NEET Passing/ Qualifying Marks 2025: Check Minimum NEET Marks to Qualify for Counselling

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NEET passing or qualifying marks refer to the minimum marks to secure in order to be eligible to participate in the NEET counselling process. Know the NEET 2025 qualifying marks and the past years’ passing or NEET cutoff marks here on this page. Read the article to gather complete information about NEET 2025 marks.

NEET passing or qualifying marks refer to the minimum marks a candidate must secure to be eligible to participate in the NEET counselling process. Know the NEET 2025 qualifying marks and the past years’ passing or NEET cutoff marks here on this page.

NEET Passing/Qualifying Marks

NEET Passing/Qualifying Marks

NEET qualification marks refer to the pass marks or the minimum score to obtain to be eligible for participating in the NEET counselling process. The National Testing Agency (NTA), the exam conducting authority, will release the NEET qualifying marks or the NEET cutoff along with the NEET result. The NEET 2025 exam was held on May 4, 2025. The NEET 2025 result has been declared on June 14, 2025, along with the NEET 2025 cutoff. Obtaining the NEET cutoff marks for 2025 will determine whether a candidate has passed or qualified for the exam or not.   

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Q:   Is it necessary to join allotted Medical/Dental College of Round 1 to get chance to participate in Round 2 of NEET counselling?
A:

No, candidates need not report or join the allotted college of NEET counselling Round 1 since there is free exit. However if they want to retain the Round 1 seat and upgrade in Round 2 they have to physically join the college of Round 1 and give up-gradation willingness for Round 2 at the time of admission. In case candidates decide to resign the seat allotted to them in the first round, then they can do so prior to registering in the next round of NEET counselling.

Q:   What is the NEET counselling registration fee?
A:

The NEET counselling registration fee varies for different candidate categories. For the AIQ seats and Central Universities, the fee for the General category candidates is INR 1,000 and for the SC, ST, OBC and PwD category candidates, the fee is INR 500. For participating in the NEET counselling process for Deemed Universities, the registration fee for all category candidates is INR 5,000. The registration fee is non-refundable. On the other hand, candidates will have to pay the tuition fee which is refundable. The amount for the General category candidates for the AIQ seats and Central Universities is INR 10,000. For the reserved category candidates, the amount is INR 5,000. For Deemed Universities, the tuition fee to be paid by all category candidates is INR 2,00,000. Those who would not be allotted a seat after the NEET counselling process will be refunded the tuition fee after the conclusion of the counselling rounds.

Q:   What does NEET counselling seat matrix mean?
A:

NEET counselling seat matrix refers to the number of seats offered across the participating institutes for each course. The seat matrix is released by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) before the commencement of the counselling process. The seat matrix is released in institute-wise categories for the types of institutes, such as Deemed universities, AIIMS & JIPMER, etc. For NEET 2025 counselling, the primary seat matrix released by MCC for Round 1 was of for Deemed University, Central University, BSc Nursing and AIQ seats. After that, for the second and third rounds, MCC releases the list of newly added seats along with the clear vacancy and virtual vacancy. 

 How much marks are required to qualify for NEET? It is one of the most pertinent questions asked by candidates or NEET aspirants. After the exam is conducted, experts will predict the expected NEET 2025 cutoff or the NEET 2025 passing/qualifying marks based on the difficulty level of the exam and other factors. Last year, the NEET qualifying marks was higher than the previous year. This article of Shiksha.com brings all about the NEET qualifying marks, along with an overview of the previous years’ trends and what to expect after the NEET results, here on this page.

Also Read: NEET Marks vs Rank 2025 Analysis

According to the analysis, this year exam was more difficult than the past year. The number of students which appeared in the NEET 2025 were also less than the last year. A total of 22,09,318 students appeared for the exam, and nearly 12,36,531 students have qualified. The highest marks of NEET 2025 is 686 out of 720. Hence, the NEET 2025 cutoff is lower than last year. 

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Table of contents
  • NEET 2025 Cutoff Marks - What is the Passing/Qualifying Marks?
  • NEET 2025 Exam Pattern Overview
  • What is NEET Pass/Qualifying Marks
  • NEET 2024 Qualifying Marks
  • NEET 2023 Qualifying Marks
  • NEET Passing/Qualifying Marks Trends of Past Years
  • Will NEET 2025 Passing/Qualifying Marks be Higher than Last Year?
  • NEET 2025 Result: How to calculate the percentile score?
  • What After Obtaining NEET 2025 Passing/Qualifying Marks?
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NEET 2025 Cutoff Marks - What is the Passing/Qualifying Marks?

The table below brings the NEET 2025 cutoff marks and percentiles for each category, as has been released by NTA.

Category

Cut off percentile

Cut off 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

NEET 2025 Exam Pattern Overview

The following table brings the overview of the NEET 2025 exam pattern and structure. This also carries information about the marking scheme and total marks of the NTA NEET exam. 

Particulars

Details

Mode of the examination

Offline

Duration of the examination

Three hours (3 hours)

Exam timing

2 pm to 5 pm

Type of questions

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Total number of Questions

180 (all questions are compulsory)

Total Marks

720

Negative marking

Yes

Marking Scheme

+4 for each correct answer

-1 for each incorrect answer

0 for unattempted questions

Total sections in the question paper

3

NEET Subjects

Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany + Zoology)

What is NEET Pass/Qualifying Marks

Q:   What is the process to check NEET 2025 counselling result?
A:

Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), the counselling authority for NEET counselling releases the NEET counselling seat allotment result online, in PDF format. The steps to check the result are given below:

  • Visit the official website of MCC at mcc.nic.in 

  • Click on the link indicating Result under the Current Events section

  • Find your Roll Number or All India Rank (AIR) on the PDF document

  • Download the Seat Allotment order

Q:   When is the NEET counselling result declared?
A:

MCC has announced the NEET 2025 counselling result dates for each round along with the schedule or the important dates. In general, the NEET counselling result or the seat allotment result is released within five to seven days of the round commencement. First, a provisional result is released, followed by the final result. Candidates can submit objections or grievances by sending mail to MCC within the stipulated schedule.  

