During the 2020 JAMB Policy Meeting, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, released the official cumulative performance statistics for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The data reveals that 404,542 candidates scored 200 and above, while 1,329,289 candidates scored 160 and above. Notably, over two-thirds of candidates across every score bracket applied with awaiting O'Level results.
2020 JAMB UTME Cumulative Performance & O'Level Upload Table
| S/N | Cumulative Score Range | Total Number of Candidates | Candidates with O'Level Uploaded | % with O'Level Uploaded | Candidates Awaiting Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 200 & above | 404,542 | 129,336 | 31.97% | 275,206 |
| 2 | 190 & above | 568,842 | 180,309 | 31.70% | 388,533 |
| 3 | 180 & above | 781,327 | 244,963 | 31.35% | 536,364 |
| 4 | 170 & above | 1,041,234 | 320,216 | 30.75% | 721,018 |
| 5 | 160 & above | 1,329,289 | 398,984 | 30.01% | 930,305 |
| 6 | 130 & above | 1,866,444 | 531,382 | 28.47% | 1,335,062 |
| 7 | 120 & above | 1,889,801 | 536,813 | 28.41% | 1,352,988 |
What These Numbers Mean for Your Admission Chances
With over 404,000 candidates scoring 200 and above and 1.32 million meeting the 160 university benchmark, competition for admission will be intense. Stay ahead of your peers by practicing your target university's past screening questions on the Mentra POST-UTME app, available on both Android and iOS.
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