NEET 2024 Cutoff Reduces for All Categories; Know Revised Qualifying Marks and Past Trends
The NEET 2024 Cutoff has been revised along with the scores and final answer keys. The NEET cutoff 2024 has been reduced by two marks for each category. Along with the reduced cutoff, the number of candidates qualifying in each category has also changed. Still, the cutoff is higher than last year.
NEET 2024 Cutoff Reduced for All Categories
The NEET 2024 Cutoff has been revised along with the scores and final answer keys. The NEET cutoff 2024 has been reduced by two marks for each category. Along with the reduced cutoff, the number of candidates qualifying in each category has also changed. Know the NEET 2024 revised cutoff along with the original cutoff and the past cutoff trends of NEET.
NEET 2024 cutoff refers the minimum marks which candidates need to secure in order to be eligible to participate in the NEET 2024 counselling process, which will begin anytime soon. The NEET 2024 qualifying cutoff marks is set by NTA and it is the same for both All India and State NEET Counselling processes.
NEET 2024 Cutoff and Qualifying Candidates - Revised Vs Original
The following table brings the category-wise NEET 2024 revised cutoff along with the number of candidates qualifying in each category.
| Category |
Cut off percentile |
Cut off score |
Number of Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|
| UR/EWS |
50th |
720-162 |
11,65,334 |
| OBC |
40th |
161-127 |
1,00,876 |
| SC |
40th |
161-127 |
34,420 |
| ST |
40th |
161-127 |
14,414 |
| UR/EWS-PwD |
45th |
161-144 |
473 |
| OBC-PwD |
40th |
143-127 |
269 |
| SC-PwD |
40th |
143-127 |
54 |
| ST-PwD |
40th |
142-127 |
13 |
The table below brings the original NEET 2024 cutoff released on June 4, 2024.
| Category |
Cut off percentile |
Cut off score |
Number of candidates |
|---|---|---|---|
| UR/EWS |
50th |
720-164 |
11,65,904 |
| OBC |
40th |
163-129 |
1,00,769 |
| SC |
40th |
163-129 |
34,326 |
| ST |
40th |
163-129 |
14,478 |
| UR/EWS-PwD |
45th |
163-146 |
455 |
| OBC-PwD |
40th |
145-129 |
270 |
| SC-PwD |
40th |
145-129 |
55 |
| ST-PwD |
40th |
145-129 |
11 |
NEET Cutoff Past 5 Years’ Trends
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 of NEET over the past five years.
| Category |
NEET 2023 Qualifying Score |
NEET 2022 Qualifying Score
|
NEET 2021 Qualifying Score |
NEET 2020 Qualifying Score |
NEET 2019 Qualifying Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General/Unreserved (UR) |
720-137 |
715-117 |
720-138 |
720-147 |
701-134 |
| OBC/SC/ST |
136-107 |
116-93 |
137-108 |
146-113 |
133-107 |
| PwD (General/UR) |
136-121 |
116-105 |
137-122 |
146-129 |
133-120 |
| PwD (Reserved) |
120-107 |
104-93 |
121-108 |
128-113 |
119-107 |
As can be seen from the above tables, the NEET 2024 cutoff is the highest in the past five years, even after the deduction of marks based on the Supreme Court verdict.
As per the revised NEET 2024 merit list, the total number of toppers was reduced from 67 to 17. After the removal of grace marks, the number of toppers dropped to 61, which further reduced to 17. As many as 13,15,853 candidates qualified for NEET 2024 out of 23,33,162 test takers, as per the revised merit list.
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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 released the NEET 2025 cutoff in the official notice along with the declaration of the NEET result. The qualifying cutoff for NEET 2025 is given below:
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 |
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 |
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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.