Got 96 Percentile in JEE Main 2026; which college and branch (CSE, ME, CE, EE, ECE) you may get?

Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Main 2026 ( JEE Main )

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Updated on Jan 21, 2026 11:12 IST
Check the engineering college or branch you may get after scoring 96 Percentile in JEE Main 2026. Get the link of JEE Main engineering college or branch predictor tool here. Provided here is a list of colleges based on cutoff analysis. It will help candidates know their chances of getting in to a college based on their JEE Main percentile scores.

Check the engineering college/branch you may get after scoring 96 percentile in JEE Main 2026.

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After the declaration of the JEE Main result, the most common question, which arises in the candidates' minds is which college they will get into based on the percentile/score obtained by them. We are discussing “Got 96 Percentile in JEE Main 2026; which college and branch (CSE, ME, CE, EE, ECE) you may get?” on this page. We have tried to provide a resolution for the candidates who secured the 96 percentile in JEE Main 2026. With the help of the data available here candidates will get an understanding of which college/branch they will get after scoring 96 percentile in JEE Main 2026.

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JEE Main Percentile v/s NTA score

Candidates will come across three terms: Raw and NTA marks and Percentile. 
The total for JEE Main is 300, and nine candidates got 250 raw marks from the total.

Now consider 100 candidates sat for JEE Main, where the raw score of all these students is 250. Out of all, nine of them got the same raw marks. The percentile and NTA score calculation would be

NTA score = Number of students who appeared for the test - Number of students with the same raw marks
= 100 - 9
= 91

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   How much is 120 marks in JEE Mains percentile?
A: 

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will declare the JEE Mains result 2026 in the form of percentile scores. Candidates can check here the previous year JEE Main marks vs percentile data to understand how much is 120 marks in JEE Main percentile.

As per the last year JEE Main marks vs percentile analysis, 120 marks would be around 95 to 97 percentile. However, the exact JEE Main 2025 percentile marks 120 would vary depending upon the highest number scored by the candidate in a particula shift and the total number candidates appeared in that particular shift. 

Q:   What are the types of JEE Main cutoff?
A: 
JEE Main cutoff is of two types, one is qualifying cutoff for JEE Advanced and the other is admission cutoff for the institutes. JEE Main qualifying cutoff is released by the NTA along with the result and is in the form of percentile scores. NTA releases JEE Main cutoff for a total of six categories which include unreserved (CRL), Gen-EWS, Open-PwD, OBC-NCL, SC and ST. JEE Main admission cutoff is released by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority JoSAA and is in the form of All India Rank.
Q:   What is CRL in JEE Main Cutoff?
A: 
CRL stands for the Common Rank List. NTA releases the cutoff in several categories one of which is CRL. Basically, CRL means unreserved category. Candidates belonging to unreserved category need to have JEE Main cutoff equal to or more than the CRL cutoff. The other categories for which cutoff is released are Gen-EWS, Open-PwD, OBC-NCL, SC and ST.

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Colleges/Branch for JEE Main 96 Percentile

Check the names of the few colleges and their closing rank based on JEE Main cutoff marks for the various rounds below.

Institute – National Institute of Technology (NIT), Aizawl, Mizoram

Engineering Stream – BTech in Civil Engineering

Counselling Round

Closing Rank 2025

Closing Rank 2024

Closing Rank 2023

1

31,640

32,141

36,324

2

34,825

36,074

39,252

3

36,051

37,415

42,207

4

36,693

37,865

42,805

5

37,335

37,914

43,222

6

38,486

38,255

49,757

7

42,740

42,534

-

Institute – National Institute of Technology (NIT), Nagaland

Engineering Stream – BTech in Civil Engineering

Counselling Round

Closing Rank 2025

Closing Rank 2024

Closing Rank 2023

1

31,269

31,701

36,451

2

34,751

35,863

40,288

3

35,892

37,914

41,812

4

36,825

38,214

42,476

5

37,937

38,255

43,460

6

39,037

38,659

49,455

7

42,756

42,686

-

Institute – Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University (HNBGU), Uttarakhand

Engineering Stream – BTech in Electrical Engineering

Counselling Round

Closing Rank 2025

Closing Rank 2024

Closing Rank 2023

1

39681

42872

44940

2

44711

46758

50974

3

48561

49483

52244

4

50207

50372

53465

5

52865

51021

54581

6

55032

51832

63011

7

57765

56947

-

Institute – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University – SMVDU, Jammu

Engineering Stream – BTech in Mechanical Engineering

Counselling Round

Closing Rank 2025

Closing Rank 2024

Closing Rank 2023

1

40057

42873

48209

2

44582

47983

52856

3

48854

50532

55487

4

--

51699

57688

5

--

53542

59779

6

--

55047

65358

7

59357

58678

-

Institute – Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS), Indore (MP)

Engineering Stream – BE in Mechanical Engineering

Round

Closing Rank 2025

Closing Rank 2024

1

41385

49786

2

43867

47403

3

46464

-

Institute – Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University (HNBGU), Uttarakhand

Engineering Stream – BTech in Computer Science Engineering

Round

Closing Rank 2024

Closing Rank 2023

Closing Rank 2022

1

32172

33656

35425

2

34881

37705

41845

3

37241

40080

43743

4

39838

40105

43879

5

40650

40105

44226

6

40945

42521

51289

7

46053

46423

60819

Institute – Tezpur University (TEZU), Tezpur

Engineering Stream – BTech in Electronics & Communication Engineering

Round

Closing Rank 2024

Closing Rank 2023

Closing Rank 2022

1

34937

39042

36566

2

37935

42738

39885

3

39498

45965

40649

4

42305

46271

41971

5

42996

46271

43584

6

43990

46547

50245

7

50594

52358

56507

Institute – Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya Engineering (GKV), Haridwar

Stream – BTech in Electronics & Communication Engineering

Round Closing Rank 2025 Closing Rank 2024 Closing Rank 2023
1 38061 38156 43755
2 42269 43103 48312
3 45907 46994 50474
4 49316 49225 51922
5 51329 50439 53344
6 53210 51363 60804
7 57305 54476 88165

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