How to calculate the CUET percentile 2026? Marks vs percentiles as per trends
Vaishnavi Shukla | June 23, 2026 | 02:27 PM IST | 2 mins read
NTA has declared the CUET UG result 2026 on its official website at cuet.nta.nic.in for more than 15 lakh students
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Try NowCUET Percentile Calculator : The National Testing Agency (NTA) has declared the Common University Entrance Test Undergraduate (CUET UG) 2026 results on its official website, cuet.nta.nic.in, for over 15.68 lakh students. Students must know the steps to calculate their marks-to-percentile using the formula to get an idea of possible admissions across central and private universities. CUET UG 2026 Live Updates
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As per NTA, 11,64,098 students appeared for the CUET UG 2026 entrance exam, which was held from May 11 to 31 and June 6 and 7 across 321 cities in India and 13 cities abroad.
CUET scores will be used for admission to UG courses across central, state, deemed, and private universities such as DU, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), and Aligarh Muslim University, BBAU, and others.
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How to calculate total percentile in CUET 2026?
CUET 2026 percentile will give an idea, allowing comparison of individual performances within the context of the entire candidate pool that appeared for the national-level entrance exam.
To calculate the CUET percentile, candidates will be required to provide the following details.
Raw Score : The actual score the candidate obtained in the CUET 2026 exam.
Total Number of Test Takers : The total number of candidates who appeared for the CUET 2026 exam.
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CUET percentile calculator = (Number of candidates who scored equal to or lower than your raw score / Total number of test takers) * 100 |
NTA follows a normalisation process to prepare the CUET UG result 2026 to maintain fairness in case one subject’s exam is conducted throughout multiple shifts.
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CUET Marks vs Percentile 2026
The expected CUET UG 2026 marks ve percentile as per previous year trends are shown in the table below.
|
CUET marks (Out of 250) |
CUET Percentile |
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240 to 250 |
99.8 to 100 percentile |
|
230 to 239 |
99.5 to 99.8 percentile |
|
220 to 229 |
98.5 to 99.5 percentile |
|
210 to 219 |
96 to 98.5 percentile |
|
200 to 209 |
93 to 96 percentile |
|
190 to 199 |
88 to 93 percentile |
|
180 to 189 |
82 to 88 percentile |
|
170 to 179 |
75 to 82 percentile |
|
160 to 169 |
68 to 75 percentile |
|
150 to 159 |
60 to 68 percentile |
|
140 to 149 |
52 to 60 percentile |
|
130 to 139 |
45 to 52 percentile |
|
120 to 129 |
38 to 45 percentile |
|
110 to 119 |
30 to 38 percentile |
|
100 to 109 |
22 to 30 percentile |
In simple words, the CUET percentile score is a relative score reflecting the performance of a candidate as compared to other students who have taken the test in the same or similar sessions.
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