What Is a Good Turnitin Score? What the Percentage Actually Means
Most departments that publish a threshold put it between 15% and 25%, and Turnitin's own green band runs to 24% — but no percentage is good or bad on its own. The score measures matched text, not plagiarism. Here is what a good Turnitin score looks like in practice, what your percentage means, how to check it before you submit, why quotes and references inflate it, and why ESL writers score higher.
