Preliminary UCAT ANZ 2025 Test Statistics Released!
2 weeks ago by Chris
UCAT ANZ 2025 preliminary statistics have been released, which will help students to interpret their UCAT 2025 scores.
The UCAT consortium has developed a UCAT score percentile calculator that will help you to convert your UCAT scaled scores into an estimated percentile ranking. The UCAT percentile calculator is expected to be released concurrently with 2025 UCAT ANZ final test statistics in September.
UCAT 2025 preliminary statistics data is available at: https://www.ucat.edu.au/results/test-statistics/
Key Findings
Total Cognitive Scaled Scores
Students who achieved a total cognitive scaled score of 1920 were in the 50th percentile (median). This remains similar compared to 2024 UCAT ANZ final statistics (2570 using the old 4 cognitive subtest format; ~1920 to achieve 5th decile).
The mean total cognitive scaled score was 1941 in 2025, representing an increase from 1920 in 2024.
Knowing this, we expect students will require a score of approximately 2280 to achieve the 9th decile, the benchmark typically required for standard undergraduate medical program entry. (Note: Requirements are lower for dentistry, rural students, local applicants, bonded positions, and those with exceptional ATARs.)
The UCAT total cognitive scaled score required to be in the 90th percentile has been steadily climbing over the past few years:
- 2020: 2920
- 2021: 2960
- 2022: 2980
- 2023: 3000
- 2024: 3060
This upward trend reflects two key factors: that entry into medicine is getting more competitive and students are demonstrating greater preparation each year.
The median scores have only shown a slight increase. 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).
Cognitive Subtests
- Decision Making: Increased to 650 (up from 630 in 2024)
- Quantitative Reasoning: Increased to 660 (from 650 in 2024)
- Verbal Reasoning: Decreased to 610 (down from 620 in 2024)
This is likely to be the result of students' relative effort put into each of these UCAT subtests during their preparation, and also the fact that these UCAT statistics are preliminary.
Situational Judgement
The median SJT score increased significantly to 593 (compared to 578 in 2024). The mean SJT score was 585. If previous years trends follow, a subtest score of approximately 660 should place students in the 90th percentile for this section.
Final statistics and UCAT percentile calculator relating to performance in UCAT ANZ 2025 is likely to be released in mid-late September.
