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    Difference Between Percentile and Percentage in JEE Main 2025 - Check Analysis

    Difference Between Percentile and Percentage in JEE Main 2025 - Check Analysis

    Maniprabha SinghUpdated on 20 Feb 2025, 03:24 PM IST

    Difference Between Percentile and Percentage in JEE Main 2025 - The National Testing Agency releases the marks obtained by a candidate in JEE Main in the form of percentile scores. The authority does not release the percentage of marks obtained by the candidates in the JEE Main exam. To know the JEE Mains percentile scores candidates need to check the NTA JEE exam result. Candidates who wish to know the difference between Percentile and Percentage in JEE Main can refer to the article.

    Difference Between Percentile and Percentage in JEE Main 2025 - Check Analysis
    Difference Between Percentile and Percentage in JEE Main 2025

    Difference Between Percentile and Percentage in JEE Main 2025

    Percentage is the ratio of two numbers while the Percentile is calculated up to the seven decimal number. Below is the difference between Percentile and Percentage in JEE Main.

    Difference between Percentile and Percentage in JEE Main

    Percentage

    Percentile

    Percentage is calculated out of 100

    Percentile is the normalization of the raw marks obtained by the candidates

    Percentage gives the ratio of the total number

    Percentile helps to compare the rank with the total number

    The percentage value is based on the individual performance

    Percentile is used to evaluate the performance of the total students scoring the same score or below

    The formula to calculate the Percentage is (value/total value)*100

    The formula to calculate the Percentile score is:

    (100*Number of candidates who appeared in the Session with a raw score Equal to or less than the candidates) / number of candidates who appeared in the ‘Session’

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    Difference Between Percentile and Percentage in JEE Main: Marks Vs Percentile

    Candidates can check the JEE Main marks vs percentile below.

    JEE Main 2025 marks vs percentile

    JEE Main marks

    JEE Main Percentile

    175-290

    99.02150308 - 99.3487614

    161-174

    98.52824811-98.99673561

    149-160

    98.07460288-98.49801724

    132-148

    97.0109678-97.97507774

    120-130

    96.0687115-96.93721175

    110-119

    95.05625037-95.983027

    102-109

    94.01228357-94.96737888

    95-101

    93.05600452 -93.89928202

    89-94

    92.05811248 -92.88745828

    79-88

    90.0448455 -91.79177119

    62-87

    85.56203931-91.59517945

    41-61

    70.26839007-84.22540213

    1-40

    66.6590786-69.5797271

    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: How to calculate percentile?
    A:

    The formula to calculate the percentile is (100*Number of candidates who appeared in the Session with a raw score equal to or less than the candidates) / number of candidates who appeared in the ‘Session’.

    Q: What is 20 marks in JEE Mains percentile?
    A:

    JEE Main 20 marks are likely to be 67 percentile.

    Q: How many marks out of 300 is 75 percentile?
    A:

    JEE Main marks between 45 to 55 is the 75 percentile.

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    Hello Dear Student,
    With a JEE Main rank of 53,658, you have a solid chance of securing seats in newer IIITs, GFTIs, or lower branches at some NITs during CSAB Special Rounds.

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    Hi,

    Yes, with 74% in Class 12 you are eligible for admission in MITS. For B.Tech admission, MITS mainly considers JEE Main score along with eligibility criteria. Usually, minimum eligibility is around 45% in PCM subjects, so your 74% is good enough.

    Admission depends more on your JEE Main rank

    Hi,

    With 70 percentile in JEE Main and 564 rank in JKCET, you may have a good chance for CSE in many private/state engineering colleges, especially through JKCET counselling. Eligibility for CSE depends on the specific college cutoff and counselling round.

    Your JKCET rank of 564 is quite decent and

    Hi,

    With 989 in IPE, you have a very strong board score. Since you applied through Stream 1 in SASTRA, your JEE score will also be considered along with IPE marks. Based on previous trends, you have a fair chance of getting CSE specialization branches like CSE with AI/DS or