NEET 2025 Passing Marks: Category-wise (OBC, General & SC/ST) Qualifying Marks

NEET 2025 Passing Marks: Category-wise (OBC, General & SC/ST) Qualifying Marks

Shamshad Ali DarUpdated on 04 May 2025, 04:51 PM IST

National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET UG is the single largest medical entrance conducted for admission to medical courses such as MBBS, BDS, nursing and AYUSH courses. To qualify the exam, students need to secure passing marks in NEET out of 720. The NEET passing marks are released by NTA along with the NEET result. The passing marks of NEET are the minimum qualifying marks a candidate must score in order to participate in the counselling process.

This Story also Contains

  1. What are the minimum marks required in NEET for MBBS?
  2. NEET passing marks category-wise
  3. Category-wise NEET passing marks out of 720
  4. NEET passing marks for General category
  5. NEET passing marks for OBC category
  6. NEET passing marks for SC category
  7. Determining factors for NEET passing marks 2025
NEET 2025 Passing Marks: Category-wise (OBC, General & SC/ST) Qualifying Marks
NEET 2025 Passing Marks

Candidates who wish to secure a seat in medical colleges will have to score a required NEET cutoff marks 2025. The passing marks in NEET out of 720 would determine whether a candidate is eligible for NEET counselling and later for admissions. Read this article to know more about the NEET passing marks for MBBS, category-wise and other details.

What are the minimum marks required in NEET for MBBS?

The NEET passing marks for MBBS are the minimum marks a candidate must secure in order to qualify for MBBS admission. Aspirants should score the required NEET cutoff as set by the authorities. It is crucial for candidates to score NEET passing marks to secure a seat in medical colleges. However, the minimum passing marks in NEET for MBBS vary based on category. As the competition level is so high, a score of 650+ is considered a NEET safe score to secure a seat in MBBS colleges across India.

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NEET passing marks category-wise

The NEET cutoff 2025 will be announced along with the NEET results. The NTA determines the NEET qualifying marks for each category. Every year, the NEET cutoff marks vary for all the categories. The category-wise passing marks in NEET out of 720 are given in the table below. Candidates can check the NEET passing marks given below.

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NEET passing marks category-wise

Category-wise

Cutoff percentile

NEET passing marks 2025

NEET passing marks 2024

General

50th

To be announced

720-162

General-PH

45th

To be announced

161-144

SC/ST/OBC

40th

To be announced

161-127

SC/OBC-PH

40th

To be announced

143-127

ST-PH

40th


142-127

Category-wise NEET passing marks out of 720

The NTA releases the NEET passing marks category-wise at neet.nta.nic.in along with the declaration of results. The passing marks in NEET 2025 vary for each category. The passing marks of NEET out of 720 for various categories are mentioned below -

NEET passing marks for General category

The NEET UG qualifying marks for General category is set at 50th percentile. The NEET passing marks out of 720 will be provided here.

Year

NEET passing marks

2025

Will be released

2024

720-162

2023

720-137

2022

715-117

2021

720-138

2020

720-147

2019

701-134

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NEET passing marks for OBC category

The qualifying marks of NEET for the OBC category is 45th percentile. Candidates can check the passing marks in NEET for OBC here.

Year

Passing marks

2025

Will be released

2024

161-127

2023

136-107

2022

116-93

2021

137-108

2020

146-113

2019

133-107

NEET passing marks for SC category

The NEET 2025 qualifying marks for SC category is 40th percentile. Reserved candidates falling under the same category need to score the required NEET cutoff marks.

Year

NEET passing marks

2025

Will be released

2024

161-127

2023

136-107

2022

116-93

2021

137-108

2020

146-113

2019

133-107

Determining factors for NEET passing marks 2025

The passing marks in NEET out of 720 are affected by the following factors

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Hello aspirant,

This kind of name order difference between your Class 10 marksheet and Aadhaar is quite common and usually does not cause serious issues for NEET 2026 . While filling the NEET form, always enter your name exactly as it appears on the Class 10 marksheet, since it is the main reference document. During counselling, if asked, you can explain the difference and keep a simple affidavit or supporting ID ready to confirm both names belong to you.

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Students can finish their NEET preparation and pass the test with flying colors thanks to the mock exams.  For NEET, NTA offers test papers and online practice exams.  To assess their level of preparation, students must rehearse the exams.  After completing the test, assess and analyze it to determine ways to raise your score.

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