MAT Score vs Percentile 2026: Difference; How to Calculate?

AIMA releases MAT scores to both the Candidates and Management Institutes (MIs). Each individual MAT exam asks different questions. This may make one MAT test to be slightly more or less difficult than another. These slight differences in MAT exam scores are adjusted during the MAT normalization and scaling process.

As a result of these adjustments, equal scaled scores represent about the same level of ability, as measured by the test, regardless of the administration or when and in how many sessions, the test was conducted.

Each MAT Score Card Report contains six scores:

• Language Comprehension
• Mathematical Skills
• Data Analysis & Sufficiency
• Intelligence & Critical Reasoning
• Economic & Business Environment
• Composite Score

Language Comprehension, Mathematical Skills, Data Analysis & Sufficiency, Intelligence & Critical Reasoning and Economic & Business Environment are reported on scales ranging from 0 to 100.

The Composite Score is reported on a scale ranging from 200 to 800. The composite score is arrived at using all five sections of the test. Equal weightage is assigned to all these five sections.

For each of the six scores mentioned, a percentile below figure is also calculated by AIMA. Each of these indicates the percentage of examinees who scored below the candidate based on the entire MAT testing population for the given test. The MAT percentile below figure may change marginally with each administration for the same scores. Check MAT Score card for reference below. 

In the MAT normalization process, distribution of scores for the overall session for a specific subject/Section is used as standard form against which the scores obtained in each of the sessions gets normalized. As per the AIMA MAT normalization formula used, α% top scores are used depending on the number of candidates in different sessions. Check details below. 

• Let Xᵢⱼ = scores of jth candidate in ith session
• Mᵢ = mean raw score of ith session
• Sᵢ = standard deviation of ith session
• Mᵢα = mean score of top α% candidates
• Gᵢ = Mᵢ + Sᵢ
• M₀ and S₀ = mean & standard deviation of raw scores of overall sessions

Normalized score of the sessions may be shown as:

X̂ᵢⱼ₀ = (Xᵢⱼ − Gᵢ) * [ (M₀α − G₀) / (Mᵢα − Gᵢ) ] + G₀

The MAT result cum scorecard contains candidate's sectional scores, composite scores as well as percentiles. The following details will be mentioned on the MAT result cum scorecard 2026.

• Scores obtained in Language Comprehension, Mathematical Skills, Data Analysis & Sufficiency, Intelligence & Critical Reasoning and Economic & Business Environment
• Scaled Score of all sections of MAT 2025
• Sectional Percentiles of all five sections of MAT
• Overall MAT percentile as well as overall Composite Score

Official AIMA MAT Result Cum Score Card 

Based on past exam trends and expert analysis, the table below presents the expected score ranges required to achieve different MAT percentiles. Candidates should note that AIMA does not officially publish score–percentile mappings, so these figures are indicative estimates for guidance only.

Check MAT Score vs Percentile for top MAT colleges in table below. Also check complete list of top MBA colleges accepting MAT 2026 scores.

In summary, MAT score is candidate's actual performance in the exam and MAT percentile is a candidate's performance in comparison to other candidates.