Lowered Cutoff for NEET 2025 For General, OBC, SC/ST, PwD, EWS

Lowered Cutoff for NEET 2025 For General, OBC, SC/ST, PwD, EWS

Shamshad Ali DarUpdated on 14 Jun 2025, 01:54 PM IST

The NTA has released the NEET cut off 2025 in the form of qualifying marks at neet.nta.nic.in. The NTA has reduced NEET cut off 2025 for all categories. The NEET cut off for general category is 686-144, for SC/ST/OBC, it is 143 - 113, for general PwD candidates is 143 - 127 and SC/ST/OBC-PwD, the qualifying marks are 126 - 113. Given the difficulty level of the exam, the NEET cut off 2025 has dropped from last year’s 720-162. Candidates who qualify the NEET exam can find the best MBBS colleges based on their NEET scores using the NEET college predictor 2025.

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  1. NEET 2025 cutoff marks category wise
  2. Lowered Cutoff for NEET 2025
  3. Factors determining NEET 2025 cutoff
  4. NEET 2025 cut off: Years-wise
Lowered Cutoff for NEET 2025 For General, OBC, SC/ST, PwD, EWS
Lowered Cutoff for NEET 2025

The NEET UG was conducted on May 4, 2025. The NEET cutoff 2025 is the last rank and its equivalent score required to qualify the entrance examination. Hence, in order to be eligible for the counselling process, candidates must obtain the minimum NEET qualifying marks 2025 for admission to courses such as MBBS and BDS. Read the full article to know the lowered cut off for NEET 2025 in detail.

NEET 2025 cutoff marks category wise

The NEET 2025 cutoff is available for all categories. Aspirants who appeared in NEET UG 2025 can check the category wise NEET 2025 cutoff marks and qualifying percentile from the table below.

NEET 2025 cutoff marks

Category

Qualifying percentile

Cutoff score

UR/EWS

50th percentile

686 - 144

OBC

40th percentile

143 - 113

SC

40th percentile

143-113

ST

40th percentile

143-113

UR/ EWS - PwBD

45th percentile

143 - 127

OBC PwD

40th percentile

126 - 113

SC PwD

40th percentile

126 - 113

ST PwD

40th percentile

126 - 113

Lowered Cutoff for NEET 2025

The NEET cut off is determined by several factors such as number of applicants who appeared in the exam, NEET difficulty level, number of seats available for candidates among other factors. This year, the lowered cut off for NEET was due to the difficulty level of the exam. The NEET UG exam paper 2025 was tough and challenging as reported by several students.

Factors determining NEET 2025 cutoff

Check the following factors that affect the NEET cutoff 2025 marks:

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NEET 2025 cut off: Years-wise

Check the previous years NEET cut off 2025 marks in the table below.

Category

Cutoff percentile

NEET cutoff 2024

NEET cutoff 2023

NEET cutoff 2022

NEET cutoff 2021

Unreserved

50th percentile

720-162

720-137

715-117

720-138


SC/ST/OBC

40th percentile

161-127

136-107

116-93

137-108


Unreserved-PH

45th percentile

161-144

136-121

116-93

137-122


SC/ST/OBC-PH

40th percentile

143-127

120-107

104-93

121-108

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