Test Statistics 2025
To help you make your university choices, you may want to understand how your test result relates to overall candidate performance. You may also be interested to know how your score compares with those used by universities in previous years.
Mean scores can shift between testing years and so direct comparison is not always possible. The information below provides you with decile distributions.
In 2025, Abstract Reasoning has been withdrawn from the test.
2025 Test Scores
Final mean scores, deciles and percentiles will be published shortly after testing ends.
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2025 Preliminary Test Scores
The following data is valid up to the 14 September 2025 based on 21,882 tests taken.
We are anticipating that a further 21,000 candidates will take the test; as a result the following scores should be treated with significant caution. Candidates should use these figures as a rough guide to judge their own performance as these numbers will change as the testing cycle progresses.
As an example, the 2024 preliminary mean score (without Abstract Reasoning) was 1913 and the final mean score (without Abstract Reasoning) was 1870.
Mean Total Score
The preliminary total cognitive mean scaled score is 1939.
The preliminary mean scaled scores of the cognitive subtests are below:
| Cognitive Subtest | 2025 (to 14 Sept) |
| Verbal Reasoning | 614 |
| Decision Making | 642 |
| Quantitative Reasoning | 683 |
The scaled score range for each cognitive subtest is 300 - 900.
Decile Ranking
The following table provides deciles of candidate total scores. Each decile rank represents 10% of candidates based on their overall test performance. The 1st decile represents a score at the 10th percentile; the 2nd decile represents a score at the 20th percentile, and so on.
| Decile Rank | 2025 (to 14 Sept) |
| 1st | 1620 |
| 2nd | 1730 |
| 3rd | 1810 |
| 4th | 1870 |
| 5th | 1940 |
| 6th | 2000 |
| 7th | 2070 |
| 8th | 2150 |
| 9th | 2270 |
Situational Judgement Test (SJT)
The table below shows the percentage of candidates placed in each Situational Judgement Test band.
| 2025 (to 14 Sept) | |
| Number of candidates | 21,882 |
| Band 1 | 25% |
| Band 2 | 40% |
| Band 3 | 27% |
| Band 4 | 8% |
Previous Test Years
In 2025, Abstract Reasoning has been withdrawn from the test. The information below illustrates how candidates would have performed in previous test cycles without an Abstract Reasoning score.
Candidates who sat the 2024 UCAT can find 2024 test statistics here.
Cognitive Subtests 2019 - 2024
The scaled score range for each cognitive subtest is 300 – 900. Mean scaled scores for the cognitive subtests are below:
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |
| Number of candidates | 37,913 | 35,625 | 36,374 | 37,230 | 34,153 | 29,375 |
| Verbal Reasoning | 601 | 591 | 567 | 572 | 570 | 565 |
| Decision Making | 620 | 623 | 616 | 610 | 625 | 618 |
| Quantitative Reasoning | 649 | 649 | 658 | 665 | 664 | 662 |
| Total Score | 1870 | 1864 | 1841 | 1848 | 1859 | 1845 |
The following table provides deciles of candidate total scores in each year. Each decile represents 10% of candidates. The 1st decile represents a score at the 10th percentile; the 2nd decile represents a score at the 20th percentile, and so on.
| Decile Rank | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| 1st | 1580 | 1590 | 1560 | 1580 | 1600 | 1600 |
| 2nd | 1670 | 1680 | 1650 | 1670 | 1690 | 1690 |
| 3rd | 1740 | 1740 | 1720 | 1740 | 1750 | 1740 |
| 4th | 1810 | 1800 | 1780 | 1790 | 1810 | 1800 |
| 5th | 1860 | 1860 | 1840 | 1840 | 1860 | 1840 |
| 6th | 1920 | 1910 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1890 |
| 7th | 1980 | 1970 | 1950 | 1950 | 1960 | 1940 |
| 8th | 2060 | 2050 | 2030 | 2020 | 2030 | 2000 |
| 9th | 2170 | 2150 | 2130 | 2120 | 2120 | 2090 |
Situational Judgement Test (SJT) 2019 - 2024
The table below shows the percentage of candidates achieving each SJT banding:
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |
| Number of candidates | 37,913 | 35,625 | 36,374 | 37,230 | 34,153 | 29,375 |
| Band 1 | 13% | 25% | 20% | 14% | 30% | 17% |
| Band 2 | 36% | 39% | 36% | 36% | 36% | 40% |
| Band 3 | 38% | 26% | 31% | 33% | 24% | 33% |
| Band 4 | 13% | 9% | 14% | 16% | 9% | 10% |
