Last Updated: September 14, 2024

MCAT Total Score to Percentile Rank 2024-2025

Scoring in MCAT is done on a scale ranging between 472 and 528. A percentile rank for any examination is the rank the candidate has achieved concerning the other test takers for the same session. If a candidate has a percentile of 88, it implies that the candidate has performed better than 88% of the candidates who attempted the test.

The percentile ranks from May 2024 to April 2025 are as follows-

Total Score	Percentile
472	<1
473	<1
474	<1
475	1
476	1
477	2
478	2
479	3
480	4
481	5
482	6
483	7
484	9
485	10
486	12
487	14
488	16
489	18
490	20
491	22
492	25
493	27
494	30
495	33
496	36
497	39
498	42
499	45
500	48
501	51
502	54
503	58
504	61
505	64
506	67
507	70
508	73
509	76
510	79
511	82
512	84
513	87
514	89
515	91
516	92
517	94
518	95
519	96
520	97
521	98
522	99
523	99
524	100
525	100
526	100
527	100
528	100

Percentile Ranks per Section are as follows:

Section Score	Percentile per section
Section Score	Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems	Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills	Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems	Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior
118	2	1	2	1
119	4	3	4	2
120	9	8	8	5
121	16	15	14	10
122	24	25	23	16
123	34	36	31	24
124	46	49	42	33
125	56	61	53	43
126	67	73	64	54
127	77	83	75	65
128	85	90	83	76
129	92	95	90	85
130	96	98	96	93
131	99	99	99	99
132	100	100	100	100
Mean	124.9	124.6	125.2	125.9

Additional Information

Above percentile score is collected from all tests taken from 2021 to 2023.
As is evident, a score of 499 is 45th percentile. So, if a candidate scores more than 499, they are among the top 45% of all test takers.
Average Medical schools might accept students with >80th percentile while Ivy League might require them to have a 95th percentile or more.
For admissions to medical schools, MCAT is only one of the factors. Other factors include GPA, coursework, letters of recommendation, etc.
For Top 20 programs, candidates might need an MCAT score of ~521 (which is 98 percentile to be in the average range).
For competitive schools, every point in the MCAT score matters and will contribute to the admission decision-making.

Average GPA and MCAT Score for Top Colleges

The following is a list of MCAT scores and average GPAs for the top colleges in the year 2024.

Ohio State University - College of Medicine

Average GPA: 3.81
Average MCAT score: 514

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Average GPA: 3.9
Average MCAT Score: 522

Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

Average GPA: 3.75
Average MCAT: 511

Harvard University - Harvard Medical School

Average GPA: 3.9
Average MCAT: 520.59

Duke University - School of Medicine

Average GPA: 3.9
Average MCAT: 520

Yale University - Yale School of Medicine

Average GPA: 3.92
Average MCAT: 522

John Hopkins University - School of Medicine

Average GPA: 3.92
Average MCAT: 521

Stanford University - School of Medicine

Average GPA: 3.89
Average MCAT: 518

East Carolina University - Brody School of Medicine

Average GPA: 3.61
Average MCAT score: 506

Saint Louis University

Average GPA: 3.86
Average MCAT Score: 513

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Average GPA: 3.82
Average MCAT Score: 509

University of California - Davis School of Medicine

Average GPA: 3.58
Average MCAT Score: 509

University of Kansas Medical Center

Average GPA: 3.79
Average MCAT Score: 508

University of North Texas Health Science Center

Average GPA: 3.81
Average MCAT Score: 508.7

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine

Average GPA: 3.8
Average MCAT Score: 508