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    NEET Passing Marks 2026 - Qualifying Marks for General, OBC, SC & ST Category

    NEET Passing Marks 2026 - Qualifying Marks for General, OBC, SC & ST Category

    Deep PathakUpdated on 03 Feb 2026, 11:26 AM IST

    The NEET passing marks 2026 is the minimum marks that a student must secure in the exam to pass the exam. Only such candidates who secure the NEET passing marks are considered eligible for the counselling. The passing marks in NEET out of 720 will be released by the NTA along with the result in the form of cutoff. The complete details of NEET passing marks 2026 can be checked below in this article.

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    1. What are NEET passing marks?
    2. NEET passing marks 2026
    3. How to check NEET 2026 passing marks?
    4. Difference between NEET passing marks and admission cutoff
    5. NEET passing marks: previous year trends
    6. Factors affecting the NEET passing marks
    NEET Passing Marks 2026 - Qualifying Marks for General, OBC, SC & ST Category
    NEET Passing Marks 2026 - Qualifying Marks for General, OBC, SC & ST Category

    What are NEET passing marks?

    NEET passing marks mean the minimum marks that a candidate must score to qualify the exam. If a candidate scores more or equal to the passing marks, only then he/she is considered “Qualified” in NEET 2026. Students should know that passing marks in NEET varies for different categories.

    NEET passing marks 2026

    The passing marks in NEET out of 720 will be released by the NTA. The NTA will release the NEET cutoff marks in the result notice, which mentions the qualifying cutoff marks. The qualifying cutoff marks released along with the NEET 2026 result are the passing marks.

    How to check NEET 2026 passing marks?

    To check the passing marks of NEET 2026, candidates need to follow the steps given below.

    • Go to the official website of NTA, nta.nic.in

    • Click on the NEET 2026 portal and under the notification section, select “NEET 2026 result”

    • The pdf notification of NEET result will appear on the screen

    • Check the cutoff section provided in the result notification

    • The lowest cutoff marks are the NEET 2026 passing marks

    Difference between NEET passing marks and admission cutoff

    Passing marks

    Cut-off marks

    Minimum score required to qualify for counselling

    Minimum score needed to actually get a MBBS/BDS seat

    Declared by NTA

    Different for every state/college

    Same for everyone

    Changes state-wise and college-wise

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    NEET passing marks: previous year trends

    For a brief understanding of students about how the NEET passing marks have varied in the last few years, the previous year’s data is provided below.

    Passing marks in NEET out of 720: Last 5 years

    Year

    UR

    OBC/SC/ST

    2025

    144 marks

    113 marks

    2024

    162 marks

    127 marks

    2023

    137 marks

    107 marks

    2022

    117 marks

    93 marks

    2021

    138 marks

    108 marks

    Factors affecting the NEET passing marks

    NEET passing marks do not remain fixed every year. Only the qualifying percentile is fixed and based on the NEET result, the equivalent marks to the percentile are declared by the NTA. The passing marks in NEET can be influenced by these factors:

    Difficulty level of the question paper

    If the NEET question paper is tough, the passing marks will go down. However, If the paper is easy, there are high chances that more students will score high, eventually pushing the passing marks on the higher side.

    Total number of candidates appeared

    Every year lakhs of students appear for the NEET UG. The more students appear in the exam, the higher the competition becomes. A large number of students appearing in NEET makes the passing marks go on the higher side.

    Overall performance of candidates

    If the majority of students who appear in the exam score good, the passing marks increases and vice versa.

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    Questions related to NEET

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    Have a question related to NEET ?

    Hi! As per the NEET eligibility criteria , you must be 17 years of age as on December 31 of the year of admission. As you will complete the age criteria, you can definitely appear for NEET 2027. Do check the other eligibility criteria and apply for the NEET 2027

    The NEET qualifying cutoff for ST category was 143-113. For ST (PWD) , the cut off marks 2025 was 126-113. As you have not mentioned the closing rank for a particular college. Here, we have provided the college wise 2025 MBBS closing rank for ST category.

    Regards.

    With 400-500 score in NEET, securing MBBS admission at CMC Vellore is highly challenging for students. With such score, you can apply for allied health science courses offered by the institute.

    Regards,

    Will you be appearing in NEET 2026 under any reserved category or general category as the NEET cutoff varies according to the category of student?