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NEET Cutoff 2021 - National Testing Agency (NTA) will announce NEET cut off percentile with the brochure. NEET 2021 cutoff scores will be announced with the result at neet.nta.nic.in. With almost a month left for the exam, students are searching for what will be NEET cutoff 2021 or what are the qualifying cutoff of NEET 2021. NTA will conduct NEET 2021 exam on September 12 , as tweeted by the education minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
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Get UpdatesNEET cutoff is the minimum qualifying marks to be obtained to pass the NEET entrance exam. NEET UG 2021 cutoff for general category candidates is 50th percentile. While for SC/ST/OBC and general-PH aspirants, NEET qualifying percentile is 40th and 45th percentile, respectively. Last year, NEET cutoff scores for general category was 720-147, while for SC/ST/OBC it was 146-113.
Medical aspirants will be shortlisted on the basis of NEET cutoff 2021 for admission to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH, BVSc & AH and BSc nursing courses. Candidates willing to study MBBS/BDS abroad must obtain NEET 2021 cutoff percentile and scores. According to last year statistics, out of 15,97,435 test takers, only 7,71,500 aspirants managed to pass the exam by securing NEET minimum qualifying percentile.
In case of vacant seats left, NTA in consultation with National Medical Commission (NMC) and Dental Council of India (DCI) may lower the NEET cutoff. NTA will prepare the NEET merit list 2021 on the basis of NEET cutoff marks. Based on the NEET 2021 cut off, the admission to 15% All India Quota (AIQ), 85% state quota, deemed/central university, ESIC/AFMS institutes, AIIMS and JIPMER colleges will be done. NEET counselling for 15% AIQ, deemed/central university, AFMS/ESIC, AIIMS and JIPMER will be done by the Medial Counselling Committee (MCC). While on the basis of NEET 2021 cutoff, various state counselling authorities will conduct admission process for 85% state quota seats. Check the category-wise expected NEET cut off 2021, minimum qualifying percentile, cutoff ranks, tie breaking method and other details here.
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What will be the NEET 2021 Qualifying Cutoff?
The cutoff scores of NEET 2021 will be announced along with the result on the official website. The minimum NEET 2021 cut off marks must be secured to pass the offline medical entrance examination. The minimum marks that are required in NEET for MBBS or other medical courses vary every year. The category-wise NEET UG 2021 cutoff percentile and scores can be checked below.
NEET percentile and scores
| Category | NEET 2021 cutoff |
| General | 50th percentile |
| SC/ST/OBC | 40th percentile |
| General-PwD | 45th percentile |
| SC/ST/OBC-PwD | 40th percentile |
NEET 2021 Cutoff - Category-wise Expected Scores
After the completion of the exam, various leading coaching institutes like Aakash, Career Point will release expected NEET cutoff marks equivalent to the percentile. With the help of the expected NEET cutoff 2021, aspirants can have an idea of the rank to be secured using NEET marks vs rank. Based on the NEET rank, aspirants can make a list of colleges to which they can get admission.
Expected NEET cut off by Aakash
Category | Cutoff percentile | Expected score |
General | 50th Percentile | 701-134 |
OBC | 40th Percentile | 133-107 |
SC | 40th Percentile | 133-107 |
ST | 40th Percentile | 133-107 |
UR & PH | 45th Percentile | 133-120 |
OBC & PH | 40th Percentile | 119-107 |
SC & PH | 40th Percentile | 119-107 |
ST & PH | 40th Percentile | 119-107 |
NEET Cutoff Percentile and Scores - Year-wise Analysis
As per the brochure, NEET cut off percentile (minimum qualifying percentile of NEET 2021) provides the performance comparison of a candidate among others and gives idea of the NEET marks obtained. This means that the NEET cut off 2021 percentile determines on the basis of the highest marks mentioned in the NEET UG merit list prepared by NTA for MBBS/BDS admissions. For example, NEET 2021 cutoff for General category is 50th percentile which means that aspirants from same category need to secure equal to or more than 50% of the candidates appeared for NEET 2021 exam.
As mentioned above, to qualify for NEET exam, aspirants need to secure the pass percentile and NEET 2021 cut off marks, as specified by NTA. Last year, NEET cutoff scores for the General category were 720-147, equivalent to the 50th percentile. For candidates from SC/ST/OBC category, the NEET cut-off score was in the range of 146-113, corresponding to 40th percentile. Check the previous years category-wise NEET cutoff and marks below.
NEET MBBS/BDS cut off 2020, 2019
Category | NEET cutoff percentile | NEET 2020 cut off scores | NEET cutoff 2019 scores |
Unreserved | 50th percentile | 720-147 | 701-134 |
SC/ST/OBC | 40th percentile | 146-113 | 133-107 |
Unreserved-PH | 45th percentile | 146-129 | 133-120 |
SC/ST/OBC-PH | 40th percentile | 128-113 | 119-107 |
What is the use of NEET 2021 Cutoff?
