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    NEET Cut Off 2026: Qualifying Scores for General, SC, ST & OBC Category

    NEET Cut Off 2026: Qualifying Scores for General, SC, ST & OBC Category

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    Deep PathakUpdated on 21 Jun 2026, 10:52 AM IST
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    The NEET cutoff 2026 is of two types - Qualifying cutoff and Admission Cutoff. The qualifying NEET 2026 cut off is the minimum marks that a student must score to pass the exam, whereas, the admission cutoff is the last All India rank at which admission is granted during the counselling. The NTA will release the qualifying NEET UG 2026 cutoff while declaring the result, whereas, the MCC and State counselling authorities will release the NEET 2026 admission cutoff for the 15% AIQ seats and 85% state quota seats respectively.

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    1. NEET Cutoff 2026: Qualifying and Admission Cutoff
    2. NEET UG 2026 Expected Cutoff 2026
    3. NEET UG Cut Off 2026: Affecting Factors
    4. NEET UG Previous Year Cutoff
    5. NEET UG 2025 Cut Off: MBBS Admission Rank
    6. NEET UG BDS Cutoff: 2025 Opening and Closing Rank
    7. NEET 2025 BAMS Cutoff
    NEET Cut Off 2026: Qualifying Scores for General, SC, ST & OBC Category
    NEET Cut Off 2026: Qualifying Scores for General, SC, ST & OBC Category

    The qualifying NEET 2026 Cutoff will be released along with the result declaration by the NTA at neet.nta.nic.in. Candidates who secure the minimum qualifying marks in NEET 2026 will be eligible for the online counselling of MCC and respective states. The counselling authority will conduct the counselling and allot the seats based on the overall rank and merit position. Based on the seat allotment during counselling, the admission cutoff of NEET 2026 will be determined in the form of opening and closing ranks. Read the full article to know comprehensive details about the NEET Cutoff 2026.

    NEET Cutoff 2026: Qualifying and Admission Cutoff

    The qualifying and admission NEET UG 2026 cutoff will be provided here once the result is declared and the counselling process is complete.

    NEET 2026 Qualifying Marks Cutoff

    Category

    Qualifying Percentile

    Cutoff Score

    UR/EWS

    50th percentile

    To be announced

    OBC

    40th percentile

    To be announced

    SC

    40th percentile

    To be announced

    ST

    40th percentile

    To be announced

    UR/ EWS - PwBD

    45th percentile

    To be announced

    OBC PwD

    40th percentile

    To be announced

    SC PwD

    40th percentile

    To be announced

    ST PwD

    40th percentile

    To be announced

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    NEET UG 2026 Expected Cutoff 2026

    NTA will release the NEET cutoff 2026 along with the result. However, candidates can check the NEET expected cutoff 2026 to know how much they need to secure in the exam. The expected cut off of NEET 2026 is based on the NEET exam difficulty level. Check the category wise NEET expected cut off 2026 in the table below.

    Expected Cutoff of NEET 2026

    Category

    NEET Expected Cutoff Score 2026

    General (UR) / EWS

    690 - 150

    SC/ ST/ OBC

    149 - 118

    General/EWS-PwD

    148 - 130

    SC/ ST/ OBC-PwD

    130 - 118

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    NEET UG Cut Off 2026: Affecting Factors

    The cutoff of NEET UG 2026 can be influenced by several factors. Some of these factors that can affect the NEET 2026 cutoff are as follows -

    • Difficulty Level: If the question paper of NEET UG is tougher than previous years, the cutoff usually drops. Similarly, an easier paper pushes the cutoff higher.

    • Number of Aspirants: A higher number of candidates appearing for the exam generally leads to tough competition and a higher cutoff, similarly, a lower number of candidates appearing for the exam can lead to slightly low competition and lower cutoff.

    • Total Seat Matrix: The availability of MBBS/BDS seats in government and private colleges also plays a major role in deciding the NEET UG cutoff. More seats can lead to a slight dip in the cutoff, whereas, less seats can lead to higher cutoff.

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    NEET UG Previous Year Cutoff

    The previous year NEET UG cutoff including both the qualifying and admission cutoff is provided below.

