Final UCAT ANZ 2025 Test Statistics and Percentile Calculator Released!
2 weeks ago by Chris
The UCAT ANZ 2025 percentile calculator and final statistics have been released, which will help students to interpret their UCAT 2025 scores.
The UCAT consortium has developed a UCAT score to percentile calculator that will help you to convert your 2025 UCAT scaled scores into an estimated percentile ranking. You can find it here: https://www.ucat.edu.au/results/test-statistics/
The UCAT 2025 summary statistics data is available at: https://www.ucat.edu.au/media/1581/summary-statistics-for-2025.pdf
What data is shown?
The UCAT ANZ 2025 test statistics displays the following data:
- the mean scores for each UCAT subtest
- the mean overall UCAT cognitive score
- the UCAT scores required to achieve a particular decile for each UCAT subtest
- how overall UCAT cognitive scores translate to percentiles
- UCAT candidate performance expressed in quartiles
The data is based on the scores of the majority of UCAT candidates (approximately 17,000 students) who have sat UCAT in the 2025 testing cycle.
What does the data mean?
If, for example, you achieved a UCAT Quantitative Reasoning score of around 660, your score was about average (5th decile) compared to other candidates sitting UCAT ANZ 2025. On the other hand, if you achieved a UCAT Decision Making score of around 750, you will have achieved the 9th decile – that is, you will have been in the top 10% of candidates for this UCAT subtest.
In general, in order to obtain an interview offer for a standard, non-rural place in medicine, you will need to achieve an overall cognitive UCAT score in the 9th decile (that is, you will need to be in the top 10% of students sitting UCAT). This year, with the removal of Abstract Reasoning, this equates to an overall UCAT cognitive score of 2310+ (out of 2700). This represents an increase from 2024, where in the previous 4-cognitive subtest format, an overall UCAT score of 3060 (approximately 2290 in the 2025 UCAT format) would have placed you in the 9th decile.
How can I calculate my UCAT percentile?
You can find a UCAT percentile calculator on the UCAT ANZ website. Enter your overall cognitive subtest score (sum of your UCAT Verbal Reasoning, UCAT Decision Making, and UCAT Quantitative Reasoning scores) to find out your percentile.
What interpretations can be made from the UCAT 2025 test statistics?
This UCAT data shows that:
- Students who achieved an overall scaled score of 2310+ were in the 90th percentile, which is generally required for entry into standard undergraduate medical degrees (UCAT scores required are generally lower for rural students, local students, bonded students, some dentistry courses and those with very high ATARs)
- The UCAT total cognitive scaled score required to be in the 90th percentile has been gradually increasing:
- In 2020, you needed 2920 (~2140) to achieve 90th percentile
- In 2021, you needed 2960 (~2190) to achieve 90th percentile
- In 2022, you needed 2980 (~2220) to achieve 90th percentile
- In 2023, you needed 3000 (~2240) to achieve 90th percentile
- In 2024, you needed 3060 (~2290) to achieve 90th percentile
- In 2025, you needed 2310 to achieve 90th percentile (new format without Abstract Reasoning)
This is because medicine is getting more competitive every year, and also reflects the greater preparation by the cohort of UCAT students each year. Additionally, with the removal of Abstract Reasoning in 2025, students can now focus their preparation more intensively on the remaining three cognitive subtests.
- Median scores have only had a slight increase over the past four years. This implies that it is getting more competitive at the top end of UCAT scores: this is where the action happens (that is, interview offers are made to this cohort of students)
- Compared to 2024, the 90th percentile UCAT scores have increased for UCAT Verbal Reasoning (730 vs 720), UCAT Quantitative Reasoning (880 vs 830) and UCAT Situational Judgement (672 vs 656). It has decreased slightly for UCAT Decision Making (750 vs 760). This is likely to be the result of students' relative effort put into each of these subtests during preparation and that cognitive subtests were given slightly more time compared to previous years (whilst Decision Making was allocated more time and more questions).
- The mean (average) UCAT ANZ 2024 scaled score (total of the cognitive subtests) was 1941
- The mean UCAT Situational Judgement score was 586 and a score of about 672 equated to the 90th percentile.
