NEET Cut-off Definition
“NEET Cut off is the minimum score a candidate must secure to successfully qualify for medical counselling. The regulatory body for NEET, the NTA (National Testing Agency), announces the NEET Cut off marks along with the declaration of results.”
NEET enables medical aspirants to seek entry to medical institutes across the country. NEET 2022 is all set to take place on 17th July 2022. As per statistics from NEET 2020, it had a cutoff of 720-147 for the general category. It should, however, be noted that the score mentioned is the score of the last candidate admitted to MBBS in the open round. NEET cut off marks are different for students belonging to different categories. Those candidates who score marks equal to the cut-off or more will qualify to secure an All India Rank (AIR).
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For seats in UG courses such as BVSc and Animal Husbandry under 15% AIQ (All India Quota), different veterinary colleges do accept NEET Cutoff scores. For admissions to the AYUSH courses as well, NEET is the qualifying test, which was recently upheld by the Supreme court. The process of admissions at various medical colleges will hence be commenced by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) on the basis of the NEET cut-off.
Some important dates regarding NEET 2022:
Event | Corresponding date |
NEET 2022 exam date | 17th July 2022 |
NEET 2022 – Announcement of results | To be announced |
NEET 2022 – Release of cut-off scores | To be announced |
Release of final set of answer keys | To be announced |
NEET 2022 – Commencement of counselling | To be announced |
NEET 2021 Cut off
Category | Cut off marks | Cut off percentile |
Unreserved/EWS | 720-138 | 50th Percentile |
OBC/SC/ST | 137-108 | 40th Percentile |
Unreserved/EWS – PWD | 137-122 | 45th Percentile |
OBC/SC/ST – PWD | 121-108 | 40th Percentile |
NEET 2020 Cut off
NEET 2020 Cut-off for MBBS/BDS is as mentioned below:
Group/Category | Cut off marks
(Range) |
Minimum Qualifying Percentile |
General | 720-147 | 50th |
General – Physically Handicapped | 146-129 | 45th |
SC/ ST/OBC | 146-113 | 40th |
SC/ST- Physically Handicapped | 128-113 | 40th |
Major Factors Which Decide NEET Cut off
Listed below are the important factors contributing to deciding the NEET cut-off:
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- Total students appearing for NEET
- Availability of seats
- The difficulty level of the NEET question paper
- Marking Scheme and NEET cutoff trends from previous years
- Reservation policy of the government as per category
NEET Admission Process
Seats are available in the following different quotas:
- All India Quota Seats
- State Government Quota Seats
- Central Pool Quota Seats
- Central Institutions/Universities/Deemed Universities
- State/Management/NRI Quota Seats in Private Medical / Dental Colleges or any Private University
- All seats including NRI Quota and Management Quota, in private aided/unaided minority/non-minority medical colleges
- AIIMS and JIMPER Institutes across India
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NEET Cut off Marks
The cut-off is the least score that should be attained to qualify for the entrance examination. The cut-off for NEET Exam will be published by the NTA a month later along with the result declaration. The list will contain the All India category wise ranks of the qualified candidates. According to that, all the participating states will prepare their own merit list for the process of counselling. The NEET cut off for each category the previous year was shot up by 15 marks.
The NEET cut-off percentile will be declared on the scorecard in addition to the cut-off score and the number of applicants. The candidates who have cleared the cut-off will be required to then register themselves for the NEET Counselling process which is scheduled to take place weeks after results declaration.
Listed below are some of the statistics from NEET 2019:
NEET Cut-off percentile 2020
Group/Category | Cut-off scores | Cut-off Percentile |
General | 720-147 | 50th |
General – PH | 146-129 | 45th |
SC/ST/OBC | 146-113 | 40th |
SC/ST/OBC – PH | 128-113 | 40th |
NEET cut off 2019 – Reviewed qualifying criteria
Group/Category | Lowered cutoff score | Revised cutoff percentile | No. of candidates |
UR | 701-107 | 40th | 8,45,015 |
SC | 106-086 | 30th | 20,384 |
OBC | 106-086 | 30th | 61,479 |
ST | 106-086 | 30th | 9,911 |
UR-PH | 106-096 | 35th | 99 |
OBC-PH | 106-086 | 30th | 272 |
SC-PH | 106-086 | 30th | 65 |
ST-PH | 106-086 | 30th | 18 |
Total | 9,37,243 |
NEET cut off 2019 – Qualifying criteria (previously)
Group/Category | Cutoff score | Revised cutoff percentile | No. of candidates |
UR | 701-134 | 50th percentile | 7,04,335 |
SC | 133-107 | 40th percentile | 20,009 |
OBC | 133-107 | 40th percentile | 63,789 |
ST | 133-107 | 40th percentile | 8,455 |
UR-PH | 133-120 | 45th percentile | 266 |
OBC-PH | 119-107 | 40th percentile | 142 |
SC-PH | 119-107 | 40th percentile | 32 |
ST-PH | 119-107 | 40th percentile | 14 |
