MHT CET 2025 Marks vs Rank vs Percentile: Check Percentile and Rank using Marks
Maharashtra Common Entrance Test 2026 ( MHT CET )
Registration - 10 Jan '26 - 12 Feb '26
Appeared for the MHT CET 2026 exam? As the MHT CET Result is announced as percentile scores, students often ask about their ranks corresponding to their marks. Read this article to understand your MHT CET marks vs percentile prediction based on your entrance test marks.
MHT CET Marks vs Percentile 2025: The All India rank of candidates is announced in the MHT CET merit list, which is released around a month after the declaration of results. Also, MHT CET Result mentions candidates percentile scores, which creates confusion among students for their rank. The MHT CET marks vs rank data is the only option candidates have to know their expected rank until the announcement of merit list.
To help the candidates have an approximate idea of MHT CET marks vs percentile and percentile vs rank, Shiksha.com has prepared an analysis based on previous years’ percentile and rank data. All candidates must note that the actual marks vs percentile and rank vs percentile of MHT CET exam may vary. All students are advised to use the data below as a reference to estimate MHT CET 2025 marks vs percentile and for the 2026 session. The MHT CET percentile marks converter formula given here is official and can be checked in the information brochure.
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- MHT CET 2025 Marks vs Percentile Analysis
- MHT CET Percentile Marks Converter
- MHT CET Marks vs Percentile: Important Points to Note
- MHT CET 2025 Percentile vs Rank Analysis
- MHT CET 2026 Result: What is a good percentile/rank?
MHT CET 2025 Marks vs Percentile Analysis
Candidates who will be appearing in the MHT CET 2026 entrance test can get an idea of their percentile score through the MHT CET Marks vs Percentile 2025 from the table below. In support of the data in the table, a few marks vs percentile for the previous year MHT CET exams are also provided.
MHT CET Marks vs Percentile
| MHT CET Marks |
MHT CET Percentile |
| 160+ |
99.50+ |
| 140-160 |
99+ |
| 130-140 |
98-99 |
| 110-130 |
96-98 |
| 100-110 |
95-96 |
| 95-100 |
92-95 |
| 80-90 |
85-95 |
| 60-80 |
65-85 |
| 55-65 |
60-70 |
| Below 55 |
Below 70 |
MHT CET Percentile Marks Converter
Candidates can check here the formula to convert MHT CET marks into percentile score. This formula is the same used by the CET Cell to convert candidate's raw marks (actual mark) into percentile score.
MHT CET Marks vs Percentile: Important Points to Note
- As per the MHT CET 2025 results, a score between 165 (Highest) and 149 was equivalent to the 100 - 99.99 percentile. A score of 136 was equivalent to the 99.88 percentile and a score of 113 was equivalent to the 98.07 percentile.
- The MHT CET results in 2025 displayed that a score between 145 (Highest) - 136 was equivalent to the 99.99 percentile. Last year, the 99.87 percentile was equivalent to the MHT CET score of 122 whereas a score of 101 was equivalent to the 98.1 percentile.
- In 2025, candidates having MHT CET scores between 165 (Highest) and 153 were awarded 99.99 percentile. The 99.87 percentile was equivalent to the MHT CET score of 134 whereas a score of 112 was equivalent to the 98.02 percentile.
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MHT CET 2025 Percentile vs Rank Analysis
For the General HS category, the cutoff ranged from 4.33 to 20.54 percentile for M.Tech course specialisations. Therefore, students need to attain at least 4.33 percentile for admissions at COEP Pune. MHT CET M.Tech percentiles are required for admission to M.Tech courses at COEP, Pune.
Students should note that the above mentioned percentile is only valid for the General HS category in the last round. Other rounds and categories will have different minimum qualifying percentiles. To know more, students can click here.
With 97.5 percentile in MHT-CET, you have a strong chance to get admission in reputed colleges like PICT Pune, VIT Pune, SPIT Mumbai, or Thakur College of Engineering for branches such as IT, ECE, or Electrical. COEP and VJTI may be difficult for CSE. Government colleges like WCE Sangli, SGGS Nanded, and GCOE Amravati are also good options. You can get preferred branches in private colleges and core branches in government ones. Your chances further improve if you belong to a reserved category or have home university advantage within Maharashtra.
