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Summary
The Excel MEDIAN function calculates the median value from a set of user provided values, cells, and/or ranges. The MEDIAN function is a popular statistical Excel function. The cells and ranges do not have to be contiguous.
Formula
=MEDIAN(number1, [number2], …)
Arguments (inputs)
number1 = the first number to be included in the median calculation, can be either a number, cell reference, or range reference
number2 = [optional] all additional numbers to be included in the median calculation are optional
Return value
The MEDIAN formula returns the mathematical median of all of the numbers, cells, and/or ranges in the form of a single number.
Example
In the example above the MEDIAN formula in cell N6 calculates median of the range of cells between I6:I35, which is the median age of college applicants of the example dataset.
=MEDIAN(I6:I35)
The resulting median of the range is returned in cell N6: 23 years old.
