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    NEET UG Registration Trends 2025: Check Details Here

    NEET UG Registration Trends 2025: Check Details Here

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    Deep PathakUpdated on 22 Mar 2025, 09:02 AM IST
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    The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET UG) is the single largest medical entrance examination in India. Through the NEET UG exam, admission to several undergraduate courses like MBBS, BDS, and AYUSH. Over the years, NEET UG registration has seen an upward trend in the number of registered students. This trend was expected to rise for NEET 2025 too, however, NEET UG registration trends 2025 have seen a slight downward trend.

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    1. NEET UG registration trends 2025
    2. How many candidates applied for NEET 2025?
    3. Year-wise registration trends in NEET UG
    4. Major takeaways from NEET UG registration trends
    5. Factors behind the NEET 2025 registrations drop
    NEET UG Registration Trends 2025: Check Details Here
    NEET UG Registration Trends 2025

    The NEET 2025 registration number has seen a slight decline in registrations compared to the previous year. Around 23 lakh students have registered for NEET UG 2025 exam, which is around 1 lakh less than the last year's mark of 24 lakh students. Read the full article to know comprehensively about the NEET UG registration trends in 2025, the contributing factors affecting the trend, and the implications it could have.

    NEET UG registration trends 2025

    The total number of NEET 2025 registrations is around 23 lakh this year. The NEET form date 2025 was from February 7 to March 7, 2025. The earlier trends of NEET 2025 registrations hinted that this year the total registrations in NEET 2025 will cross the mark of 26 lakh. A graphical representation of NEET 2025 registration trends is provided here.

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    How many candidates applied for NEET 2025?

    Aspirants who are wondering "How many registration in NEET 2025" should know that the exact data of how many people registered for NEET 2025 will be released by the NTA. As per several media sources, the total registrations in NEET 2025 has dropped by 1 lakh and over 23 lakh students have filled the NEET application form 2025.

    Year-wise registration trends in NEET UG

    The NEET UG exam has seen a consistent rise in registrations over the years. The data indicates a consistent upward trajectory in registrations from 2021 to 2024, with an increase of approximately 791,302 candidates. However, NEET 2025 registrations have dropped by about 106,079 candidates compared to 2024. The year-wise data of NEET UG exam registration is provided below.

    NEET total registrations year-wise

    Year

    Total registered candidates

    Total appeared candidates

    Absent candidates

    2024

    2,406,079

    2,333,297

    72,782

    2023

    2,087,462

    2,038,596

    48,866

    2022

    1,872,343

    1,764,571

    107,772

    2021

    1,614,777

    1,544,273

    70,504

    2020

    1,597,435

    1,366,945

    230,490

    2019

    1,519,375

    1,410,755

    108,620

    NEET UG registration trends analysis - Gender-wise

    Gender

    NEET 2024 registration

    NEET 2023 registration

    NEET 2022 registration

    Male

    1,029,198

    902,936

    807538

    Female

    1,376,863

    1,184,513

    1064794

    Third Gender

    18

    13

    11

    Total

    2,406,079

    2,087,462

    1872343

    Category-wise NEET registration trends

    Category

    NEET 2024

    NEET 2023

    OBC

    1,054,277

    890,150

    SC

    356,727

    303,318

    ST

    157,115

    132,490

    General

    647,260

    607,131

    EWS

    190,700

    154,373

    Total

    2,406,079

    2,087,462

    Major takeaways from NEET UG registration trends

    • The total number of NEET registrations has been on the rise consistently for the last five years

    • The number of female students has been consistently more than the number of male students in NEET UG exam registrations

    • The total NEET UG registration of EWS category candidates has seen a significant jump over the last 3 years.

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    Factors behind the NEET 2025 registrations drop

    The NEET 2025 total registration has seen a drop of over 1 lakh candidates. Some of the reasons behind this NEET 2025 registrations drop are as follows -

    1. Limited number of seats

    While the competition level of the NEET UG exam has increased with the increasing number of applicants, the total seats under the NEET UG exam has not increased to that extent. This limited number of seats has reduced the interest of students from the NEET UG exam and they are now looking for alternative career options.

    2. No extension of NEET registration window

    With no NEET registration window extension, many students who couldn’t register for the exam before the last date of NEET 2025 registration, couldn’t fill their NEET application form . The NEET 2025 registration last date was March 7. NTA generally extends the registration window of the NEET exam allowing more candidates to register. However, this year with no extension in the registration window, there has been a decline in total NEET 2025 registration.

    Also check - Will NEET 2025 application window reopen?

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