In the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, 17,025 students representing 0.88 percent of the 1,931,467 total received a score of 300 or above, according to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board.
Since the launch of the Computer-Based Test, this is the highest number ever reported.
Since the CBT format was adopted in 2013, performance has significantly improved as compared to prior years, according to a data analysis that The Intercept was able to access on Saturday.
According to the research, 1,931,467 results—representing all applicants who took the test—were made public in 2025.
This number shows a consistent rise in UTME participation over time and exceeds the 1,842,364 results published in 2024.
Comparatively, 5,318 applicants (0.35 percent) received comparable scores in 2023, and 8,401 candidates (0.46 percent) did so in 2024.
Prior results were considerably lower, with none in 2014 or 2013 and just 724 applicants (0.06 percent) achieving 300 or higher in 2021.
In 2025, 117,373 applicants (6.08 percent) fell into the 250 and above group.
Compared to 77,070 (4.18 percent) in 2024 and 56,736 (3.73 percent) in 2023, this is an increase.
Similarly, “565,988 candidates, accounting for 29.3 per cent, scored 200 and above, compared with 439,961 (24 per cent) in 2024 and 355,689 (23.36 per cent) in 2023,” the report said.
Notwithstanding these advancements, 1,365,479 (70.7%) of the students received scores below 200 in 2025.
Compared to 76 percent in 2024 and 76.64 percent in 2023, this indicates a little decline.
There are notable variations in performance from year to year. For instance, just 168,650 applicants (13 percent) received a score of 200 or higher in 2021, compared to 568,847 candidates (34 percent) in 2016.
A pattern of academic development and better familiarity with the CBT system is shown by the steady rise in the number of top scores in recent years.
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The 2025 results seem to demonstrate the benefits of JAMB’s ongoing attempts to improve its test procedures since the implementation of CBT in 2013.
The Board is expected to issue further statements on the implications of this year’s results for the tertiary admissions process.
The Intercept reported that JAMB released the results of the resit examination conducted for candidates affected by a technical error during the 2025 UTME.
Recall that the initial results of the 2025 UTME were released on May 9. However, on May 14, JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed that the results of 379,997 candidates across 157 centres in the Lagos and South-East zones had been compromised due to a technical glitch.
The registrar confirmed that affected candidates would be required to retake the examination.
He attributed the issue to faulty server updates, which hindered the proper upload of candidates’ responses during the first three days of the examination.
