NEET 2025 Expected Cutoff for MBBS and BDS Admissions
National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test 2025 ( NEET )
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The NEET 2025 cutoff has been released by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on June 14, 2025, along with the result. This article of Shiksha brings the NEET 2025 expected qualifying cutoff, as well as the previous years’ NEET cutoff for MBBS and BDS courses.
NEET 2025 Expected Cutoff for MBBS and BDS
The NEET 2025 cutoff has been released by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on June 14, 2025, along with the result. While that is the qualifying cutoff for NEET 2025, the institute-wise NEET 2025 cutoffs for MBBS and BDS courses will be announced by the NEET counselling authorities. The NEET 2025 exam was conducted on May 4, 2025. As many as 22,09,318 candidates appeared for the exam, and 12,36,531 candidates have qualified.
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NEET 2025 cut off percentile for general category students is 50th percentile. Based on this, the NEET cutoff score 2025 for the General category is 686-144. The NEET 2025 cutoff for the General category candidates of the Physically Handicapped (PH) or the Persons with Benchmark Disability (PWBD) category candidates is 45 percentile. The subsequent NEET cutoff marks for this category is 143-127. Although the NEET cutoff percentile for the General category has remained the same, the cutoff score reduced from that of last year. This is due to factors such as tougher difficulty level, and lower number of test-takers.
Yes, NTA lowered the NEET cutoff for this year. As the difficulty level of the NEET 2025 exam was higher than last year and the number of test takers was lower, the NEET 2025 cutoff has reduced than last year. NTA determines the NEET cut off based on the factors such as difficulty level of the exam, total number of test-takers, total number of seats, candidate category and programme.
The table below brings the qualifying or pass marks of NEET over the past few years.
Category | NEET 2025 Qualifying Score | NEET 2024 Qualifying Score | NEET 2023 Qualifying Score | NEET 2022 Qualifying Score
| NEET 2021 Qualifying Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General/Unreserved (UR) | 686-144 | 720-164 | 720-137 | 715-117 | 720-138 |
OBC/SC/ST | 143-113 | 163-129 | 136-107 | 116-93 | 137-108 |
PwD (General/UR) | 143-127 | 163-146 | 136-121 | 116-105 | 137-122 |
PwD (Reserved) | 126-113 | 141-129 | 120-107 | 104-93 | 121-108 |
While it is difficult to predict the exact NEET 2025 cutoff, based on the expert predictions and assessing the factors, this article of Shiksha brings the NEET 2025 expected qualifying cutoff, as well as the previous years’ NEET cutoff for MBBS and BDS courses.
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- NEET 2025 Cutoff
- Factors Deciding NEET 2025 Cutoff
- Expected NEET 2025 Cutoff for MBBS Government Colleges
- Expected NEET 2025 Cutoff for BDS Government Colleges
- College Name
- NEET 2024 Cutoff Rank for General
- NEET 2024 Cutoff Rank for SC
- NEET 2024 Cutoff Rank for ST
NEET 2025 Cutoff
The following table brings the NEET 2025 cutoff marks for each category.
| Category |
NEET 2025 Cutoff Percentile |
NEET 2025 Cutoff Score |
|---|---|---|
| UR/EWS |
50th |
686-144 |
| OBC, SC, ST |
40th |
143-113 |
| UR/EWS-PwD |
45th |
143-127 |
| OBC/SC/St-PwD |
40th |
126-113 |
Factors Deciding NEET 2025 Cutoff
The NEET 2025 cutoff, or the qualifying cutofff or the pass marks will be based on the following factors:
- Total number of candidates who appear for the examination: This year, the total number of candidates appearing for NEET 2025 is 22.09 lakh, which is approximately three lakh less compared to last year. Hence, the competition has decreased from last year.
- Difficulty level of the examination: As stated above, the overall difficulty level of the exam has increased compared to the previous years. Hence, the NEET 2025 cutoff has gone down.
- Performance of the candidates: Owing to the high difficulty level of the exam, the highest marks obtained by candidates is not 720, but 686. In that scenario, the NEET 2025 expected cutoff is lower.
- Number of seats available: The total number of seats available for MBBS and BDS courses is 1,18,190 and 27,868, respectively. As compared to last year, the total number of MBBS seats has increased.
- NEET cutoff for previous years: Last year, the difficulty level of NEET was moderate to tough. As compared to this year, the difficulty level of the exam was very high. Accordingly, the NEET 2025 cutoff is expected to go lower. Incidentally, the NEET 2024 cutoff was decreased by two marks after the retest was conducted.
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The table below brings the last three years’ NEET cutoff for each category for reference.
| Category |
NEET 2024 Cutoff |
NEET 2023 Cutoff |
NEET 2022 Cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|
| General/Unreserved (UR) |
720-162 |
720-137 |
715-117 |
| OBC/SC/ST |
161-127 |
136-107 |
116-93 |
| PwD (General/UR) |
161-144 |
136-121 |
116-105 |
| PwD (Reserved) |
143-127 |
120-107 |
104-93 |
Expected NEET 2025 Cutoff for MBBS Government Colleges
Government MBBS colleges across India will release the NEET 2025 cutoff for admission after the NEET 2025 counselling process is over, which will be conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC). For candidates’ reference, we bring the last year’s NEET cutoff for MBBS admission of the top medical colleges in India.