All candidates who appeared in the MHT CET 2025 must note that the percentile score in the exam was calculated by the normalization process. As the entrance exam is conducted in multiple shifts, the score of candidates is normalized so that no one will be treated unfairly due to different difficulty levels across various shifts. The expected MHT CET percentile vs rank 2025 can be checked below:
MHT CET Percentile vs Ranks
| MHT CET Percentile |
MHT CET Rank |
|---|---|
| 99-90 |
1 – 19,000 |
| 89-80 |
19,001 – 30,000 |
| 79-70 |
30,001 – 40,000 |
| 69-60 |
40,001 – 47,000 |
| 59-50 |
47,001 – 53,000 |
| 49-40 |
53,001 – 59,000 |
| 39-30 |
59,001 – 64,000 |
| 29-20 |
64,001 -73,000 |
| 19-10 |
73,001 - 81,000 |
Rank around 50k, some colleges are :
1. Government College of Engineering, Amravati
2. Government College of Engineering, Jalgaon
3. Prof. Ram Meghe Institute of Technology, Badnera
4. K. J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering and IT (less competitive branches)
5. Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Pune (non-core branches)
6. MIT Academy of Engineering, Pune (non-CSE branches)
Many private self-financing colleges throughout Maharashtra
No, it is generally not possible to get the admission to B.Tech programme with 36% through MH-CET.
The minimum qualification marks for General Category are usually 45% and reseved categories, it is 40%.Though having only 36% cannot make the admission for the most of the colleges.
There are some colleges consider 12th grade marks as part of admission criteria with minimum percentage of typically ranging from 50% to 65%.
The MHT CET 2025 marks qualifying cutoffs are 90 for the general category and 80 for the reservation category out of 200. Cutoffs for top engineering branches differ from college to college; for example, Computer Engineering at COEP Pune requires scores of perhaps 160+ marks, while Mechanical might require around 135 for the same college. Other top colleges could require around 170–180 marks for CSE, whereas branches like Electrical might require something closer to 160. These are only indicative scores, according to previous years' trends, and may vary a bit every year
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MHT CET 2026 Result: What is a good percentile/rank?
Candidates who are aspiring for admission to top private/government colleges must have a rank below 40,000 in the entrance test. It is expected that the candidates with a percentile of 70 or above in the MHT CET 2026 will be awarded a rank of 40,000 or above. The candidates must note that the rank range may vary for MHT CET 2026.
MHT CET (MH CET) or Maharashtra Common Entrance Test is conducted by the State Common Entrance Test Cell, Mumbai for admissions to first-year Engineering and Technology programmes (BE/BTech) and Pharmacy programmes (BPharma/PharmD) in the state.
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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 2 weeks ago
Candidates can get an APAAR ID for MHT CET registration by registering on the DigiLocker website. Candidates can also get the APAAR enrollment number from their school.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 3 weeks ago
The MHT CET 2026 application form was released on January 10. Candidates have to keep the Aadhaar card and APAAR ID ready for registration.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 3 weeks ago
MHT CET cutoff is of two types- All India Category and Maharashtra Category. The seats which are allotted under the All India Quota have opening and closing ranks mentioned as "AI" whereas seats allotted under Maharashtra Quota have the ranks mentioned as "MH".
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 3 weeks ago
MHT CET cutoff is made available on the official website - cetcell.mahacet.org. The Mahrashtra CET Cell releases cutoff round-wise after the completion of each round counselling. The cutoff are released separately for both All India and Maharashtra state category. Candidates can download the same on
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
The Maharashtra state CET cell sets the syllabus of MHT CET exam.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
Among the most effective strategies of passing MHT CET exam is to use previous year papers. No book or mock test can get you better acquainted with the actual exam than they do. Here are the key benefits:
1. Understand the Exam Pattern
- Previous papers show:
- Number of questions
- Types of questions
- Difficul
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
No, candidates have to pay the MHT CET application fee online only using the available payment modes like net banking/Credit Card/Debit Card/Mobile wallets.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
The MHT CET exam is held for admission to the following courses:
- BE/BTech
- BPharm
- PharmD
- BPlanning
- BTech-MTech Integrated courses
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
For the General HS category, the cutoff ranged from 4.33 to 20.54 percentile for M.Tech course specialisations. Therefore, students need to attain at least 4.33 percentile for admissions at COEP Pune. MHT CET M.Tech percentiles are required for admission to M.Tech courses at COEP, Pune.
Students shou
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Contributor-Level 10
With 120 marks in MHT-CET (General category), you are unlikely to get top colleges/branches (like CSE/IT in COEP, VJTI) but can aim for mid-tier private/university-affiliated colleges in less competitive branches.