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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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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.
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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| Year | Total registrations |
| 2024 | 2406079 |
| 2023 | 20,87,445 |
| 2022 | 18,72,343 |
| 2021 | 16,14,777 |
| 2020 | 15,97,435 |
| 2019 | 15,19,375 |
| 2018 | 13,26,725 |
| 2017 | 11,38,890 |
| Category | Numbers | % of total registrations |
| Total registrations | 2406079 | |
| Male candidates | 1029198 | 42.80% |
| Female candidates | 1376863 | 57.20% |
| Third gender | 18 | |
| General category | 6,43,596 | 27% |
| OBC | 10,43,084 | 43.80% |
| SC | 3,52,107 | 14.80% |
| ST | 1,54,489 | 6.50% |
| Gen - EWS | 1,88,557 | 7.90% |
*This data is as per the media reports before the NEET application window was extended. This is not the official data of NTA.
| State | Number of registrations |
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,39,125 |
| Maharashtra | 2,79,104 |
| Rajasthan | 1,96,139 |
| Tamil Nadu | 1,55,216 |
| Karnataka | 1,54,210 |
| Kerala | 1,44,949 |
| Bihar | 1,39,398 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,33,644 |
| West Bengal | 1,20,743 |
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.
The year-wise data on the number of students who appeared for the NEET UG exam is provided in the table below.
Year | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of candidates registered | Over 24 lakh | 2,087,462 | 1,872,343 | 1,614,777 |
Aspirants can check the year-wise data on how many students appeared in the NEET entrance exam from the table below.
Year | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of candidates appeared | To be updated | 2,038,596 | 1,764,571 | 1,544,275 |
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.
Year | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of candidates qualified | 1,316,268 | 1,145,976 | 993,069 | 870,074 |
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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Here are the important naming reactions for the NEET preparation.
Naming Reaction for NEET Preparation
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If you are a class 12th (Arts Stream) student, then you are not directly eligible for the NEET exam because you must belong to the Medical Science stream and have main subjects like Physics, Chemistry and Biology. This exam contains questions from these three subjects. But you can fulfil your dream to become a doctor by completing these subjects in class 12th from an open school like NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling), and then you will be eligible for the NEET exam. You need to score 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology. This step is the correct way for you.
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With a NEET score of 490 in the OBC category, getting a low-fees government MBBS seat is difficult because cutoffs usually go higher.
But you may still get chances in some private, semi-government, or low-fee state private colleges, depending on your state and counselling rounds.
Many students with similar scores get seats in later rounds or through the state quota if competition is lower.
BDS, BHMS, BAMS, or allied-health courses are also good low-fee options if MBBS doesn’t fit.
If your aim is strictly government MBBS, a reattempt next year can increase your chances a lot.
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-cut-off-for-government-colleges
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Hello aspirant,
For NEET, you must select your central government category, not the state category. Jaat from Uttar Pradesh is counted as General in the central list because this caste is not included in the Central OBC list. Even though you may fall under OBC at the state level, NEET uses only the central list for reservation. So, in the NEET application, you should fill General category to avoid any issues during counselling or document verification.
FOR REFERENCE : https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-eligibility-criteria
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Here you can access Subject Wise High Scoring Topics for NEET 2026:
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