8 Major Takeaways From 2024 UTME Results Breakdown

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday, April 29, released the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results.

The examination which began on Friday, April 19, ended on Monday, April 29.

Here’s a breakdown of the results:

1. 1,989,668 candidates registered and sat for the examination in 118 towns and over 700 centres across the country.
2. 1,842,464 results have been released so far with 64,624 under investigation
3. 0.5% of candidates scored 300 and above, a total of 8,401
4. 4.2% scored 250 and above, a total of 77,070
   5.24% scored 200 and above, a total of 439,974
5. 76% scored 199 and below, a total of 1,402,490
6. 50.6% of the candidates (1,007,275) were female
7. 49.4% of the candidates (982,393) were male