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Updated November 1, 2026

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The ADA calculates the DAT Academic Average as the rounded average of five scale scores: Biology, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Quantitative Reasoning and Reading Comprehension. Perceptual Ability is not included, and the average is rounded to the nearest 10. So 460, 430, 440, 410 and 480 add up to 2,220, average 444 and give an Academic Average of 440. Enter your section scores below to get yours. For 2025 tests, the ADA's national mean Academic Average was 407.84.

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Your section scores (200 to 600 each)

Your DAT Academic Average is 440. Between 420 (69th percentile) and 480 (94th) in the ADA's 2025 percentile table.

Your Academic Average (our calculation, with the ADA's rule)

440

460 + 430 + 440 + 410 + 480 add up to 2,220. 2,220 divided by 5 is 444, which rounds to 440. Perceptual Ability (450) is not included. Total Science, the three sciences averaged the same way: 440.

Between 420 (69th percentile) and 480 (94th) in the ADA's 2025 percentile table.

So by our placement, not an ADA figure, your rank is somewhere from the 69th to the 94th: 20 points above 420 and 40 points below 480. Above the ADA's national mean of 407.84 for 2025 tests. Your exact rank is in the ADA's full table.

  1. 407.842025 mean
  2. 42069th
  3. 440You
  4. 48094th

At or above 1 of the 8 entering class averages schools publish on their own pages: East Carolina University (440). See each school.

Your 440: interviews decide the rest.

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The averaging rule is quoted from the ADA's DAT User's Manual (2025 edition). The Academic Average shown is our calculation with that rule. Percentile figures are from the ADA's DAT score reporting scale guide (updated January 29, 2025), which has the full table. Where your score sits between them is our placement, not an ADA number. Checked November 1, 2026. Nothing you type leaves this page. Confetto is not affiliated with the ADA or ADEA.

How is the DAT Academic Average calculated?

The ADA's DAT User's Manual (2025 edition) gives the rule:

“The Academic Average is the rounded arithmetic mean of the quantitative reasoning, reading comprehension, biology, general chemistry, and organic chemistry scores.”

“Rounding occurs to the nearest ten-digit-increment (e.g., a calculated mean of 343 would round to 340).”

Perceptual Ability is left out. The ADA's DAT scores page says the Academic Average does not include the Perceptual Ability scale score. So in our words, the steps are:

  • Add your Biology, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Quantitative Reasoning and Reading Comprehension scores.
  • Divide by 5.
  • Round to the nearest 10.

In the example above, 460, 430, 440, 410 and 480 add up to 2,220. Divided by 5 that is 444, which rounds to an Academic Average of 440. Our arithmetic: every section score is a multiple of 10, so the average of five always lands on an even number and is never exactly halfway between two steps.

Total Science works the same way with only the three sciences. The User's Manual calls it the Survey of the Natural Sciences (SNS) score and says “The SNS score is the rounded arithmetic mean of the biology, general chemistry, and organic chemistry scores.” That applies to tests from March 1, 2025 on. Before then, the ADA's DAT scores page says, Total Science was based on performance on the Survey of the Natural Sciences section.

What do the ADA's numbers say about your score?

The ADA DAT User's Manual (2025 edition) gives a national mean Academic Average of 407.84 for tests from March 1 to December 31, 2025, across 17,430 tests.

In the ADA's 2025 percentile table, an Academic Average of 420 is the 69th percentile, and 480 is the 94th. The table is based on more than 30,000 DAT attempts from a recent two-year period. A percentile rank is the share of that sample who scored the same as you or lower.

The exact rank for every score and section is in the full percentile table in the ADA's guide to the new score scale, linked from the ADA's DAT scores page. We credit a few of its figures and link the rest rather than copy it. If your Academic Average falls between two of these figures, your rank falls between theirs too. That placement is ours, not an ADA number.

Class averages schools publish

Percentiles compare you with everyone who tested. Schools compare you with the classes they admit. These entering class averages are on the 200 to 600 scale, each from the school's own page:

How these compare with the minimums schools state is in our good DAT score guide.

Old DAT scores (1 to 30)

The DAT moved from a 1 to 30 scale to the 200 to 600 scale on March 1, 2025. This calculator uses the new scale only. Schools now see older scores converted to the new scale in ADEA AADSAS, and the ADA's concordance table for converting them is in its score reporting scale guide. We don't convert scores here.

Before and after test day

How the day runs, section by section, is in How long is the DAT?, and when to book so scores reach schools in time is in DAT test dates.

Questions people ask

How is the DAT Academic Average calculated?

The ADA's DAT User's Manual says it is the rounded arithmetic mean of your Quantitative Reasoning, Reading Comprehension, Biology, General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry scores. Add the five, divide by 5 and round to the nearest 10.

Does the PAT count in the DAT Academic Average?

No. The ADA's DAT scores page says the Academic Average does not include the Perceptual Ability scale score. You still get a Perceptual Ability score of its own.

How does the ADA round the Academic Average?

To the nearest 10. The ADA's own example is a calculated mean of 343, which rounds to 340. By our arithmetic, since every section score is a multiple of 10, the average of five is always an even number, so it never falls exactly halfway.

What is the average DAT score?

The ADA DAT User's Manual (2025 edition) gives a national mean Academic Average of 407.84 for tests from March 1 to December 31, 2025, across 17,430 tests.

What percentile is a 420 or a 480 on the DAT?

In the ADA's 2025 percentile table, an Academic Average of 420 is the 69th percentile and 480 the 94th. The full table, for every score and section, is in the ADA's guide to the new score reporting scale, linked from its DAT scores page.

Can I enter old DAT scores from the 1 to 30 scale?

No. This calculator uses the 200 to 600 scale the DAT has used since March 1, 2025. To compare an old score, use the ADA's concordance table in its score reporting scale guide.

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