Candidates who have appeared for NEET PG 2026 and are expecting an All India Rank (AIR) below 5,000 have several government medical college and postgraduate course options to opt for. The exact college and course available to a candidate depends on their rank, category, course preference and counselling process. However, based on the previous year's cutoff analysis of NEET PG, candidates with an AIR under 5,000 can check the government medical colleges across India for MD, MS and other postgraduate programmes where they have a good chance of getting admission.
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The NEET PG cutoff for admission to government colleges varies on the specialisation a candidate is applying for. Based on the last year’s cutoff trends, the specialisation-wise available government colleges under 5000 All India Rank are provided below.
College Name | 2025 Closing Rank (General Category) |
20 | |
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi | 142 |
255 | |
275 | |
282 | |
359 | |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi | 394 |
398 | |
422 | |
506 | |
Institute of Medical Sciences Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi | 549 |
Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai | 610 |
Rabindra Nath Tagore Medical College, Udaipur | 671 |
Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner | 759 |
Dr Sampurnanand Medical College, Jodhpur | 837 |
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh | 869 |
Government Medical College, Kottayam | 878 |
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation's Postgraduate Institute, Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital, Pimpri | 1,028 |
Pt Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak | 1,028 |
North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong | 1,088 |
Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh | 1,105 |
T D Medical College, Alappuzha | 1,151 |
Government Medical College, Surat | 1,194 |
Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya | 1,219 |
Medical College, Baroda | 1,286 |
Madras Medical College, Chennai | 1,319 |
Stanley Medical College, Chennai | 1,468 |
King George's Medical University, Lucknow | 1,496 |
Government Medical College, Patiala | 1,516 |
Government Medical College, Aurangabad | 1,540 |
ESIC Medical College, Faridabad | 1,581 |
Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad | 1,600 |
Shivamogga Institute of Medical Sciences, Shimoga | 1,609 |
Shaikh Ul Hind Maulana Mahmood Hasan Medical College, Saharanpur | 1,622 |
Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata | 1,701 |
Government Medical College, Kota | 1,704 |
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Ajmer | 1,704 |
Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli | 1,753 |
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Medical College, Rajkot | 1,773 |
Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur | 1,809 |
Government Medical College, Bhavnagar | 1,877 |
Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Secunderabad | 1,906 |
Government Medical College, Amritsar | 2,000 |
ESIC Medical College, Hyderabad | 2,024 |
Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam | 2,049 |
Madurai Medical College, Madurai | 2,193 |
RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata | 2,199 |
Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences, Hassan | 2,334 |
Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli | 2,337 |
MKCG Medical College, Berhampur | 2,415 |
Kasturba Health Societys Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram | 2,477 |
Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal | 2,519 |
Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim | 2,533 |
Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata | 2,596 |
Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupati | 2,695 |
Patna Medical College, Patna | 2,725 |
Guntur Medical College, Guntur | 2,736 |
Government Vellore Medical College, Vellore | 2,798 |
Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur | 2,826 |
Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College, Nanded | 2,879 |
Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati | 2,920 |
Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Lamphelpat | 2,934 |
Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda | 2,959 |
Government Medical College, Miraj | 3,117 |
Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada | 3,164 |
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Ongole | 3,189 |
Shri Vasant Rao Naik Government Medical College, Yavatmal | 3,345 |
Government Medical College, Kadapa | 3,677 |
Chengalpattu Medical College, Chengalpattu | 3,778 |
Bankura Sammilani Medical College, Bankura | 3,900 |
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Adilabad | 4,416 |
Government Medical College, Siddipet | 4,529 |
Late Shri Lakhiram Agrawal Memorial Government Medical College, Raigarh | 4,666 |
Bidar Institute of Medical Sciences, Bidar | 4,698 |
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Srikakulam | 4,715 |
Koppal Institute of Medical Sciences, Koppal | 4,957 |
College Name | 2025 Closing Rank |
Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh | 39 |
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi | 46 |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi | 73 |
Government Medical College, Kozhikode | 79 |
Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and King Edward Memorial Medical College, Mumbai | 96 |
Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad | 98 |
Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi | 108 |
Lady Hardinge Medical College for Women, New Delhi | 116 |
Patna Medical College, Patna | 191 |
Madras Medical College, Chennai | 307 |
Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur | 317 |
North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong | 326 |
Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai | 329 |