Using NEET cutoff 2021, the merit list will be prepared by the NTA for admission to 15% All India Quota (AIQ), deemed/central universities, ESIC/AFMS institutes, AIIMS and JIPMER colleges. The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) will conduct NEET counselling 2021 based on NEET qualifying percentile and scores. While, the NEET 2021 cut off for government colleges will be used by respective state counselling authorities for admission to 85% state quota seats and all seats in private colleges.
The admission to the following UG medical seats will be considered on NEET 2021 cut off:
15% All India Quota (AIQ) seats
85% State Quota seats
Deemed and Central universities
ESIC and AFMS
Private institutes
AIIMS institutes
JIPMER colleges
Factors determining NEET cutoff
NEET cut off 2021 are determined on the following factors for MBBS/BDS admissions:
- Number of candidates who appeared for the NEET exam
- NEET difficulty level
- Total NEET seats available
How to calculate NEET cutoff 2021 percentile?
NTA has defined that, “A percentile rank is the percentage of score that falls below a given score in a group.” NTA will apply the below-mentioned formula to calculate NEET cutoff percentile scores.
NEET 2021 cutoff: Tie-breaking Process
In case if the rank of two or more candidates is equal, then the tie-breaking criteria to break NEET cut off qualifying scores will be used. The below-mentioned steps in order of preference will be used to break the tie of the NEET result. As per the latest update on NEET 2021, the earlier method of using age to break the tie has been cancelled this year.
Higher marks in Biology: Aspirants securing higher scores/percentile in Biology (Botany and Zoology) will be preferred first for NEET merit list.
Higher marks in Chemistry: If the tie still exists, then the higher marks/percentile of the candidate in Chemistry will be considered.
Number of incorrect answers: If the tie is still there, students with less number of incorrect and correct attempted answers will be allotted better rank.
What are NEET qualifying marks for 15% All India Quota seats?
Aforementioned, the admission to 15% AIQ seats will be done through NEET 2021 cut off by NTA. It must be noted that the NEET AIQ cutoff will be same as the qualifying percentile and scores.
NEET cut off scores for All India Quota seats has been mentioned in the table below, which is equivalent to the percentile.
NEET cutoff scores for 15% AIQ - Year wise trends
Category | General | SC/ST/OBC | General-PH |
| Cut off scores (2020) | 147 | 113 | 129 |
Cutoff scores (2019) | 134 | 107 | 120 |
Cutoff scores (2018) | 119 | 96 | 107 |
AIQ NEET cutoff for government medical colleges
The NEET 2021 cutoff for government colleges will be updated here as released. The NEET cutoff for government colleges is the minimum mark required in NEET for MBBS in a government college. In the meantime, students can check the previous years' NEET cutoff for government medical colleges in the table below.
NEET AIQ cutoff for government medical colleges
Name of Medical Colleges | 2020 NEET closing cutoff rank | 2019 NEET closing rank | 2018 NEET closing rank | 2017 NEET closing rank | 2016 NEET closing rank | 2015 AIPMT closing rank |
Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi | 90 | 32 | 58 | 49 | 44 | 28 |
VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi | 163 | 157 | 107 | 82 | 106 | 56 |
University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi | 324 | 171 | 165 | 185 | 128 | 97 |
Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi | 571 | 489 | 314 | 369 | 263 | 117 |
Government Medical College, Chandigarh | 776 | 360 | 254 | 278 | 162 | 158 |
Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai | 457 | 638 | 296 | 297 | 408 | 216 |
King George's Medical University, Lucknow | 1800 | 908 | 703 | 725 | 506 | 386 |
Stanley Medical College, Chennai | 5253 | 4572 | 3520 | 3,858 | 2,264 | 2,039 |
Pt. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak | 6573 | 1825 | 1178 | 1,481 | 1,035 | 674 |
Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai | 2828 | 1329 | 1122 | 1,018 | 408 | 565 |
NEET cut off for MBBS deemed universities
Name of college | Quota | NEET 2020 cutoff closing ranks | NEET 2019 closing ranks | NEET 2018 closing ranks |
Sree Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry | Management | 662903 | 448593 | 453885 |
Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Kanchipuram | Management | 366140 | 168249 | 711901 |
B.L.D.E University, Bijapur | NRI | 554308 | 407951 | 614993 |
Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore | Muslim minority | 170227 | 137508 | 135581 |
SBKS Med. Inst. and Res. Centre, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth | Jain minority | 191841 | 243082 | 125138 |
NEET cutoff for BDS deemed universities
Name of Medical Colleges | Quota | NEET 2020 closing rank | NEET 2019 closing rank | NEET 2018 closing rank |
Yenepoya Dental College, Yenepoya | Management | 231800 | 463354 | 634449 |
SRM Katt. Dental College and Hospital, Chennai | Management | 384660 | 81164 | 316989 |
KM Shah Dental College, Vadodara | Jain minority | 322909 | 675641 | 633535 |
NEET Cutoff 2021 for 85% state quota seats
After 15% AIQ, the remaining 85% state quota seats will be allotted by respective state counselling committees on the basis of NEET 2021 state wise cutoff scores. The cut off of NEET 2021 for 85% state quota seats will be released by designated authorities after the completion of admission. The NEET 2021 state wise cutoff for state quota seats can be checked from the table below.
