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    How Many Students Appeared For NEET 2026?

    How Many Students Appeared For NEET 2026?

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    Deep PathakUpdated on 10 Mar 2026, 11:04 AM IST
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    The NTA will conduct the NEET UG 2026 exam in offline mode. With the announcement of the result, the authority will release the NEET result statistics 2026 mentioning the total number of candidates appeared for the entrance exam. The data on how many candidates appeared for NEET exam 2026 will be updated here. Also, a link to download NEET 2026 result statistics will be provided below, after availability.

    This Story also Contains

    1. How many students appeared for NEET 2026
    2. How many students qualified NEET 2025?
    3. Number of candidates registered for NEET 2025
    4. How many students appeared for NEET 2025 state wise?
    5. NEET 2025 number of candidates appeared: Gender wise
    6. NEET 2025 number of candidates appeared: Category wise
    7. NEET 2025 number of candidates appeared: Nationality wise
    8. How many students appeared for NEET 2024?
    How Many Students Appeared For NEET 2026?
    How many students appeared for NEET

    The NTA releases the statistics of NEET 2026, mentioning the total number of registered candidates, total number of appeared candidates, category-wise appeared students, and much more. In this article, candidates can check the details about how many students appeared for NEET 2026, previous year NEET data, category-wise candidates who appeared in NEET 2026, registration statistics, past year trends and their effect.

    How many students appeared for NEET 2026

    NEET 2026 statistics will be released by the authority after the result declaration. Detailed and correct data of NEET 2026 will be updated below. Meanwhile, candidates can check previous year's NEET result statistics from the below tables.

    NEET students appeared 2025

    Particulars

    Details

    Number of candidates registered for NEET 2025

    22,76,069

    Number of Candidates who appeared for NEET 2025

    22,09,318

    Number of Candidates absent for NEET 2025

    66,751
    Number of Candidates qualified
    12,36,531

    How many students qualified NEET 2025?

    The total number of students appeared and qualified NEET 2025 is released by the authority at the official website. The detailed statistics of NEET 2025 has been updated below. The NEET 2025 statistics revealed that a total of 12,36,531 candidates qualified for NEET 2025. The total NEET 2025 registrations were 22,76,069.

    Number of candidates registered for NEET 2025

    The NEET exam attracts a massive number of aspirants from all over the country. Every year, lakhs of students appear for this exam in hopes of securing admission to top medical colleges. For NEET 2025, the number of registrations crossed over 22 lakhs.

    NEET 2024 had recorded the highest ever registrations with a whopping 24,06,079 students applying for the exam. Among the states, the number of NEET candidates from Maharashtra leads the race with the highest number of registrations, followed by Uttar Pradesh.

    How many students appeared for NEET 2025 state wise?

    The state-wise data of the students appearing for NEET 2025 has been released by the NTA at neet.nta.nic.in. The detailed statistics for the same is provided here.

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    NEET 2025 number of candidates appeared: Gender wise

    GenderRegisteredAppearedQualified
    Male965996937411514063
    Female131006212,71,896722462
    Third gender11116
    Total227606922093181236531
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    NEET 2025 number of candidates appeared: Category wise

    CategoryRegisteredAppearedQualified
    OBC948507925739564611
    SC356727322538168873
    ST15022414360267234
    General689366665853338728
    EWS15432615158697085
    Total227606922O93181236531
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    NEET 2025 number of candidates appeared: Nationality wise

    NationalityRegisteredAppearedQualified
    Indian227352822069681234991
    Foreign Nationals939870529
    NRl741694405
    OCI61786606
    Total227606922O93181236531

    How many students appeared for NEET 2024?

    Candidates can check the statistics of last year's NEET UG examination. NEET UG statistics are released by the authority and offer the exact data of how many candidates applied for NEET 2024, how many students qualified for NEET 2023 in India and other details. A total of 24,06,079 candidates registered for NEET 2024 and 20,87,462 candidates registered for NEET 2023. Candidates can check the table below for the exact numbers.

