NEET PG Passing Marks 2025 For OBC, General, SC and ST Categories

NEET PG Passing Marks 2025 For OBC, General, SC and ST Categories

Shamshad Ali DarUpdated on 20 Aug 2025, 04:41 PM IST

The NBE has released the NEET PG passing marks 2025 along with the results. The NEET PG passing marks are the minimum qualifying marks a candidate must score to qualify for the entrance exam. The passing marks of NEET PG vary based on the candidate's category. The NEET PG 2025 passing marks for general category is 276, for general-PwD is 255 and for SC/ ST/OBC is 235.

This Story also Contains

  1. What are the NEET PG passing marks?
  2. NEET PG 2025 passing marks out of 800
  3. NEET PG passing marks for government colleges
  4. Determining factors for NEET PG exam passing marks
NEET PG Passing Marks 2025 For OBC, General, SC and ST Categories
NEET PG Passing Marks 2025 For OBC, General, SC and ST Categories

To secure a seat, it is crucial for students to score the required NEET PG qualifying marks. Candidates who score more than or equal to the passing marks will be eligible for the NEET PG counselling 2025. NEET PG is conducted for admission to MD, MS, DNB, DrNB, and PG Diploma courses. Read the full article on NEET PG passing marks 2025, NEET PG cut off and many others.

What are the NEET PG passing marks?

The NEET PG passing marks are the minimum qualification marks a candidate must score to qualify the NEET PG entrance exam. To get admission in MD, MS and PG Diploma courses, students need to score passing marks in NEET PG exam. The NBE releases the NEET PG cut off or qualifying marks along with the declaration of results. The qualifying percentile of NEET PG 2025 is 50 percentile for the General category, 40 percentile for the SC/ST/OBC category, and 45 percentile for General PwBD. Candidates who score equal or above passing marks out of 800 are eligible for counselling process and later for admission to postgraduate medical colleges.

NEET College Predictor

Check your expected admission chances in MD/MS/Diploma courses based on your NEET PG Score

NEET 1-to-1 Counseling

Your one-stop NEET PG counseling package with complete hand-holding throughout the admission journey

NEET PG 2025 passing marks out of 800

The NEET PG passing marks out of 800 is released by NBE for each category. The category-wise passing marks for NEET PG can be checked in the table below.

NEET PG qualifying marks 2025

Category

Minimum qualifying criteria

Cutoff scores (out of 800)

General/ EWS

50th percentile

276

SC/ST/OBC (including PwBD of SC/ ST/ OBC)

40th percentile

235

General PwBD

45th percentile

255

NEET PG passing marks for government colleges

The NEET PG passing marks are released by NBE at nbe.edu.in along with the results. The passing marks in NEET PG vary for each category. The category-wise passing marks of NEET PG out of 800 are discussed below.

NEET PG passing marks for General candidates

Year

NEET PG passing marks

2025

276

2024

-

2023

291

2022

275

2021

302

NEET PG passing marks for OBC

Year

NEET PG passing marks

2025

235

2024

-

2023

257

2022

245

2021

265

NEET PG passing marks for SC/ST

Year

NEET PG passing marks

2025

235

2024

-

2023

257

2022

245

2021

265

Determining factors for NEET PG exam passing marks

The NEET PG passing mark out of 800 will be affected by several factors. Some of the major factors can be checked below.

  • Number of appeared candidates: If the number of candidates appearing for the NEET PG exam increases, and the number of seats remains the same, the passing marks will likely rise.

  • Difficulty level of the exam: If the NEET PG exam paper will be more difficult, the passing marks might be lower.

  • Availability of seats: The number of available seats in the participating colleges can affect the NEET PG passing marks.

NEET PG College Predictor
Check your admission chances in the MD/MS/DNB courses in the Govt & Private colleges
Use Now
Articles
|
Certifications By Top Providers
Biomolecules Structure Function in Health and Disease
Via All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi
Industrial Biotechnology
Via Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Certificate Course in Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Methodology
Via Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Nutrition in the Health Sector
Via The University of Adelaide, Adelaide
Pathology
Via Tsinghua University, Beijing
Online M.Sc Psychology
Via Centre for Distance and Online Education, Andhra University
Coursera
 355 courses
Futurelearn
 310 courses
Edx
 233 courses
Udemy
 191 courses
Explore Top Universities Across Globe

Questions related to NEET PG

On Question asked by student community

Have a question related to NEET PG ?

If a candidate qualifies for NEET PG only after the revision or reduction of the qualifying cut-off, registration for counselling is allowed only if the counselling authority opens a fresh registration or re-registration window for newly qualified candidates. If the system currently shows “you have not registered” and does not

A total of 49873 NEET PG seats are available for candidates seeking admission in MD, MS and PG Diploma courses. Out of which, 27273 are government seats and 22600 are private seats. For more detailed information:

Check the NEET PG seats in India here

As the NEET PG counselling is going on, NEET PG All India College Predictor will help students to know the college and course they can get based on their NEET PG score/rank and selected seat type. The step-wise process on how to use the NEET PG All India College Predictor

Tamil Nadu NRI quota seats for MS Ophthalmology: In Tamil Nadu, NRI seats for MS Ophthalmology are offered by self-financing colleges only. There are 2 NRI seats for MS Ophthalmology specilaity avaibale under Management Quota in Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College and Hospital (DSMC), Perambalur.

Pondicherry NRI quota seats for MS

Yes, MCC can reduce the NEET PG cutoff if many seats remain vacant during counselling. The decision depends on seat availability in each round. Cutoff reduction does not happen every year. Candidates should keep checking the official MCC website for updates.