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    How many students registered for NEET 2024? - Over 24 Lakh Registrations

    How many students registered for NEET 2024? - Over 24 Lakh Registrations

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    Sonia VatsUpdated on 10 Jul 2024, 03:32 PM IST
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    The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the NEET 2024 on May 5. As per the NTA's notice of NEET 2024 statistics, 2406079 candidates registered for the exam this year. 1029198 registered candidates were male, 1376863 candidates were female, and 18 candidates who registered were from third gender. NEET UG saw an increase of 16.85% in registration compared to the previous year. The number of NEET UG 2024 registered students is the highest jump in the last seven years with Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra being the top states with the highest registrations.
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    1. How many students registered for NEET 2024?
    2. How many students appeared for NEET 2024?
    3. How many students registered for NEET- Year-wise data
    4. How many students appeared for NEET- Year-wise data
    5. How many students qualified for NEET 2024?
    6. About NEET 2024
    How many students registered for NEET 2024? - Over 24 Lakh Registrations
    How many students registered for NEET 2024

    Since the NEET exam is a single window entrance exam for UG medical courses, the question that comes to our minds is "How many candidates registered for NEET 2024?" and “How many NEET aspirants are there in 2024?” The answer to that question will be answered on this page. Read the full article by Careers360 on how many students apply for NEET 2024, as well as, how many students appeared for NEET 2024.

    How many students registered for NEET 2024?

    2406079 medical students registered for the NEET UG exam 2024. Before the NTA re-opened the application window, as per the media report 23,81,833 candidates had registered. The number of female students outnumbered male aspirants with 13,63,216 registrations. Uttar Pradesh topped the list with 3,39,125 registrations, followed by Maharashtra with 2,79,104 NEET 2024 registrations. It must be noted that the number mentioned in the article is not released by the NTA officially and is taken after an in-depth analysis of NEET registrations. Check the year-wise data on how many students registered for NEET 2024 below.

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    NEET registrations over the years

    YearTotal registrations
    20242406079
    202320,87,445
    202218,72,343
    202116,14,777
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    201915,19,375
    201813,26,725
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    Category-wise data on how many candidates registered for NEET 2024

    CategoryNumbers% of total registrations
    Total registrations2406079


    Male candidates102919842.80%
    Female candidates137686357.20%
    Third gender18
    General category6,43,59627%
    OBC10,43,08443.80%
    SC3,52,10714.80%
    ST1,54,4896.50%
    Gen - EWS1,88,5577.90%
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    *This data is as per the media reports before the NEET application window was extended. This is not the official data of NTA.

    State-wise NEET 2024 registrations

    State

    Number of registrations

    Uttar Pradesh3,39,125
    Maharashtra2,79,104
    Rajasthan1,96,139
    Tamil Nadu1,55,216
    Karnataka1,54,210
    Kerala1,44,949
    Bihar1,39,398
    Madhya Pradesh1,33,644
    West Bengal1,20,743


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    How many students appeared for NEET 2024?

    NTA conducted the NEET 2024 exam in pen and paper-based mode. Looking at the previous year's data, over 24 lakh students appeared in the NEET 2024 exam. The data on how many candidates appeared in NEET 2024 will be provided after availability. The NTA will also release the state, category and gender-wise data on candidates appearing in NEET 2024 at nta.ac.in after the NEET results.

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    How many students registered for NEET- Year-wise data

    The year-wise data on the number of students who appeared for the NEET UG exam is provided in the table below.

    Number of students who applied for NEET UG

    Year

    2024

    2023

    2022

    2021

    Number of candidates registered

    Over 24 lakh

    2,087,462

    1,872,343

    1,614,777

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    How many students appeared for NEET- Year-wise data

    Aspirants can check the year-wise data on how many students appeared in the NEET entrance exam from the table below.

    Candidates appeared in NEET UG

    Year

    2024

    2023

    2022

    2021

    Number of candidates appeared

    To be updated

    2,038,596

    1,764,571

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    How many students qualified for NEET 2024?

    The complete data on NEET 2024 qualified candidates will be provided after the announcement of NEET 2024 results. Aspirants can meanwhile check the year-wise data on how many students qualified for the NEET exam from the table mentioned below.

    How many students qualified for NEET year-wise

    Year

    2024

    2023

    2022

    2021

    Number of candidates qualified

    1,316,268

    1,145,976

    993,069

    870,074

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    The test stands for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test which. NEET 2024 will be conducted for admission to 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.

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