    NEET 2024 number of candidates appeared

    CategoryRegisteredAppearedQualified
    OBC10542771026321618525
    SC356727344309178741
    ST15711515017868501
    General647260625446333929
    EWS190700186908116157
    Total240607923331621315853

    NEET UG result statistics- State-wise

    State NameNEET (UG) - 2023NEET (UG) – 2024
    RegisteredAppearedQualifiedRegisteredAppearedQualified
    Andaman & Nicobar Islands1046102553711771122615
    Andhra Pradesh696906857842836665226492943788
    Arunachal Pradesh481146242296522849982566
    Assam392063815319133460684419321082
    Bihar1216471185336491615446114949474716
    Chandigarh316030982219357934852546
    Chhattisgarh421304119619610452134387322313
    Dadra & Nagar Haveli1062102858811431122693
    Daman & Diu491460257619612323
    Delhi558905470139764681396613246811
    Goa437042772204522950032589
    Gujarat790407318049915880228641057232
    Haryana451974421729794541625274434274
    Himachal Pradesh188301844810962204471983712096
    Jammu and Kashmir372763643120564485454722724545
    Jharkhand297932913517894374783624220556
    Karnataka1343811313187524815514815017088887
    Kerala1373961334507536214481113697486713
    Lakshadweep361349167331307181
    Madhya Pradesh1042651021614932413609813152560065
    Maharashtra277903273819131008282051275442142829
    Manipur8777773645561033299635854
    Meghalaya342832711603400938151849
    Mizoram20241951913259524691186
    Nagaland302029451648366834791943
    Odisha570925586628330663696432532557
    Puducherry579757153140646163183433
    Punjab188461843012043270612626815717
    Rajasthan148364145824100316178756174880121166
    Sikkim1324129263217221655803
    Tamil Nadu1475831445167869315844915291989198
    Telangana738837284242654798137784847356
    Tripura483947012334530850712407
    Uttar Pradesh273572267383139961344599334983165015
    Uttarakhand192501878810843229732224312437
    West Bengal1049231025575905312007011610463251
    Ladakh77474042211461083618
    Others (including Outside India)602158584237827778985643
    Total208746220385961145976240607923331621315853


    Statistics of NEET 2023

    Particulars

    Details

    Number of candidates registered for NEET 2023

    20,87,462

    Number of Candidates appeared for NEET 2023

    20,38,596

    Number of Candidates absent for NEET 2023

    48,866

    Number of Candidates qualified
    11,45,976

    NEET 2023 statistics- Category-wise

    Category
    Registered
    Appeared
    Qualified
    OBC
    890150
    873173
    525194
    SC
    303318
    294995
    153674
    ST
    132490
    126121
    56381
    Gen
    607131
    592110
    312405
    EWS
    154373
    152197
    98322
    Total
    2087462
    2038596
    1145976

    How many students qualified for NEET 2023?

    As per the statistics released by the authority, 11.45 lakh candidates qualified for NEET 2023. Candidates from the General category who qualified in NEET 2023 amount to 3.12 lakh whereas those qualifying from SC and ST categories were 1.53 lakh and 56.3 K respectively.

    How many students registered and appeared for NEET 2022?

    According to the data, in NEET-UG 2022, the number of registered male candidates increased to 807538, out of which 763545 appeared for the exam, and 429160 candidates qualified for admission. On the other hand, in NEET-UG 2021, 710979 male candidates registered, out of which 681168 appeared for the exam, and 375260 candidates qualified for admission to medical colleges.

    Similarly, in NEET-UG 2022, the number of registered female candidates increased to 1064794, out of which 1001015 appeared for the exam, and 563902 candidates qualified for admission. And in NEET-UG 2021, 903782 female candidates registered, out of which 863093 appeared for the exam, and 494806 candidates qualified for admission.

    NEET 2022 vs 2021 - Number of candidates

    Gender

    NEET(UG)-2021

    NEET(UG)-2022

    Registered

    Appeared

    Qualified

    Registered

    Appeared

    Qualified

    Male

    710979

    681168

    375260

    807538

    763545

    429160

    Female

    903782

    863093

    494806

    1064794

    1001015

    563902

    Transgender

    16

    14

    8

    11

    11

    7

    Total

    1614777

    1544275

    870074

    1872343

    1764571

    993069

    How many students appeared for NEET state-wise? - 2022 vs 2021

    NEET (UG) - 2021

    NEET (UG) - 2022



    State Name

    Registration

    Appeared

    Qualified

    Registration.

    Appeared.

