MCAT percentiles and average score (2026-2027): what a 500, 510 or 520 means

MCAT percentile table, 2026-2027

Total score	Percentile rank
528	100
527	100
526	100
525	100
524	99
523	99
522	99
521	98
520	97
519	96
518	95
517	94
516	92
515	91
514	89
513	86
512	84
511	82
510	79
509	76
508	74
507	71
506	67
505	64
504	61
503	58
502	55
501	52
500	48
499	45
498	42
497	39
496	36
495	33
494	31
493	28
492	25
491	23
490	20
489	18
488	16
487	14
486	12
485	11
484	9
483	8
482	6
481	5
480	4
479	3
478	2
477	2
476	1
475	1
474	<1
473	<1
472	<1

A percentile rank is the share of scores at or below yours. So a 508 at the 74th percentile means 74% of scores were 508 or lower. The AAMC updates this table every May 1, and your score report shows the rank that applies on the day you look.

Section score percentiles

Section score	Chem/Phys	CARS	Bio/Biochem	Psych/Soc
132	100	100	100	100
131	99	99	98	97
130	96	98	96	92
129	91	95	90	85
128	85	90	84	76
127	77	84	75	65
126	67	74	64	54
125	56	62	53	44
124	46	50	43	34
123	35	37	32	25
122	25	25	23	17
121	16	15	15	10
120	9	8	8	6
119	4	3	4	3
118	2	1	1	1

The section averages are close but not the same: 124.9 in Chem/Phys, 124.6 in CARS, 125.1 in Bio/Biochem and 125.9 in Psych/Soc. That’s why a 127 is at the 84th percentile in CARS but only the 65th in Psych/Soc.

What’s the average MCAT score?

Across everyone who tested in 2023, 2024 and 2025, the mean total was 500.6.

People who apply to medical school score higher on average. In 2025, 54,699 people applied to US medical schools. Their mean MCAT was 506.3, and the 23,440 who started medical school that year averaged 512.1. Their mean GPAs were 3.67 for applicants and 3.81 for those who enrolled.

What’s a good or competitive MCAT score?

MCAT total	All applicants accepted	With a GPA above 3.79	With a GPA of 3.40-3.59
Below 486	0.6%	2.8%	0.5%
486-489	1.8%	3.4%	0.8%
490-493	4.0%	8.0%	4.4%
494-497	11.1%	18.5%	9.7%
498-501	22.2%	30.6%	20.0%
502-505	35.4%	44.9%	30.3%
506-509	47.1%	57.1%	36.7%
510-513	62.4%	70.5%	48.7%
514-517	71.2%	77.2%	56.5%
518 and up	79.9%	83.3%	66.4%

There’s no official minimum. The closest thing to an answer is the AAMC’s MCAT and GPA grid above, which shows the share of applicants to US MD schools who got at least one acceptance, for the 2023-2024 to 2025-2026 cycles combined. Overall, 45.1% were accepted.

Both numbers count. With a 514-517, 77.2% of applicants with a GPA above 3.79 were accepted, against 56.5% of those with a GPA of 3.40-3.59. Look up what each school on your list says about the students it admits.

How many people take the MCAT, and how many pass?

Nobody passes or fails, because there’s no pass mark. The AAMC’s current percentile table is built from 305,494 scores over three testing years. That counts exams, not people, since some people test more than once. The AAMC pages we checked don’t give a yearly head count.

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Total score	Percentile rank
528	100
527	100
526	100
525	100
524	99
523	99
522	99
521	98
520	97
519	96
518	95
517	94
516	92
515	91
514	89
513	86
512	84
511	82
510	79
509	76
508	74
507	71
506	67
505	64
504	61
503	58
502	55
501	52
500	48
499	45
498	42
497	39
496	36
495	33
494	31
493	28
492	25
491	23
490	20
489	18
488	16
487	14
486	12
485	11
484	9
483	8
482	6
481	5
480	4
479	3
478	2
477	2
476	1
475	1
474	<1
473	<1
472	<1

Section score	Chem/Phys	CARS	Bio/Biochem	Psych/Soc
132	100	100	100	100
131	99	99	98	97
130	96	98	96	92
129	91	95	90	85
128	85	90	84	76
127	77	84	75	65
126	67	74	64	54
125	56	62	53	44
124	46	50	43	34
123	35	37	32	25
122	25	25	23	17
121	16	15	15	10
120	9	8	8	6
119	4	3	4	3
118	2	1	1	1

Total score	Percentile rank
528	100
527	100
526	100
525	100
524	99
523	99
522	99
521	98
520	97
519	96
518	95
517	94
516	92
515	91
514	89
513	86
512	84
511	82
510	79
509	76
508	74
507	71
506	67
505	64
504	61
503	58
502	55
501	52
500	48
499	45
498	42
497	39
496	36
495	33
494	31
493	28
492	25
491	23
490	20
489	18
488	16
487	14
486	12
485	11
484	9
483	8
482	6
481	5
480	4
479	3
478	2
477	2
476	1
475	1
474	<1
473	<1
472	<1

Section score	Chem/Phys	CARS	Bio/Biochem	Psych/Soc
132	100	100	100	100
131	99	99	98	97
130	96	98	96	92
129	91	95	90	85
128	85	90	84	76
127	77	84	75	65
126	67	74	64	54
125	56	62	53	44
124	46	50	43	34
123	35	37	32	25
122	25	25	23	17
121	16	15	15	10
120	9	8	8	6
119	4	3	4	3
118	2	1	1	1

MCAT percentiles: what your score means