JEE Main 2027 Safe Score; Check Past 5 Year Cutoff Trends Categorywise
Safe Score for JEE Mains 2027: Know Qualifying Cutoff Trends of Past 5 Years
The JEE Main cutoffs are of two types- qualifying and admission cutoffs. Obtaining the score above qualifying cutoff makes students eligible to appear in JEE Advanced for admission to IITs. The other is admission cutoff which is the closing rank for admission to NITs, IIITs and other JEE Main accepting colleges. The JEE Main qualifying cutoff is released by NTA along with the result of JEE Mains session 2 exam. The admission cutoff is released round-wise during the JoSAA counselling.
There are no JEE Main passing marks, but only minimum cutoff score to qualify for the JEE Advanced exam. Aspirants gearing up for JEE Main 2027 must check the past 5 years’ cutoff analysis, which will help estimate a safe score to target.
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JEE Main Past 5 Year Qualifying Cutoff
The category-wise JEE Main cutoff of past 5 years for qualifying the exam is given here. As per the JEE Main past 5 year cutoff trends, general category cutoff has been the highest in 2026 at 93.41.
| Year |
General |
OBC-NCL |
SC |
ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |
93.4123549 |
80.9232583 |
63.9172792 |
52.0174712 |
| 2025 |
93.1023262 |
79.4313582 |
61.1526933 |
47.9026465 |
| 2024 |
93.2362181 |
79.6757881 |
60.0923182 |
46.6975840 |
| 2023 |
90.7788642 |
73.6114227 |
51.9776027 |
37.2348772 |
| 2022 |
88.4121383 |
67.0090297 |
43.0820954 |
26.7771328 |
What is a Safe Score for JEE Main 2027?
Based on the past year cutoff analysis suggests, JEE Main 2027 aspirants must target 94+ percentile (around 180 to 190 marks). This will ensure they qualify the exam as well as a strong possibility of getting admission at top tier NITs.
Factors that Affect the JEE Cutoff?
The Joint Admission Board specify that top 2,50,000 JEE Main rank holders become eligible for the JEE Advanced exam. To ensure the qualifiers are around this range, the authorities set the JEE Mains cutoff accordingly. The NTA do not officially publish details about what factors are considered while deciding the JEE Mains cutoff. However, the cutoff had been decided historically on these factors, but not limited to only these.
- Difficulty level of the paper
- Number of students who appear for the test
- Category-wise reservation policies
How Many Students Qualify for JEE Advanced?
The number of students qualifying for JEE Advanced are in the range of 2.5 lakh. The actual number usually goes beyong 2,50,000 as certain extra number of students are also included by horizontal reservation criteria.
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