Introduction
This GMAT Score Calculator turns your three section scores into a total GMAT score. Just enter your Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, and Data Insights scores. Each one runs from 60 to 90. The tool adds them up and gives you a total score on the 205 to 805 scale.1
You also get your percentile rank. That tells you how many test takers you beat. The calculator shows how each section stacks up against the average score, so you can spot your strong and weak areas fast.
Want to know your old-style score? The tool gives you an approximate Classic GMAT score on the 200 to 800 scale, using GMAC's score concordance table. It also shows every math step, so you can see exactly how the total was found.
Have a goal school in mind? Use the reverse target planner. Type in the total score you want, and the tool lists section score combinations that get you there. Reference percentile tables for all sections are included too.
How to use our GMAT Score Calculator
Enter your three GMAT section scores and a target score. The calculator shows your total GMAT score, your percentiles, how you compare to the average, an old-style GMAT score, and the section scores you need to hit your goal.
Quantitative Reasoning (Q): Type your Quant score or drag the slider. Scores run from 60 to 90 in steps of 1. The average is 78.
Verbal Reasoning (V): Type your Verbal score or drag the slider. Scores run from 60 to 90 in steps of 1. The average is 79.
Data Insights (DI): Type your Data Insights score or drag the slider. Scores run from 60 to 90 in steps of 1. The average is 75.
Desired Total GMAT Score: Type or slide your goal score. Totals run from 205 to 805 in steps of 10.1 The planner then lists Q, V, and DI combos that add up to that total.
Calculate and Reset: Click Calculate to see your results, charts, and step-by-step math. Click Reset to go back to the sample scores and start again.
What Is the GMAT Score Calculator?
The GMAT exam gives you one total score from 205 to 805. That total comes from three sections: Quantitative Reasoning (Quant), Verbal Reasoning, and Data Insights. Each section is scored from 60 to 90.1 This tool adds your three section scores and turns them into your total GMAT score, your percentile, and an estimated old-style GMAT score. If you take the exam more than once, you automatically receive a GMAT Superscore, a total score calculated from your highest section scores across all of your valid attempts.1
How the GMAT Total Score Works
This calculator adds your three section scores. The lowest possible sum is 180 (60 + 60 + 60) and the highest is 270 (90 + 90 + 90). The calculator spreads that sum evenly across the 205–805 scale and rounds to the nearest 10, so its totals are estimates. Real GMAT totals always end in a 5.1 Examples are 545, 555, and 685.
All three sections count the same.1 A point in Data Insights is worth just as much as a point in Quant. That is new. On the old GMAT, only Quant and Verbal counted toward the total. Because every section carries the same weight, a simple average of your three scores tells you a lot about your total.
What Percentiles Mean
A percentile shows how you did compared to other test takers. If your total is in the 80th percentile, you scored higher than 80% of people who took the test. Percentiles matter more than the raw number, because a score of 655 means little on its own until you see that it beats most other students.
Section percentiles are not the same across sections. In this calculator's tables, a 79 in Verbal is close to average, but a 79 in Data Insights is well above average. That is why the same score can look very different depending on the section.
Average GMAT Scores
- Total score mean: 554.943
- Quantitative Reasoning mean: 77.923
- Verbal Reasoning mean: 79.433
- Data Insights mean: 75.143
Beating these numbers puts you above the middle of the pack. Top MBA programs usually want scores well above them. Admissions teams read your score next to your transcript.
Old GMAT vs. Today's GMAT
The old GMAT used a 200–800 scale. The new one uses 205–805. The scales look close, but the numbers do not match up one for one. GMAC's concordance table links a 645 on today's exam to a 690 or 700 on the old test.2 GMAC publishes that table to compare the two scales, and this calculator looks your total up in it. Any conversion is an estimate, so use it only as a rough guide. Schools judge today's GMAT scores on their own scale.
Planning Your Target Score
Since all three sections count equally, there are many ways to reach the same total. You can be strong in Quant and average in Verbal, or balanced across all three. Working backward from a target total shows which section score mixes get you there. That helps you decide where to spend your study time, usually on the section with the most room to grow.