NEET MDS Marks Vs Rank: Check Score-wise Rank Range, Cutoff and Factors

National Eligibility cum Entrance Examination for MDS admissions 2026 ( NEET MDS )

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The NEET MDS 2025 result was declared on May 15, 2025. Candidates who have appeared for NEET MDS 2025 this year, or are planning to appear next year, are eager to know the rank their marks or expected marks would fetch. Know NEET MDS 2025 Marks Vs Rank here.

The result of the NEET MDS was announced on May-15. Those who appeared for the exam this year, or will appear in the coming years, will find this article useful. They will get to know the NEET MDS 2025 Marks Vs Rank here.

NEET MDS Marks Vs Rank

NEET MDS Marks Vs Rank

The NEET MDS result was declared on 15-May-2025. As many as 29,220 candidates appeared for the exam, of which approximately 17,557 candidates have qualified. Candidates who have appeared for NEET MDS this year, or are planning to appear next year, are eager to know the rank their marks or expected marks would fetch.

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This article of Shiksha brings the NEET MDS 2025 Marks Vs Rank. As per the NEET MDS result, the highest marks obtained out of 960 is 779. Undoubtedly, the All India Rank secured for this marks is 1. The lowest score obtained in this exam is -23, and the rank for this score is 29220.

Q:   What do institute-wise cutoffs for NEET MDS signify?
A:

The cut off for every institute is different. It denotes the rank of the candidate who was last admitted to the institute. Candidates can use this data to predict which college they will get for the rank they have obtained in NEET MDS.

Q:   When will NBE release NEET MDS cutoff?
A:

NBE or the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), the NEET MDS exam conducting authority, releases the cutoff scores or the qualifying scores along with the result. The NEET MDS 2025 result was released on May 15, 2025. The NEET MDS 2025 cutoff was also released on the same date. However, on August 14, 2025, NBE released a notice stating the reduction of the NEET MDS 2025 cutoff percentile by 19.863 percentile for all categories, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare recommendation. 

Q:   What is the significance of NEET MDS cutoff?
A:

The NEET MDS cut off is the qualifying marks that a candidate needs to clear the exam and participate further in the counselling process. Candidates who fail to get the cutoff marks do not get into the merit list and are also ineligible for the NEET MDS counselling.

Table of contents
  • NEET MDS 2025 Marks Vs Rank
  • Factors Impacting NEET MDS 2025 Marks Vs Rank
  • NEET MDS Cutoff

NEET MDS 2025 Marks Vs Rank

We have divided the NEET MDS 2025 scores into a range of 100 and provided the corresponding ranks in the below table.

NEET MDS 2025 Score Range

NEET MDS 2025 Rank Range

779-700

1-77

699-600

78-952

599-500

980-3334

499-400

3366-6924

399-300

6964-12035

299-200

12104-20131

199-100

20231-28284

Less than 100

28314-29220

Factors Impacting NEET MDS 2025 Marks Vs Rank

The NEET MDS 2025 marks vs rank is impacted by several factors, which are listed below.

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  • The first and foremost factor which impacts the NEET MDS marks vs rank is the number of candidates appearing for the test.
  • There is a possibility for multiple candidates to score the same marks. However, the ranks would vary as per the tie-breaking criteria.
  • Candidates with a lesser number of incorrect responses in the overall paper (Part A & B) will be placed in a better merit position
  • Candidates with a higher score in Part B of the question paper will be placed at a higher merit position.
  • The candidate having the lesser number of incorrect responses in Part B of the question paper will be placed a better merit position.
  • If all the other criteria fail, a candidate older in age will be placed higher on the merit list.
  • The higher the difficulty level of the exam, the tougher it is to get a high score and rank and vice versa. Moreover, if the difficulty level of the exam is high, the cutoff would be lower and vice versa.

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NEET MDS 2025 Cut off Marks For Government Colleges

NEET MDS Cutoff

NBEMS has also released the cutoffs with the NEET MDS results. See here the cutoff list of 2025:

Category

NEET MDS Cutoff Percentile

NEET MDS 2025 Cutoff Score

General/EWS

50th Percentile

261

SC/ST/OBC (Including PwBD of SC/ST/OBC)

40th Percentile

227

General PWBD

45th Percentile

244

MDS exam was conducted on April 19. Total 30K students registered for exam and 1200 candidates missed appearing in it. The scorecard of NEET MDS exam were available for download from 24-May-2025, onwards.

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Q:   What was cut off score for candidates of different categories for NEET MDS 2023?
A:

The NEET MDS 2023 cutoff was reduced for each category by 31.807 percentile. Based on that, the NEET MDS 2023 cutoff for General, reserved category (SC, ST, OBC, PWD) and UR-PWD categories are 168, 125 and 149 respectively. As far as the percentiles are concerned, these are 18.193, 8.193 and 13.193, respectively. 

Q:   Was NEET MDS 2023 cutoff percentile revised?
A:

Yes. NEET MDS 2023 cutoff was revised by the Ministry of Health. The cutoff was reduced by 31.807 for each category. NBE had released the revised NEET MDS 2023 cutoff on September 21, 2023. For the newly qualified candidates, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) conducted additional rounds of counselling. 

Q:   What are the category-wise NEET MDS 2025 cutoff?
A:

The NEET MDS 2025 cutoff was released by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) on May 15, 2025, along with the result. However, the cutoff has been reduced by 19.863 percentiles for each category. 

The following table brings the revised NEET MDS Cutoff 2025.

Category

NEET MDS 2025 Revised Cutoff Percentile

NEET MDS 2025 Revised Cutoff Score

General (UR/EWS)

30.137

197

General-PwBD

25.137

182

SC, ST, OBC (including PwBD of SC, ST, OBC)

20.137

168

 

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