What Does a 93 IQ Mean?
A 93 IQ is in the average range. About 32 in 100 people score lower than 93. Clinical reports using the WISC-V or the traditional WAIS-IV wording would call 93 Average.
- Percentile
- 32.04
- How rare
- 1 in 3 score 93 or lower
- WISC-V wording
- Average
- Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
- Average
- Distance from 100
- 0.47 SD below
- On an SD 16 test
- about 93
- On an SD 24 test
- about 89
- Our test's usual range here
- 81 to 105 (90%)
What does a 93 IQ mean?
A score of 93 is 0.47 standard deviations below the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 93 is 7 points away.
93 sits near the bottom of the 90 to 109 band, 17 points below the next band up. About 49 in 100 people score from 90 to 109, the average band that holds 93.
What percentile is an IQ of 93?
A score of 93 is at the 32.04th percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 93, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 98 is at the 44.7th percentile. Five points lower, 88 is at the 21.19th percentile. Across those ten points around 93, the percentile moves by 23.51.
How rare is an IQ of 93?
About 1 in 3 people score 93 or lower. In a town of 100,000 people, about 32,000 would score 93 or lower.
For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 90 score exactly 93. These figures for 93 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.
What would 93 be on other tests?
Not every test would print 93 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 93 is about 93. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 89. 93, 93 and 89 all mean the same percentile.
Is 93 a good IQ score?
The scale does not grade the person behind a 93; it places one result among other people’s results. 93 is inside the average band, 90 to 109, where about half of all people score. What a 93 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 93 describes some kinds of reasoning on one test, on one day, and leaves out a great deal that matters, such as effort, knowledge and character.
How close is 93 to the average?
93 is 7 points below the exact middle, 100. That gap is 0.47 of a standard deviation, which is small. Our average IQ guide explains why the middle stays at 100.
What does an online result of 93 mean?
An online result of 93 is an estimate. When our test shows 93, the estimated range next to it is usually about 81 to 105. That range for 93 is provisional: it comes from our scoring model and a simulation, not yet from real test takers. Our methodology shows how the range is made.
An unsupervised online 93 may also run a little high: a large review found a gap of about 3 IQ points. Taking the same kind of test again usually raises a score like 93 a little, mostly on the first retakes. Our guide are IQ tests accurate covers this in depth.
To see where your own result falls next to 93, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.
Scores near 93
- 91 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 27.43rd percentile.
- 92 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 29.69th percentile.
- 94 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 34.46th percentile.
- 95 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 36.94th percentile.
Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 93, in the score explorer.
FAQ
What percentile is 93 IQ?
A score of 93 is at the 32.04th percentile. That means about 32.04 percent of people score lower.
Is 93 IQ average?
Yes. 93 is inside the 90 to 109 band, where about half of all people score.
How many people have an IQ of 93?
On a whole-number scale, about 2.4 percent of people score exactly 93. About 1 in 3 people score 93 or lower.
Can an online test show 93?
Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 93 usually comes with an estimated range of about 81 to 105.