    NEET UG 2025 Cutoff: Qualifying 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

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    NEET UG 2025 Cut Off: MBBS Admission Rank

    College Name

    Opening Rank

    Closing Rank

    All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi

    1

    48

    Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi

    54

    103

    Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi

    49

    132

    Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi

    145

    215

    Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research Puducherry

    50

    258

    All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur

    55

    392

    All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal

    148

    531

    University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi

    217

    559

    All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh

    230

    685

    Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh

    98

    690

    Madras Medical College, Chennai

    260

    695

    All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar

    60

    706

    All India Institute of Medical Sciences Nagpur

    136

    862

    Seth GS Medical College, Mumbai

    96

    868

    B J Medical College, Ahmedabad

    229

    889

    Lady Hardinge Medical College for Women, New Delhi

    278

    1128

    Institute of Medical Sciences Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

    235

    1165

    Government Medical College, Kozhikode

    309

    1173

    Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur

    331

    1174

    All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur

    710

    1235

    Stanley Medical College, Chennai

    709

    1258

    Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore

    398

    1338

    All India Institute of Medical Sciences Mangalagiri

    286

    1357

    All India Institute of Medical Sciences Patna

    702

    1537

    King George's Medical University, Lucknow

    188

    1628

    Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram

    213

    1695

    All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bathinda

    653

    1733

    North Delhi Municipal Corporation Medical College, New Delhi

    541

    1744

    Government Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai

    1084

    1758

    Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Medical College and Hospital, New Delhi

    505

    1772

    All India Institute of Medical Sciences Hyderabad

    514

    1782

    Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Sion, Mumbai

    1052

    1887

    All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rajkot

    93

    1997

    All India Institute of Medical Sciences Gorakhpur

    721

    2091

    Government Medical College, Kottayam

    892

    2172

    Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Secunderabad

    1260

    2173

    All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bilaspur

    621

    2183

    All India Institute of Medical Sciences Kalyani

    754

    2276

    Bowring and Lady Curzon Medical College Research Institute, Bangalore

    896

    2355

    Grant Medical College, Mumbai

    1292

    2368

    BJ Government Medical College, Pune

    656

    2542

    Madurai Medical College, Madurai

    303

    2543

    Government Medical College, Srinagar, Kashmir

    663

    2592

    All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raebareli

    2095

    2600

    SCB Medical College, Cuttack

    990

    2618

    Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Karaikal

    1596

    2633

    RUHS College of Medical Sciences, Jaipur

    1352

    2658

    Government Medical College, Thrissur

    1944

    2709

    Medical College, Kolkata

    330

    2714

    NEET UG BDS Cutoff: 2025 Opening and Closing Rank

    College Name

    Opening Rank

    Closing Rank

    Tamilnadu Government Dental College, Chennai

    1456

    27940

    Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi

    2192

    13602

    Government Dental College, Thrissur

    8211

    22199

    Government Dental College and Hospital, Jamnagar

    8439

    32396

    Government Dental College and Hospital, Mumbai

    9094

    33047

    Government Dental College and Hospital, Nagpur

    10886

    19219

    Government Dental College and Hospital, Medical College Campus, Aurangabad

    11473

    17519

    Government Dental College and Hospital, Jaipur

    13694

    13694

    ESIC Dental College and Hospital, Rohini

    14264

    25450

    Institute of Medical Sciences Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

    14381

    28956

    ESIC Dental College, Gulbarga

    14558

    23384

    Government Dental College, Thiruvananthapuram

    14847

    22159

    Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bangalore

    16096

    21785

    Burdwan Dental College and Hospital, Burdwan

    16449

    26201

    Indira Gandhi Government Dental College and Hospital, Jammu

    16472

    35974

    NEET 2025 BAMS Cutoff

    College Name

    Opening Rank

    Closing Rank

    Ch Brahm Prakash Ayurved Charak Sansthan, New Delhi

    26359

    32685

    Government Ayurveda Mahavidhalaya, Jaipur

    32725

    35590

    State Ayurvedic college and Hospital, Lucknow

    34144

    35856

    Madan Mohan Malviya Government Ayurved College, Udaipur

    30418

    35899

    Government Ayurveda Mahavidhalaya, Kota

    35921

    36760

    Government Ayurveda Mahavidhalaya, Bikaner

    36646

    36812

    Government Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Varanasi

    32857

    39604

    Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Rajasthan Ayurved University, Jodhpur

    29222

    40092

    Shri Krishna Government Ayurvedic College Hospital, Kurukshetra

    31631

    40491

    Government Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Patiala

    40864

    40864

    Government Ayurvedic College, Patna

    33956

    40900

    Rishikul Government PG Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Haridwar

    40946

    42781

    Uttarakhand Ayurved University, Dehradun

    44356

    45329

    Baba Kheta Nath Government Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Narnaul

    41044

    45703

    Bundelkhand Government Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Jhansi

    42160

    45784

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