University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi | 341 |
Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow | 347 |
Government Medical College, Nagpur | 360 |
T D Medical College, Alappuzha | 377 |
Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad | 381 |
B J Medical College, Ahmedabad | 388 |
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh | 393 |
ESIC Medical College, Hyderabad | 400 |
ESIC Medical College, Faridabad | 402 |
King George's Medical University, Lucknow | 410 |
Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow | 414 |
Government Medical College, Kottayam | 476 |
Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati | 567 |
Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore | 571 |
Government Medical College, Akola | 585 |
Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Allahabad | 638 |
Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar | 664 |
Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli | 679 |
SCB Medical College, Cuttack | 687 |
Government Medical College, Jammu | 717 |
Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner | 722 |
Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata | 738 |
Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Secunderabad | 742 |
Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior | 765 |
Government Medical College, Patiala | 772 |
Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya | 911 |
Medical College, Kolkata | 922 |
Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal | 946 |
Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur | 1,013 |
Madurai Medical College, Madurai | 1,014 |
Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai | 1,091 |
Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, New Town, Kolkata | 1,127 |
Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupati | 1,138 |
Government Medical College, Amritsar | 1,144 |
Medical College, Baroda | 1,161 |
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore | 1,227 |
Government Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai | 1,254 |
Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Lamphelpat | 1,260 |
Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences, Hassan | 1,312 |
Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati | 1,336 |
Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla | 1,384 |
Maharani Laxmibai Medical College, Jhansi | 1,390 |
Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool | 1,418 |
M P Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar | 1,420 |
KAP Viswanatham Government Medical College, Tiruchirapalli | 1,424 |
Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, New Chandigarh | 1,459 |
Government Medical College, Srinagar, Kashmir | 1,482 |
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Medical College, Rajkot | 1,518 |
Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur | 1,602 |
Government Medical College, Miraj | 1,643 |
Belgaum Institute of Medical Sciences, Belgaum | 1,700 |
Kanyakumari Government Medical College, Asaripallam | 1,754 |
Shyam Shah Medical College, Rewa | 1,798 |
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College and Hospital, Jabalpur | 1,850 |
Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan | 1,886 |
Government Medical College, Anantapur | 1,941 |
Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada | 1,957 |
Government Medical College, Nizamabad | 2,052 |
Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalaburagi | 2,075 |
Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli | 2,101 |
Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital, Varanasi | 2,140 |
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Ongole | 2,188 |
Government Medical College and Hospital, Jalgaon | 2,242 |
Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi | 2,266 |
Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, Patna | 2,283 |
Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh | 2,559 |
Maharashtra Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Nashik | 2,600 |
Government Medical College, Kadapa | 2,646 |
Darbhanga Medical College, Laheriasarai | 2,711 |
Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College, Nanded | 2,811 |
North Bengal Medical College, Sushrutanagar | 2,926 |
Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore | 3,111 |
Gadag Institute of Medical Sciences, Gadag | 3,263 |
Government Medical College, Siddipet | 3,328 |
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Srikakulam | 3,408 |
Agartala Government Medical College, Agartala | 3,459 |
Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Silchar | 3,938 |
Jorhat Medical College, Jorhat | 4,065 |
JN Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal | 4,202 |
Tezpur Medical College, Tezpur | 4,364 |
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College and Hospital, Barpeta | 4,880 |
College Name | 2025 Closing Rank |
Institute of Medical Sciences Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi | 179 |
Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai | 187 |
Pt Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak | 266 |
Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata | 309 |
Mysore Medical College, Mysore | 531 |
Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram | 555 |
Government Medical College, Aurangabad | 568 |
Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai | 584 |
Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur | 592 |
Stanley Medical College, Chennai | 606 |
Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam | 769 |
Government Medical College, Kota | 915 |
Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda | 1,153 |
Guntur Medical College, Guntur | 1,709 |
Kasturba Health Society's Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram | 1,758 |
Government Medical College, Surat | 1,797 |
Government Medical College, Bhavnagar | 1,979 |
