NEET Cut Off: Qualifying Marks by Category

What the NEET cut off means

NEET has two kinds of cut off and students often mix them up. The qualifying cut off is published by the NTA with the result and is stated as a percentile. Every candidate at or above it is declared qualified and may register for counselling. The admission cut off, or closing rank, is the last rank admitted to a particular college and course, and it only becomes known as counselling rounds finish.

Since the qualifying rule is a percentile, the score that matches it moves each year with the spread of marks. A tough paper pulls it down, and an easier paper or higher scoring field pushes it up.

NEET cut off in the latest cycle (re-NEET)

About 11.21 lakh candidates qualified in this re-NEET, according to figures reported from the NTA result. The general range starts at 213, against 144 a year earlier, which tells you scores were bunched much higher across the field. If you searched for the re NEET cut off, these are the numbers that apply to counselling for this cycle.

Past qualifying cut offs, 2025 to 2023

In 2024 the NTA issued a revised result later in the summer, and the ranges above are from that revised list. PwBD rows for reserved groups also exist in each year's notice; check the official result file for those exact ranges.

Qualifying marks versus the marks you really need

Clearing 213 or 144 does not get you a government college. Seats are filled strictly by rank in counselling, and popular government MBBS seats close at much higher scores. The 15 percent all India quota is handled by the Medical Counselling Committee, and the remaining state quota by each state's counselling authority, each with its own closing ranks.

For seat-level trends, see our pages on the closing scores for government MBBS seats, the BDS government college cut off and the BAMS cut off.

What will shape the next cut off

• Paper difficulty. The single largest factor. An easier biology section lifts the whole curve.
• Number of candidates. More test takers means the 50th percentile sits among more scores, though the effect is smaller than difficulty.
• Exam conditions. The latest cycle, held again as a re-exam with 15 extra minutes, produced a much higher score curve than the year before.
• Seats on offer. Seat numbers do not change the qualifying percentile, but they strongly move admission closing ranks.

No one can know the next score range before the result, so treat any predicted figure as a guess. Build your target from past closing ranks instead.

How to check the cut off officially

The NTA lists the category-wise percentile and score range in the result press note on neet.nta.nic.in. Your scorecard shows your percentile and all India rank. Closing ranks for each round are released later by the counselling bodies.

Using these numbers for your preparation

Set a target well above the qualifying mark. Take the closing score for the course and quota you want, add a safety margin, and track your full-length mock scores against it each fortnight. The NEET previous year papers are the best way to see what scoring at that level feels like, and the NEET syllabus page shows where the 720 marks come from. Before any of this, confirm your board marks satisfy the NEET eligibility conditions.