NTA released the NEET 2025 cutoff along with the result on June 14, 2025. Based on the NEET 2025 high difficulty level, the NEET cutoff 2025 is much lower than last year. Take a look at the NEET 2025 cutoff for reference.
Category | NEET 2025 Cutoff percentile | NEET 2025 Cutoff score |
|---|---|---|
UR/EWS | 50th | 686-144 |
OBC, SC, ST | 40th | 143-113 |
UR/EWS-PwD | 45th | 143-127 |
OBC/SC/St-PwD | 40th | 126-113 |
The qualifying NEET 2024 cutoff marks for General category candidates is 162. Last year it was 137. As expected, the NEET 2024 cutoff for General category candidates is higher than last year. The reason is, the difficulty level of NEET was lower this year, whereas the competition level has become even higher, along with the increase in the number of seats.
The NEET cutoff score or ranks for Government medical colleges vary for each year and rounds. Moreover, the cutoff for the top ranked colleges is higher than that of the Government colleges with comparatively lower scores. For the General category, NEET cutoff for Government colleges is generally above a score of 700 or above. For some Government colleges with a comparatively lower rank, there might be multiple rounds of NEET counselling and the final round cutoff may be around 450-500. Candidates must note that the NEET cutoff marks for Government medical colleges mentioned here is indicative and absolute. The cutoff marks and ranks change every year and vary based on factors such as number of seats, number of eligible candidates, number of participants in the counselling round, to name a few.
The cutoff for NEET is released along with the result or the scorecard. The NEET cutoff or qualifying marks vary for each category, which are General, SC, ST, OBC and PwD/PH. Along with candidates' scores, percentiles and All India Rank (AIR), NTA also indicates the Qualifying Status of candidates in the scorecard. NTA also releases the NEET 2024 cutoff in the official notice along with the declaration of the NEET result. The qualifying cutoff for NEET 2024 is given below:
Category | Cut off percentile | Cut off score |
|---|---|---|
UR/EWS | 50th | 720-162 |
OBC | 40th | 161-127 |
SC | 40th | 161-127 |
ST | 40th | 161-127 |
UR/EWS-PwD | 45th | 161-144 |
OBC-PwD | 40th | 143-127 |
SC-PwD | 40th | 143-127 |
ST-PwD | 40th | 142-127 |
The category-wise NEET cutoff percentile is given in the table below:
Category | NEET Cut Off Percentile |
|---|---|
General Category/Unreserved (UR) Category | 50 |
OBC/SC/ST | 40 |
PwD (General/UR) | 45 |
PwD (Reserved) | 40 |
| College Name |
NEET 2024 Cutoff Rank for General |
NEET 2024 Cutoff Rank for SC |
NEET 2024 Cutoff Rank for ST |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47 |
647 |
1150 |
|
| 84 |
4404 |
NA |
|
| 350 |
1358 |
8697 |
|
| 1098 |
48082 |
26209 |
|
| 334961 |
NA |
NA |
|
| 36053 |
NA |
NA |
|
| 2048 |
10376 |
92801 |
|
| 377556 |
NA |
NA |
|
| Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai |
165365 |
NA |
NA |
| 594 |
6520 |
11941 |
Expected NEET 2025 Cutoff for BDS Government Colleges
After MBBS, BDS is the most opted for course among NEET takers. The table below brings last year’s NEET cutoff for BDS admission for the General category candidates for the top colleges as per the NIRF Ranking.
College Name |
NEET 2024 Cutoff Rank for General |
NEET 2024 Cutoff Rank for SC |
NEET 2024 Cutoff Rank for ST |
|---|---|---|---|
| 148381 |
NA |
NA |
|
| 86285 |
NA |
NA |
|
| 25196 |
131519 |
170994 |
|
| 25956 |
160222 |
320838 |
|
| Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune |
690460 |
NA |
NA |
| 560271 |
NA |
NA |
|
| 338076 |
NA |
NA |
|
| 52185 |
NA |
NA |
|
| Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai |
166033 |
NA |
NA |
| Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore |
247261 |
NA |
NA |
Candidates can use the Shiksha NEET 2025 College Rank Predictor tool to gauge their MBBS and BDS admission chances through NEET 2025 scores. The MCC will tentatively conduct the NEET 2025 counselling from July or August 2025 onwards. There are approximately six rounds of NEET counselling, and the number of rounds depends on the vacant seats.
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The official NEET 2025 cutoff is released by NTA along with the NEET 2025 result, which has been released on June 14, 2025. The NEET 2025 cutoff or the qualifying score for each candidate category is mentioned on the NEET 2025 scorecard. The NEET cutoff refers to the minimum score a candidate has to obtain to qualify for the NEET counselling process. The NEET cutoff 2025 decreased from that of last year as the difficulty level of the exam was higher and thenumber of test takers was lower.