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UCAT Score Trends: 2019–2025

How have UCAT percentile scores changed over the last seven years? We've pulled together the official statistics from every test cycle since 2019 — and the trend is clear: scores have been steadily rising year on year.

7 years

of official UCAT ANZ data

16,950

Candidates in 2025 — the biggest year yet

↑ Every year

Average scores keep climbing

First — why 2025 scores look completely different

If you compare score tables from different years, 2025 looks like scores suddenly crashed. They didn't. Here's what actually happened.

Abstract Reasoning was removed in 2025. From 2019 to 2024, the UCAT had four cognitive sections, so the total score was out of 3,600. From 2025, there are only three cognitive sections, so the total is now out of 2,700. That's why a "2,310" in 2025 is actually a better score than a "2,850" in 2019 — they're out of different totals. You can't compare the raw numbers directly.

So how do we compare years fairly? By looking at each section on its own. Every section has always been scored out of 900, so a Verbal Reasoning score from 2020 can be compared directly with one from 2025. Each section is also a different level of difficulty — scores in Quantitative Reasoning run much higher than Verbal Reasoning, for example — so it only makes sense to track them separately. That's what the four charts below do.

Each section's trend, 2020–2025

Each chart below shows two lines: the median (the middle candidate) and the 90th percentile (the score you needed to be in the top 10%). All scores are out of 900. The 2019 report only published section averages, not percentiles, so these charts start in 2020.

Median — the middle candidate90th percentile — the top 10%

Verbal Reasoning

The lowest-scoring section — and the fastest riser. The top-10% score has jumped 60 points since 2020.

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Decision Making

The most stable section — the top-10% score has sat around 740–760 for six years straight.

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Quantitative Reasoning

The highest-scoring section. The median barely moves, but the top 10% is racing away — hitting 880 in 2025.

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Situational Judgement

Scores dipped between 2021 and 2024, then bounced back in 2025 across the board.

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The full percentile table, year by year

Here's the total cognitive score needed to reach each percentile in every year. Remember: 2019–2024 scores are out of 3,600 (four sections), while 2025 is out of 2,700 (three sections) — so read the 2025 column separately.

Percentile2019202020212022202320242025*
10th2,1402,1502,1502,1302,1602,1501,610
30th2,3352,3702,3602,3602,3842,3901,780
50th (median)2,4702,5202,5202,5302,5502,5701,930
70th2,6102,6802,7002,7102,7302,7702,090
90th2,8502,9202,9602,9803,0003,0602,310
Mean (average)2,4812,5272,5372,5432,5632,5881,941

*2025 scores are out of 2,700 (three cognitive sections) after Abstract Reasoning was removed. All earlier years are out of 3,600 (four sections). Source: official UCAT ANZ Consortium summary statistics, 2019–2025.

Percentiles for each section

Unlike the totals above, these numbers can be compared directly across years, because every section has always been scored out of 900. The 2019 report only published section averages (no percentiles), so these tables start in 2020.

Verbal Reasoning

Score needed to reach each percentile (out of 900).

Percentile202020212022202320242025
10th480480480510520520
30th540540540560570570
50th (median)580580580600620610
70th610630610640650660
90th670680680720720730
Mean (average)577586578605616620

Decision Making

Score needed to reach each percentile (out of 900).

Percentile202020212022202320242025
10th510500510510510530
30th590580580580590590
50th (median)640620630640630650
70th680680680680690690
90th750740750750760750
Mean (average)635622630634637642

Quantitative Reasoning

Score needed to reach each percentile (out of 900).

Percentile202020212022202320242025
10th570570550540540530
30th620630610600600600
50th (median)660660660650650660
70th700710710700720730
90th800800810800830880
Mean (average)671679672663667679

Situational Judgement

Score needed to reach each percentile (out of 900). Reported separately from the cognitive total.

Percentile202020212022202320242025
10th495478460475471489
30th563550535547539554
50th (median)603592581590578593
70th636628618626614632
90th677670663667656672
Mean (average)592581568578569586

What this means for you

Three takeaways from seven years of data.

+20%

More candidates than ever

Around 14,000 students sat the UCAT each year from 2020 to 2023. In 2025 it was 16,950 — the biggest cohort ever. It's a popular pathway, which makes thoughtful, early preparation all the more worthwhile.

670 → 730

The bar keeps rising

In Verbal Reasoning, the top-10% score climbed from 670 in 2020 to 730 in 2025 — with similar creep in other sections. Candidates are preparing earlier and better each year, so it helps to know what today's benchmarks look like.

3 sections

Every section counts more

With Abstract Reasoning gone, your total is built from just three cognitive sections. One weak section now decreases your total down proportionally greater, making it all the more important to do better in the remaining sections.

Wherever you're at, we're happy to help

With a little planning and the right support, steady preparation goes a long way. If you're curious about what UCAT prep could look like for you, we'd love to have a chat. We suggest starting in early Year 11.

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All figures are from the official UCAT ANZ Consortium summary statistics (2019–2025). Percentile scores are total cognitive scaled scores; the SJT is reported separately.