IQ Score Guide / 112
Is 112 a Good IQ Score?
What an IQ of 112 means, where it ranks, and what it reveals about cognitive ability.
Where IQ 112 sits on the scale
An IQ of 112 is higher than 79% of people
In a room of 100 people, about 21 would score 112 or higher.
What an IQ of 112 means
An IQ of 112 is above average, higher than roughly 79% of people. The typical university graduate scores around 113 to 115, so this sits right in that area. At this level, effort and knowledge count just as much as raw ability.
How people who score 112 actually do
We looked at the 5,569 people who have scored exactly 112 on the IQScore test. On average, their strongest area was spatial reasoning and their weakest was numerical reasoning. Here is the typical breakdown by section.
Real data from 5,569 IQScore test-takers. Section figures are the average percentage answered correctly in each area. Updated October 2026.
Frequently asked questions
Is 112 a good IQ score?
Yes. An IQ of 112 is above average, higher than about 79% of people. The average university graduate scores around 113 to 115, so this is right in that range. Most jobs and courses are well within reach.
What percentile is an IQ of 112?
An IQ of 112 is at about the 79th percentile. In plain terms, you score higher than around 79 out of every 100 people. The average score is 100.
What jobs suit an IQ of 112?
Almost any career or course is realistic at this level. Technical jobs, management and teaching all sit comfortably here. Effort and know-how tend to decide outcomes more than the score.
Can you improve an IQ of 112?
Somewhat. The clearest short-term factor is sleep, with diet, exercise and stress also playing a part. Realistic gains are a handful of points, mostly from removing things that drag a score down rather than adding raw ability.
Careers that commonly score in this range
Occupational averages from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. An average, not a requirement.
Famous people near IQ 112
Reported or estimated figures from third-party sources, none are clinically verified.
Richard Nixon
Estimated around 113, 1 point above 112
37th US President, IQ estimates vary widely in published sources (107 to 143). The most widely cited mid-range published estimates place him at approximately 110–115.
Ronald Reagan
Estimated around 110, 2 points below 112
40th US President and former actor, IQ estimated at approximately 105–115 across several published assessments of presidential cognitive ability.
Kanye West
Estimated around 115, 3 points above 112
Rapper and producer with 24 Grammy Awards, among the most decorated artists in the ceremony's history. He left Chicago State University to pursue music and named his first three albums after that decision.
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