GRE Score Percentile Calculator and Chart 2026

The GRE score range is 130 to 170 in Verbal and Quantitative Reasoning, 0 to 6 in Analytical Writing, and 260 to 340 for the two scored sections combined. Those scales do not turn into percentiles the same way: on the current ETS table a 160 is the 82nd percentile in Verbal and the 50th in Quant.

Enter your three scores below for your total and each section's official percentile, or read the full ETS chart further down the page.

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What this calculator does

Enter three numbers and you get:

• your combined Verbal + Quant total on the 260 to 340 scale
• your Verbal Reasoning percentile
• your Quantitative Reasoning percentile
• your Analytical Writing percentile
• an approximate overall standing and how you compare to the average test taker

The percentiles are not estimates or averages. They are the exact values ETS reports on score reports.

The GRE score range, and what each part of it is worth

A percentile rank is the percentage of test takers who scored lower than you. The three GRE scales each run a different length and sit against a different crowd, so the same position on two scales is worth very different standing.

Those means come from Table 1A of the ETS GRE General Test Interpretive Data, covering 788,021 Verbal, 790,864 Quant and 785,720 Analytical Writing test takers between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2025.

Two things in that table surprise most people. The 75th percentile is a 158 in Verbal but a 167 in Quant, nine scaled points higher for the same standing. And the Quant scale runs out before the 90th percentile does: a perfect 170 is the 89th, so there is no Quant score at the 90th percentile or above.

The 260 to 340 total covers Verbal and Quant only. Analytical Writing is reported beside it and never added in, which is the part our GRE score range guide works through in full.

The full ETS percentile chart

These are Tables 1B and 1C of the current ETS interpretive data, the same tables printed on your score report. The quick answers people look up most: a 163 Verbal is the 90th percentile, a 160 Quant is the 50th, a 164 Quant is the 63rd, a 167 Quant is the 75th, and a 157 Verbal is the 72nd.

Verbal and Quantitative Reasoning percentiles

A blank cell in the ETS original means no percentile was reported because no test taker scored lower. Those appear here as <1.

Analytical Writing percentiles

Note how coarse the writing scale is. A single half-point from 3.5 to 4.0 moves you from the 40th percentile to the 63rd, and 3.0 to 3.5 is worth 24 points of standing. No single scaled point in Verbal or Quant is worth more than six.

What a total score is worth, with worked examples

ETS publishes percentiles for sections only, never for the 260 to 340 total. The last column below averages the two section percentiles, which is a rough gauge rather than an official number, and it is what the calculator reports as your approximate overall standing.

Read across the two 325 rows. The same total lands at the 95th percentile in Verbal with one split and the 60th in Quant with another, and a quant-heavy program will read those two applicants very differently. That is why a combined GRE total tells an admissions reader less than either section does on its own.

The data is current, which is rarer than it sounds

ETS recalculates GRE percentiles every July using a rolling three-year window of test takers. The current window is July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025, published as the 2026-27 interpretive data and confirmed on the ETS score interpretation page.

Several GRE percentile charts still in circulation run on the previous window, July 2021 to June 2024, and say so in their own methodology notes. On those older tables a 170 Quant reads as the 91st percentile and a 160 Verbal as the 84th. On the table ETS uses today they are the 89th and the 82nd. If a chart tells you a perfect Quant score clears the 90th percentile, it is reading the older cohort.

This calculator and the chart above use the current numbers throughout.

Why the same score has two different percentiles

A 160 is not equally strong in both multiple-choice sections. On the current ETS data:

• Verbal 160 = 82nd percentile
• Quant 160 = 50th percentile

That is a 32-point gap for the identical scaled score. Quant percentiles sit lower because the average Quant score (157.62) is much higher than the average Verbal score (151.39), so the competition near the top of the Quant scale is far denser.

The practical lesson: read each section on its own, and set section targets based on your field. Our full guide to GRE score percentiles breaks down the section-by-section tables and target-setting in detail.

Two things honest GRE tools will not do

Predict your scaled score from a raw count. ETS does not release a raw-to-scaled conversion because the General Test is section-adaptive and equated across forms. Any tool that promises to turn "35 out of 40 correct" into a scaled score is guessing. This calculator starts from your reported scaled scores instead.

Report a single percentile for your total. ETS publishes percentiles per section only. The approximate overall standing here is the average of your two section percentiles, which is a rough gauge, not an official number. Programs evaluate Verbal and Quant separately.

What is a good GRE score?

There is no universal cutoff. A practical way to read your result:

• Around the 50th percentile: baseline for many less-selective programs, a 152 to 153 Verbal or a 160 Quant
• 75th percentile: competitive for most mainstream master's admissions, a 158 Verbal or a 167 Quant
• 90th percentile and up: strong for selective and funding-sensitive programs, a 163 Verbal and, in Quant, a score that does not exist

Weight it by field. Quant-heavy programs (engineering, economics, data science) care most about your Quant percentile, while humanities and policy programs lean on Verbal and Analytical Writing. Our guide to what counts as a good GRE score turns the ETS field averages into a separate Verbal and Quant target for each subject. Always check your target program's admitted-student profile over any generic benchmark, then build a GRE prep plan around your largest percentile gap. For Quant-heavy gaps, Target Test Prep is our top quant-focused pick.

Related GRE tools

• Need the on-screen Quant calculator instead? Use our free GRE calculator simulator.
• Want the numbers behind the tool? See the GRE score percentiles guide.
• Wondering what a perfect score is actually worth? Read the highest GRE score.
• Need to close a percentile gap? Drill with our free GRE practice questions.
• Need a schedule to get there? Build one with the GRE study plan generator.

FAQ

How do I calculate my GRE score?

You do not calculate the scaled scores yourself. ETS reports your Verbal and Quant on a 130 to 170 scale and your Analytical Writing on a 0 to 6 scale. What you can calculate is your combined total (Verbal plus Quant, out of 340) and, using ETS data, the percentile for each section. That is what this tool does.

Is a 300 GRE a good score?

A 300 total sits below the middle of the pack, not at it. A balanced 150 Verbal and 150 Quant puts you at the 39th percentile in Verbal and the 23rd in Quant, averaging the 31st. Verbal-heavy splits do better: a 160 Verbal with a 140 Quant averages the 44th. It clears the bar for some programs and sits well below the median at selective ones, so look at your specific programs before deciding whether to retake.

What GRE score is the 90th percentile?

In Verbal Reasoning it is a 163 exactly. In Quantitative Reasoning there is no 90th percentile score, because the current ETS table tops out at the 89th percentile for a perfect 170. A 169 Quant is the 85th and a 168 is the 80th. This is the single most common error in GRE percentile charts, which often carry an older table where a 170 Quant reads as the 91st.

What is the 75th percentile GRE score?

A 158 in Verbal Reasoning and a 167 in Quantitative Reasoning, on the current ETS data. In Analytical Writing the nearest score is a 4.5, which is the 85th percentile, because the half-point scale cannot land on the 75th exactly. The nine-point gap between the Verbal and Quant numbers is the clearest illustration of how differently the two scales behave.

Why do my percentiles look lower than older charts?

If you compared against a chart from a year or two ago, especially for Quant, newer ETS data shifts several scores down by a point or two of percentile. This calculator uses the current July 2022 to June 2025 window, so it reflects the latest reference group.

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