{"id":17335,"date":"2025-06-27T14:42:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T21:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/gre\/?p=17335"},"modified":"2021-08-19T00:00:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T07:00:06","slug":"gre-score-range-good-gre-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/gre\/gre-score-range-good-gre-score\/","title":{"rendered":"GRE Score Range: What’s a Good GRE Score?"},"content":{"rendered":"\"group\r\n\r\n

What is a good GRE score? For most programs, it’s 75th percentile or above: 158+ in Verbal Reasoning and 167+ in Quantitative Reasoning<\/strong>. For top programs, it’s a 90th percentile score or higher: 163+ in Verbal and 170 in Quant.<\/strong> However, finding the score you need for a particular program within the GRE scores range is slightly more complicated than that!<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In this post, I’ll look at the factors that go into a good GRE score, from the score range to the average score per section. With this information under your belt, you’ll be better able to set the GRE goals that make sense for you\u2014and make the most of your studies!<\/p>\r\n\r\n

GRE Score Range: What are the Possible GRE Scores?<\/h2>\r\n\r\n

GRE scores range from 130 to 170 in the separate Verbal and Quant sections, in one-point increments. The GRE max score is 340 since that combines the two section scores. Therefore, the GRE total score ranges from 260-340.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

The Analytical Writing (the essay) score runs from 0.0-6.0 in half-point increments. This is listed as a separate score from your total GRE score.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The GRE exam score range for different graduate schools, and even different programs at the same school, varies widely. All in all, several factors will affect what good scores are for you.<\/p>\r\n\r\n