National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the NEET 2024 cutoff scores along with qualifying percentiles. Candidates need to obtain a minimum score, known as the NEET cutoff score, to qualify for the medical entrance exam. According to the results, the NEET 2024 cutoff for the general category is 720-164, for SC/ST/OBC categories, the cutoff is 163-129, for the General-PH category, it is 163-146, for SC/OBC-PH, it is 145-129, and for ST PH, it is 141-129.
In the NEET exam, there are generally two types of cutoffs – admission cutoff and qualifying cutoff. The NEET qualifying score is the minimum score that candidates must obtain to pass the exam, while the NEET 2024 admission cutoff is the final rank at which applicants will be granted admission. All medical colleges accepting NEET 2024 scores will admit students based on the cutoff. The NEET 2024 cutoff for both government and private colleges is issued by state authorities.
Based on the NEET exam, admission will be granted to over 1 lakh MBBS seats, 27,868 BDS seats, 52,720 Ayush seats, 603 BVSc and AH seats, along with admissions to 15 AIIMS and 2 JIPMER institutes with 1205 AIIMS MBBS and 200 JIPMER MBBS seats. Candidates can view category-wise expected cutoffs for 2024, minimum qualifying percentages, cutoff ranks, tie-breaking methods, and other details.
This year, more than 24 lakh candidates appeared for the NEET 2024 exam. The level of the NEET question paper ranged from easy to moderate. Keeping these two factors in mind, the NEET cutoff for 2024 is similar to that of 2023. Candidates can refer to the table below to see the NEET 2024 cutoff.
NEET 2024 Cutoff
The NEET 2024 cutoff has increased as compared to last year. The category-wise NEET cutoff 2024 percentiles and NEET qualifying marks are given below:
| Category | Cut off percentile | Cut off score |
|---|---|---|
| UR/EWS | 50th | 720-164 |
| OBC | 40th | 163-129 |
| SC | 40th | 163-129 |
| ST | 40th | 163-129 |
| UR/EWS-PwD | 45th | 163-146 |
| OBC-PwD | 40th | 145-129 |
| SC-PwD | 40th | 145-129 |
| ST-PwD | 40th | 141-129 |
NEET 2024 Cut Off: Determining Factors
NEET cutoff 2024 will be determined based on the following five factors:
- Total number of candidates who appear for the examination
- Difficulty level of the examination
- Performance of the candidates
- Number of seats available
- NEET cutoff for previous years
NEET MBBS/BDS- Past year’s cutoff trends
The year-wise NEET MBBS/BDS cutoff is mentioned in the table below.
| Category | NEET cutoff percentile | NEET cut-off 2023 scores | NEET cut-off 2022 scores |
| Unreserved | 50th percentile | 720-137 | 715-117 |
| SC/ST/OBC | 40th percentile | 136-107 | 116-93 |
| Unreserved-PH | 45th percentile | 136-121 | 116-93 |
| SC/ST/OBC-PH | 40th percentile | 120-107 | 104-93 |
NEET MBBS/BDS cut off 2021, 2020, 2019 – Past years’ trends
| Category | NEET cutoff percentile | NEET cut-off 2021 scores | NEET cut off 2020 scores | NEET cutoff 2019 scores |
| Unreserved | 50th percentile | 720-138 | 720-147 | 701-134 |
| SC/ST/OBC | 40th percentile | 137-108 | 146-113 | 133-107 |
| Unreserved-PH | 45th percentile | 137-122 | 146-129 | 133-120 |
| SC/ST/OBC-PH | 40th percentile | 121-108 | 128-113 | 119-107 |