Convert class rank into percentile, decile and top percentage standing.
Top percentage and percentile are complements of one another, and admissions requirements are usually stated as a top percentage. Rank is meaningless without cohort size. Many institutions have stopped reporting rank because it disadvantages students in strong cohorts, where a good absolute performance yields a poor relative position.
Class Rank
Top percentage = rank ÷ class size; percentile = students below ÷ class size
Top percentage = rank ÷ class size; percentile = students below ÷ class size Top percentage and percentile are complements of one another, and admissions requirements are usually stated as a top percentage. Rank is meaningless without cohort size.
Many institutions have stopped reporting rank because it disadvantages students in strong cohorts, where a good absolute performance yields a poor relative position.
This calculator takes 3 inputs: Class rank, Class size, Grade point average. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.