Bankura Sammilani Medical College, Bankura | 2,851 |
Government Medical College, Latur | 3,485 |
College Name | Closing Rank (2025) |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi | 30 |
Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi | 75 |
Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad | 76 |
Lady Hardinge Medical College for Women, New Delhi | 107 |
Government Medical College, Thrissur | 114 |
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi | 119 |
Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai | 125 |
Government Medical College, Kozhikode | 129 |
Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh | 161 |
Institute of Medical Sciences Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi | 181 |
Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata | 201 |
B J Medical College, Ahmedabad | 252 |
Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and King Edward Memorial Medical College, Mumbai | 295 |
Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore | 316 |
University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi | 319 |
ESIC Medical College, Hyderabad | 372 |
Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai | 373 |
SCB Medical College, Cuttack | 407 |
Government Medical College, Kottayam | 443 |
Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur | 538 |
Northern Railway Central Hospital, Near Connaught Place, New Delhi | 597 |
Mysore Medical College, Mysore | 624 |
Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam | 652 |
Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad | 667 |
Employees State Insurance Corporation Medical College, Bangalore | 677 |
ESIC Medical College, Faridabad | 695 |
Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram | 714 |
Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Secunderabad | 758 |
Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna | 788 |
Madras Medical College, Chennai | 799 |
Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai | 808 |
Medical College, Kolkata | 809 |
T D Medical College, Alappuzha | 879 |
Medical College, Baroda | 897 |
Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli | 912 |
Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli | 947 |
Pt Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak | 950 |
Rabindra Nath Tagore Medical College, Udaipur | 960 |
Government Medical College, Kannur | 996 |
Government Medical College, Nagpur | 997 |
King George's Medical University, Lucknow | 1,015 |
ESIC Medical College and Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Chennai | 1,062 |
ESI Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, New Delhi | 1,076 |
Stanley Medical College, Chennai | 1,083 |
Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow | 1,087 |
Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata | 1,093 |
HBT Medical College and Dr RN Cooper Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Mumbai | 1,094 |
Bowring and Lady Curzon Medical College Research Institute, Bangalore | 1,132 |
Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool | 1,183 |
RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata | 1,192 |
Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, Bellary | 1,212 |
North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong | 1,213 |
Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Lamphelpat | 1,307 |
Guntur Medical College, Guntur | 1,387 |
Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner | 1,407 |
MKCG Medical College, Berhampur | 1,421 |
Government Medical College, Aurangabad | 1,444 |
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh | 1,454 |
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation's Postgraduate Institute, Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital, Pimpri | 1,469 |
Patna Medical College, Patna | 1,488 |
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore | 1,489 |
Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata | 1,556 |
Madurai Medical College, Madurai | 1,611 |
BJ Government Medical College, Pune | 1,612 |
Doon Medical College, Dehradun | 1,692 |
Government Medical College, Patiala | 1,724 |
Government Medical College, Surat | 1,725 |
Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim | 1,737 |
M P Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar | 1,765 |
Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi | 1,783 |
Dr Sampurnanand Medical College, Jodhpur | 1,807 |
Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal | 1,845 |
Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupati | 1,869 |
Kasturba Health Societys Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram | 1,930 |
Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal | 1,937 |
Government Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai | 1,965 |
Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur | 1,974 |
Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur | 1,975 |
Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati | 1,988 |
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Medical College, Rajkot | 2,015 |
RUHS College of Medical Sciences, Jaipur | 2,090 |
Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar | 2,114 |
Rajarshee Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Government Medical College and CPR Hospital, Kolhapur | 2,135 |
Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada | 2,171 |
Government Medical College, Kollam | 2,189 |
Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan | 2,197 |
Shivamogga Institute of Medical Sciences, Shimoga | 2,212 |
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Ajmer | 2,218 |
Ranga Raya Medical College, Kakinada | 2,229 |
Government Medical College, Nizamabad | 2,265 |
Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Burla | 2,279 |
Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya | 2,281 |
Government Medical College, Miraj | 2,293 |
Government Medical College, Kota | 2,356 |
Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior | 2,394 |
Government Medical College, Bhavnagar | 2,403 |
Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital, Baripada | 2,408 |
Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot | 2,413 |
GSVM Medical College, Kanpur | 2,471 |
Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore | 2,499 |
Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem | 2,588 |
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College and Hospital, Jabalpur | 2,678 |
Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences, Hassan | 2,722 |
Jhalawar Hospital and Medical College, Jhalawar | 2,733 |
Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Allahabad | 2,815 |
KAP Viswanatham Government Medical College, Tiruchirapalli | 2,823 |
Midnapore Medical College, Midnapore | 2,828 |
Government Medical College, Jammu | 2,858 |
Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla | 2,878 |
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Adilabad | 2,885 |
Government Medical College, Omandurar | 2,888 |
Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalaburagi | 2,897 |
Government Thoothukudi Medical College, Thoothukudi | 2,925 |
Maharashtra Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Nashik | 2,946 |
Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College, Nanded | 2,949 |
Baba Raghav Das Medical College, Gorakhpur | 2,970 |
Theni Medical College, Theni | 2,994 |
Government Medical College, Anantapur | 3,008 |
College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital, Kolkata | 3,011 |
Government Medical College, Amritsar | 3,030 |
Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College, Meerut | 3,066 |
Sarojini Naidu Medical College, Agra | 3,074 |
Chengalpattu Medical College, Chengalpattu | 3,123 |
Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, Patna | 3,124 |
Government Medical College, Latur | 3,133 |
North Bengal Medical College, Sushrutanagar | 3,193 |
Kanyakumari Government Medical College, Asaripallam | 3,201 |
Malda Medical College and Hospital, Malda | 3,225 |
ACSR Government Medical College, Nellore | 3,231 |
Government Medical College, Srinagar, Kashmir | 3,258 |
ESIC Medical College, Gulbarga | 3,274 |
Swami Ramanand Tirth Rural Government Medical College, Ambajogai | 3,324 |
Government Medical College, Kadapa | 3,329 |
Gadag Institute of Medical Sciences, Gadag | 3,332 |
Government Medical College and Hospital, Jalgaon | 3,467 |
Government Medical College, Haldwani | 3,474 |
Maharani Laxmibai Medical College, Jhansi | 3,474 |
Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Kathirkamam | 3,479 |
Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati | 3,484 |
Government Villupuram Medical College, Villupuram | 3,527 |
Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh | 3,533 |
Government Medical College, Chandrapur | 3,537 |
Shyam Shah Medical College, Rewa | 3,618 |
Government Vellore Medical College, Vellore | 3,665 |
Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda | 3,806 |
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Ongole | 3,879 |
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Srikakulam | 3,887 |
Shaikh Ul Hind Maulana Mahmood Hasan Medical College, Saharanpur | 3,892 |
Government Medical College, Vizianagaram | 3,970 |
Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College, Mandi | 4,000 |
Government Medical College, Bharatpur | 4,040 |
Raichur Institute of Medical Sciences, Raichur | 4,046 |
Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalainagar | 4,160 |
Shri Bhausaheb Hire Government Medical College and Hospital, Chakkarbardi | 4,206 |
Shri Vasant Rao Naik Government Medical College, Yavatmal | 4,212 |
Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur | 4,292 |
Koppal Institute of Medical Sciences, Koppal | 4,351 |
Government Dharamapuri Medical College, Dharmapuri | 4,508 |
Government Medical College, Nandyal | 4,521 |
Darbhanga Medical College, Laheriasarai | 4,631 |
Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Silchar | 4,683 |
Government Medical College, Datia | 4,686 |
Soban Singh Jeena Government Institute of Medical Science and Research, Almora | 4,705 |
Government Tiruvannamalai Medical College and Hospital, Tiruvannamalai | 4,712 |
Government Sivagangai Medical College and Hospital, Sivaganga | 4,747 |
Bundelkhand Medical College, Sagar | 4,786 |
Government Medical College, Anantnag | 4,905 |
Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, Chamarajanagar | 4,954 |
Bidar Institute of Medical Sciences, Bidar | 4,976 |
Candidates should consider more than just the closing rank while preparing their NEET PG counselling choices. The following factors can help in creating a better preference list:
1. Consider Your Exact Rank
A rank of 1,000 and a rank of 4,900 can lead to very different college and course options. Candidates should therefore shortlist colleges according to their exact expected rank rather than considering the entire 5,000-rank range.
2. Check Your Category
Cutoffs can differ considerably between General, EWS, OBC, SC and ST categories. Candidates should check the cutoff applicable to their category before deciding their preferences.
3. Prioritise the Course
Candidates should first decide whether they want to prioritise a particular specialty or a particular college. For example, a candidate may prefer a specific clinical branch in a relatively less preferred college over a different branch in a highly preferred college.
4. Check Previous Cutoff Trends
Previous-year closing ranks can help candidates understand the approximate competition for a particular college and course. However, these should be treated as indicators rather than guaranteed NEET PG 2026 closing ranks.
5. Consider Counselling and Seat Availability
The final allotment depends on the counselling process, available seats and candidates' choices. Therefore, candidates should keep multiple options in their preference list.