Q:   Can I participate in the state and all India counselling (NEET) simultaneously?
A:

Yes, medical aspirants can participate in the state as well as the All India NEET counselling processes simultaneously. In general, the dates of state and the All India NEET counselling rounds will be different.

Before participating in either of the NEET counselling processes, candidates must ensure that they fulfill the eligibility criteria. For the State NEET counselling processes, candidates must belong to the domicile. Students not belonging to the state may also participate in the particular NEET state counselling, provided they register and participate from the NRI quota. Apart from that, other eligibility criteria are the same. 

As stated above, the NEET pass marks or the NEET qualification marks refer to the minimum marks or percentile one has to secure to be able to be eligible for the NEET counselling rounds. While NTA has fixed the NEET qualifying or pass percentile for each candidate category, the marks are variable for each year and category and would depend on candidates' performance. The NEET qualification percentiles are given below.

Category NEET Cutoff Percentile
General/EWS 50
OBC, SC, ST 40
General/EWS/PH 45
OBC & PH 40
SC & PH 40
ST & PH 40

While the NEET cutoff percentile is fixed, the marks vary. Here we bring the last few years' NEET passing and qualifying marks. 

NEET 2024 Qualifying Marks

Last year, the NEET cutoff was reduced by two marks for each category, after the re-release of the scorecards. The category-wise NEET cutoff 2024 percentiles and NEET qualifying marks are given below:

Category

Cut off percentile

Cut off score

UR/EWS

50th

720-162

OBC

40th

161-127

SC

40th

161-127

ST

40th

163-127

UR/EWS-PwD

45th

161-144

OBC-PwD

40th

143-127

SC-PwD

40th

143-127

ST-PwD

40th

142-127

The table below brings the original NEET 2024 cutoff.

Category

NEET 2024 Cutoff percentile

NEET 2024 Cutoff score

UR/EWS

50

720-164

OBC

40

163-129

SC

40

163-129

ST

40

163-129

UR/EWS-PwD

45

163-146

OBC-PwD

40

145-129

SC-PwD

40

145-129

ST-PwD

40

141-129

NEET 2023 Qualifying Marks

The table below brings the category-wise NEET 2023 qualifying cutoff percentile and marks. The NEET 2023 pass/qualifying marks have been announced along with the NEET 2023 result is declared. 

Category NEET 2023 Cutoff Percentile NEET 2023 Cutoff Marks
General/EWS 50 720-137
OBC, SC, ST 40 136-107
General/EWS/PH 45 136-121
OBC & PH 40 120-107
SC & PH 40 120-107
ST & PH 40 120-108

NEET Passing/Qualifying Marks Trends of Past Years

The NEET cutoff scores or the NEET qualifying marks vary for each candidate category every year. The table below brings the qualifying or pass marks for NEET over the past few years.

Category

NEET 2022 Qualifying Score

 

NEET 2021 Qualifying Score

NEET 2020 Qualifying Score

NEET 2019 Qualifying Score

NEET 2018 Qualifying Score

General/Unreserved (UR)

715-117 

720-138

720-147

701-134

691-119

OBC/SC/ST

116-93

137-108

146-113

133-107

118-96

PwD (General/UR)

116-105

137-122

146-129

133-120

118-107

PwD (Reserved)

104-93

121-108

128-113

119-107

106-96

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Will NEET 2025 Passing/Qualifying Marks be Higher than Last Year?

The NEET passing/qualifying marks may increase compared to last year. In 2024, the NEET qualification marks or cutoff marks increased as the total number of test takers was higher, and the difficulty level of the exam was lower than that of the previous year. The NEET qualification marks or cutoff depend on the following factors:

  • Total number of candidates who appear for the examination

  • Difficulty level of the examination

  • Performance of the candidates

  • Number of seats available

  • NEET cutoff for previous years

Owing to the higher number of test takers and the increase in the number of MBBS and BDS seats, the NEET cutoff marks for 2024 went up. Hence, students must gear up for tougher competition in NEET 2025.

NEET 2025 Result: How to calculate the percentile score?

 NEET Percentile = 100 x Number of candidates with their raw score equal to/ less than the candidate

                                                       Total number of candidates who appeared for NEET

What After Obtaining NEET 2025 Passing/Qualifying Marks?

After the declaration of the NEET 2025 result, candidates can check whether they have secured the qualifying marks for NEET as given on the scorecard. Upon fulfilling the NEET 2025 cutoff or qualifying marks, they will be eligible to participate in the NEET 2025 counselling for the 15 per cent All India Quota (AIQ) seats conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) and the 85 per cent State Quota seats conducted by the State Counselling authorities. You may predict the colleges and courses in which you may have an admission chance by utilising the Shiksha College Predictor Tool.

Know which colleges you can get into based on your NEET 2025 marks, use the Shiksha College Predictor.

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The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducts the medical entrance exam for admission to MBBS, BDS, BSc NursingBAMSVeterinary, and other medical/paramedical courses in India. The total number of MBBS seats in India as of today is 1,17,950. 

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