Total | 7,97,042 |
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NEET Cut off Percentile Calculation
Suppose 1,00,000 aspirants appeared at the exam, “A” secures rank 100, then the NEET cutoff percentile is as given below:
[(10,00,000 – 100) ÷ 10,00,000] × 100 = 99.99.Highlights of NEET 2020
No. of Candidates registered | 1597435 | Unreserved | 475534 |
No. of Candidates present | 1366945 | SC | 221253 |
Male | 716586 | ST | 100519 |
Female | 880843 | OBC | 706214 |
Transgender | 6 | EWS | 93915 |
AIQ NEET Cutoff ranks of Top Medical Colleges
Provided below is the NEET cut off trends of top medical colleges of India collated from the past years:
Top 10 Medical Colleges All India Quota Closing rank (General Category)
Location | College | NEET Closing Rank | ||||
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||
Delhi | Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) | 44 | 49 | 58 | 32 | 90 |
Delhi | Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College (VMMC) | 106 | 82 | 107 | 157 | 163 |
Delhi | University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS) | 128 | 185 | 165 | 171 | 324 |
Delhi | Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) | 263 | 369 | 314 | 489 | 571 |
Mumbai | Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College (GSMC) | 408 | 297 | 296 | 638 | 457 |
Lucknow | King George’s Medical University (KGMU) | 506 | 725 | 703 | 908 | 1800 |
Chennai | Stanley Medical College (SMC) | 2,264 | 3,858 | 3520 | 4572 | 5253 |
Mumbai | Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals (GMCSJJGH) | 408 | 1,018 | 1122 | 1329 | 2828 |
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NEET Cut off Ranks
Aspirants can refer to the previous years’ NEET Cutoff trends of renowned medical colleges from the table mentioned below.
Given below is the statistics for NEET 2018:
Category | MBBS | BDS | ||
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Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Ranking | |
OBC NCL | 53 | 5922 | 5805 | 10891 |
General | 1 | 5579 | 3792 | 10920 |
ST (Scheduled Tribe) | 224 | 62604 | 61096 | 84770 |
SC (Scheduled Caste) | 97 | 38660 | 14000 | 49936 |
Tabulated below are the NEET 2017 cutoff ranks for MBBS/BDS under AIQ (All India Quota) category
Category | MBBS (Round 1) | BDS (Round 1) | ||
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Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Ranking | |
OBC NCL | 53 | 5922 | 5805 | 10891 |
General | 1 | 5799 | 3792 | 10920 |
ST (Scheduled Tribe) | 224 | 62604 | 61096 | 84770 |
SC (Scheduled Caste) | 97 | 38660 | 14000 | 49936 |
NEET cut off ranks – All India Quota Round 2
Category | MBBS (Round 2) | BDS (Round 2) | ||
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Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Ranking | |
OBC NCL | 152 | 5234 | 7317 | 9254 |
General | 45 | 5922 | 5314 | 10896 |
ST (Scheduled Tribe) | 5332 | 62604 | 61096 | 73861 |
SC (Scheduled Caste) | 1762 | 38177 | 38558 | 47695 |
NEET cut off ranks – Deemed University Round 1
The table below indicates the NEET cutoff rank for medical courses from previous years at Deemed University.
Category | MBBS (Round 1) | BDS (Round 1) | ||
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Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Ranking | |
OBC NCL | 465 | 2514 | 9607 | 12165 |
General | 4 | 647124 | 5130 | 614065 |
ST (Scheduled Tribe) | 6309 | 42693 | 78677 | 100687 |
SC (Scheduled Caste) | 2046 | 20687 | 35045 | 54965 |
NEET cut off ranks – Deemed University Round 2
Category | MBBS (Round 2) | BDS (Round 2) | ||
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Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Ranking | |
OBC NCL | 1148 | 5680 | 12235 | 13672 |
General | 90 | 639759 | 8020 | 499849 |
ST (Scheduled Tribe) | 27581 | 64283 | 88136 | 92328 |
SC (Scheduled Caste) | 16754 | 43253 | 59095 | 72836 |
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NEET Counselling
NTA will declare NEET Results a few weeks after NEET concludes. The counselling process will commence from there onwards. To begin with, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) shall conduct counselling for 15% All India Quota (AIQ) and then counselling for 85% state quota seats that will be carried out individually by corresponding state counselling officials. To participate in counselling, aspirants must register through the online mode.
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- NEET Study Material
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Frequently Asked Questions on NEET cut off
What was NEET 2020 cut off?
NEET 2020 cut off for the general category was 720-147 while for SC/ST/OBC category, the NEET 2020 cut off was 146-113.
What is the minimum percentile to qualify NEET 2021?
The minimum percentile for NEET-UG 2021 is as follows – Unreserved/EWS: 50th Percentile, OBC/SC/ST – 40th Percentile and for Unreserved/EWS – PWD category it is 45th percentile.
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