    Qualified

    Andaman & Nicobar Islands

    914

    816

    413

    1000

    959

    521

    Andhra Pradesh

    62051

    57721

    33841

    68061

    65305

    40344

    Arunachal Pradesh

    4110

    3276

    1642

    4276

    3939

    2027

    Assam

    29973

    23648

    11052

    36006

    33143

    17027

    Bihar

    95150

    83038

    46327

    103691

    98668

    55709

    Chandigarh

    1631

    1449

    1096

    2730

    2622

    1905

    Chhattisgarh

    31027

    26030

    12792

    35636

    33443

    16299

    Dadra & Nagar Haveli

    776

    671

    288

    921

    870

    465

    Daman & Diu

    386

    317

    144

    427

    379

    195

    Delhi

    34520

    31202

    23554

    48185

    46221

    35113

    Goa

    3824

    3135

    1582

    4041

    3755

    1882

    Gujarat

    79228

    64791

    36398

    72879

    64684

    41901

    Haryana

    34163

    30719

    22395

    40934

    38855

    26666

    Himachal Pradesh

    14565

    12694

    7622

    17663

    16930

    10129


    Jammu and Kashmir

    34615

    31479

    14743

    38140

    36374

    20005

    Jharkhand

    19847

    17214

    10811

    25287

    24002

    15154

    Karnataka

    118978

    89359

    55009

    133255

    122423

    72262

    Kerala

    115480

    92911

    59404

    128053

    116395

    64034

    Lakshadweep

    300

    239

    105

    262

    233

    122

    Madhya Pradesh

    64110

    55461

    27134

    94629

    89487

    40170

    Maharashtra

    227659

    195338

    79974

    256126

    244903

    113812

    Manipur

    7049

    5976

    3548

    7922

    7275

    3981

    Meghalaya

    3149

    2149

    978

    3218

    2742

    1402

    Mizoram

    1784

    1359

    587

    1793

    1586

    705

    Nagaland

    2356

    1805

    731

    2681

    2392

    1304

    Odisha

    38494

    33945

    20654

    44947

    43080

    26279

    Puducherry

    4925

    4474

    2362

    5749

    5511

    2899

    Punjab

    15070

    13182

    8614

    16415

    15561

    10533

    Rajasthan

    104173

    95752

    65758

    121675

    117099

    82548

    Sikkim

    855

    650

    317

    1149

    1105

    485

    Tamil Nadu

    121617

    99610

    57215

    142894

    132167

    67787

    Telangana

    54872

    50392

    28093

    61207

    59296

    35148

    Tripura

    4273

    3536

    1738

    4860

    4591

    2277

    Uttar Pradesh

    174523

    156992

    88889

    229115

    219197

    117316

    Uttarakhand

    13933

    12047

    7323

    18002

    16929

    9753

    West Bengal

    74490

    61887

    37301

    92207

    86607

    50864

    Ladakh

    906

    744

    367

    704

    639

    331

    OTHER

    1659

    937

    699

    5603

    5204

    3715

    Total

    1597435

    1366945

    771500

    1872343

    1764571

    993069

    Why NEET UG 2026 is the biggest entrance exam?

    NEET-UG is a single gateway for admission into various undergraduate courses in the field of medicine. These courses include Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine, and Surgery (BAMS), Bachelor of Siddha Medicine and Surgery (BSMS), Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery (BUMS), Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS), and BSc (H) Nursing. Passing the NEET-UG exam is mandatory for students aspiring to pursue these courses in reputed medical colleges in India.

    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: How many students appeared for NEET 2026?
    A:

    The number of candidates appeared for NEET 2026 examination will be released with the declaration of result. However, in NEET 2025, a total of 22,76,069 candidates appeared for the exam. 

    Q: What is NEET?
    A:

    NEET-UG is a single gateway for admission into various undergraduate courses in the field of medicine. 

    Q: What is NEET college predictor, and how does it work?
    A:

    NEET college predictor is an online tool that helps candidates predict the medical colleges they are likely to get admission into based on their NEET rank.

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    Hi! As per the NEET eligibility criteria , you must be 17 years of age as on December 31 of the year of admission. As you will complete the age criteria, you can definitely appear for NEET 2027. Do check the other eligibility criteria and apply for the NEET 2027

    The NEET qualifying cutoff for ST category was 143-113. For ST (PWD) , the cut off marks 2025 was 126-113. As you have not mentioned the closing rank for a particular college. Here, we have provided the college wise 2025 MBBS closing rank for ST category.

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    With 400-500 score in NEET, securing MBBS admission at CMC Vellore is highly challenging for students. With such score, you can apply for allied health science courses offered by the institute.

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