State-wise NEET Expected Cutoff 2021
| State name | State name |
NEET Cutoff AP | NEET Cutoff Rajasthan |
NEET Cutoff Assam | NEET Cutoff Meghalaya |
NEET Cutoff Bihar | NEET Cutoff Tripura |
NEET Cutoff Chhattisgarh | NEET Cutoff Telangana |
NEET Cutoff Goa | NEET Cutoff Tamil Nadu |
NEET Cutoff HP | NEET Cutoff Jharkhand |
NEET Cutoff Haryana | NEET Cutoff Uttarakhand |
NEET Cutoff IPU | NEET Cutoff UP |
NEET Cutoff J&K | NEET Cutoff West Bengal |
NEET Cutoff Karnataka | NEET Cutoff Gujarat |
NEET Cutoff Kerala | NEET Cutoff DU |
NEET Cutoff Maharashtra | NEET Cutoff Chandigarh |
NEET Cutoff MP | NEET Cutoff AMU |
NEET Cutoff Odisha | NEET Cutoff AFMC |
NEET Cutoff Punjab | -- |
NEET 2019 cutoff: category-wise qualified candidates
Category | Registered | Appeared | Absent | Qualified |
OBC | 677544 | 631473 | 46071 | 375635 |
SC | 211303 | 193188 | 18115 | 99890 |
ST | 96456 | 86210 | 10246 | 35272 |
UR | 534072 | 499884 | 34188 | 286245 |
Total | 1519375 | 1410755 | 108620 | 797042 |
NEET cut off 2019: Gender-wise qualified candidates
Gender | Registered | Appeared | Absent | Qualified |
Male | 680414 | 630283 | 50131 | 351278 |
Female | 838955 | 780467 | 58488 | 445761 |
Transgender | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
Total | 1519375 | 1410755 | 108620 | 797042 |
NEET 2019: Nationality-wise qualified candidates
Nationality | Registered | Appeared | Absent | Qualified |
Indian | 1516066 | 1408051 | 108015 | 795031 |
Foreigner | 687 | 483 | 204 | 315 |
NRI | 1884 | 1612 | 272 | 1209 |
OCI | 675 | 552 | 123 | 441 |
PIO | 63 | 57 | 6 | 46 |
NEET 2018 cutoff: category-wise qualified candidates
Category | Qualified Candidates (By Obtaining NEET Cut off) |
UR | 2,68,316 |
OBC | 3,27,575 |
SC | 87,311 |
ST | 31,360 |
NEET 2018 cutoff: Gender-wise qualified candidates
Gender | Registered Candidates | Appeared Candidates | Qualified Candidates (By Obtaining NEET Cut off) |
Male | 5,80,649 | 5,53,849 | 3,12,399 |
Female | 7,46,075 | 7,16,072 | 4,02,162 |
Transgender | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 13,26,725 | 12,69,922 | 7,14,562 |
NEET 2018: Nationality-wise qualified aspirants
Nationality | Registered Candidates | Appeared Candidates | Qualified Candidates (By Obtaining NEET Cut off) |
Indian | 1323673 | 1267229 | 712635 |
Foreigner | 621 | 518 | 324 |
NRI | 1,842 | 1,651 | 1,200 |
OCI | 529 | 461 | 367 |
PIO | 60 | 55 | 36 |
NEET cutoff 2017: qualifying percentile and marks range
Category | Minimum cutoff | Marks Range | No. of Candidates Qualified |
Unreserved (UR) | 50th Percentile | 697-131 | 5,43,473* |
UR-PH | 45th Percentile | 130-118 | 67 |
Scheduled Caste (SC) | 40th Percentile | 130-107 | 14599 |
Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 40th Percentile | 130-107 | 6018 |
Other Backward Classes (OBC) | 40th Percentile | 130-107 | 47382 |
SC-PH | 40th Percentile | 130-107 | 38 |
ST-PH | 40th Percentile | 130-107 | 10 |
OBC-PH | 40th Percentile | 130-107 | 152 |
NEET result 2021
National Testing Agency (NTA) will announce the NEET result in form of a scorecard at neet.nta.nic.in. Aspirants can download NTA NEET 2021 result by visiting the official website. In order to download NEET 2021 result, aspirants need to enter their NEET roll number, date of birth and security pin. The result-cum-scorecard of NEET 2021 mentions the name, date of birth, the application number, total as well as subject-wise marks obtained and NEET All India Rank (AIR). Also, the result will display NEET cutoff 2021 and qualifying status.
NEET counselling 2021
On the basis of AIR, the exam conducting authority will prepare NEET merit list 2021 indicating the rank-wise names of candidates who have qualified the exam. The merit list will be forwarded to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on behalf of Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) for conducting NEET 2021 counselling for 15% AIQ, seats in deemed/central universities, ESIC, AFMS and central pool seats.
While the remaining 85% state quota seats in government colleges will be allotted by respective state counselling authorities based on the scores and rank secured in NEET 2021 examination. The respective state counselling bodies will release NEET state wise merit list 2021 based on the cutoff scores. The state counselling body will also be responsible for granting admission to private medical/dental colleges located in a particular state.