JAMB Says Over 1.5m Candidates Score Less Than 200 In 2025 UTME

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has released the comprehensive statistical breakdown of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, results, showing the performances of candidates in the examination across the country.

JAMB stated that, out of 1,955,069 candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, over 1.5 million of them scored less than 200 in the exam, even as only 4756 candidates scored above 320 while 7658 candidates scored between 300 and 319.

In the statement accompanying the data, JAMB stated that 40,247 underage candidates were permitted to demonstrate their exceptional abilities, pointing out that

only 467 of these candidates or1.16 percent achieved scores that meet the threshold for exceptional ability as defined for the UTME, with their performance in the subsequent three stages still pending.