the SJT) is 300 – 900 and the range for the Total Score (sum of the four cognitive subtests) is 1200 – 3600. A total of approximately 14,000+ candidates sat the UCAT in 2021. (retrieved from UCAT ANZ / Pearson VUE, 2021).

UCAT ANZ 2020 Summary Test Statistics

The following means and deciles are based on the scores of the 14 092 candidates who have tested in 2020.

What does UCAT ANZ say about universities and how will they use UCAT Scores and UCAT Percentile?

UCAT results are made available before most of the university application deadlines and you should use them to help inform your university choices. At NIE we highly recommend that you apply across all universities in Australia, in order to maximise your chance of receiving an interview. You must note, that the UCAT percentile expectations may vary slightly each year.

Universities will provide information on their websites regarding application deadlines and how they use the test in admissions. For some universities, the UCAT score is a significant factor in their consideration of applications. For others, it may be a less significant factor or only used in marginal situations. Most universities consider the total score (i.e. the score after each of the cognitive subtest scores have been added together). Some, however, do look at individual subtest scores and may even have a cut-off score for a particular subtest.

Some universities have a threshold score that candidates have to achieve in order to be considered further in their admission processes. This score is often determined each year but universities will usually indicate on their website threshold scores that have been used in previous years.

Other universities use UCAT alongside factors such as academic achievement and interview performance. The factor may be significant or may contribute a small amount to the final outcome.

Some universities use the score (sometimes in addition to the above uses) to discriminate between candidates who have ‘scored’ equally at some point in the process. The UCAT score provides an additional way of ranking such candidates in order to decide who can proceed to the next stage.

A small number of universities use the test to provide opportunities to candidates who perhaps would not have progressed to interview (for example) using traditional selection methods. This may advantage candidates who have not have achieved the highest academic score but have performed particularly well in the UCAT.

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How to Convert your UCAT Scores into a Percentile Rank