NEET Result 2025: 12.36 lakh qualify for MBBS admission; UP performs best; tougher exam, lower cut-off
Anu Parthiban | June 14, 2025 | 02:10 PM IST | 2 mins read
The NEET cut-off 2025 has been lowered for all categories. Rajasthan, home to India’s coaching hubs Kota and Sikar, saw 1,19,865 candidates qualify.
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Try NowThe National Testing Agency (NTA) has declared the results for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test - undergraduate (NEET UG 2025). A total of 12,36,531 (12.35 lakh) candidates have qualified NEET 2025 results. Uttar Pradesh has once again emerged as the top-performing state in NEET results. NEET 2025 Results (OUT) LIVE
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The NEET cut-off 2025 has been lowered for all categories. The cut-offs were reduced from 720-162 to 686–144 for the general category candidates. The reduction in the NEET UG cut-off may be because of the difficulty level of this year’s exam. Students had rated the exam tougher compared to the previous years.
A total of 1,70,684 (1.7 lakh) candidates qualified from Uttar Pradesh . Maharashtra ranked second, with 1,25,727 (1.25 lakh) students clearing the entrance exam. Rajasthan, home to India’s coaching hubs Kota and Sikar, saw 1,19,865 candidates qualify.
Gender-wise NEET 2025 Result
NEET UG saw a higher participation of female candidates this year as well. Of the 22.09 lakh students who appeared for the exam, 9.37 lakh are male and 12.71 lakh are female. Among them, 5.14 lakh male and 7.22 lakh female candidates qualified the exam.
|
Gender |
NEET result 2024 |
NEET Result 2025 |
||||
|
Registered |
Appeared |
Qualified |
Registered |
Appeared |
Qualified |
|
|
Male |
10,29,198 |
9,98,205 |
5,46,566 |
9,65,996 |
9,37,411 |
5,14,063 |
|
Female |
13,76,863 |
13,34,940 |
7,60,277 |
13,10,062 |
12,71,896 |
7,22,462 |
|
Third Gender |
18 |
17 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
6 |
|
Total |
24,08,079 |
23,33,162 |
13,15,853 |
22,76,069 |
22,09,318 |
12,36,531 |
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Category-wise NEET cut-off 2025
The NEET cut-off 2025 for MBBS, BDS has been lowered this year. Take a look at the category-wise NEET UG cut-offs here.
|
Category |
NEET cut-off percentile |
NEET cut-off marks |
Total number of candidates |
|
UR/ EWS |
50ᵗʰ Percentile |
686–144 |
1101151 |
|
OBC |
40ᵗʰ Percentile |
143–113 |
88692 |
|
SC |
40ᵗʰ Percentile |
143–113 |
31995 |
|
ST |
40ᵗʰ Percentile |
143–113 |
13940 |
|
UR/EWS-PwBD |
45ᵗʰ Percentile |
143–127 |
472 |
|
OBC-PwBD |
40ᵗʰ Percentile |
126–113 |
216 |
|
SC-PwBD |
40ᵗʰ Percentile |
126–113 |
48 |
|
ST-PwBD |
40ᵗʰ Percentile |
126–113 |
17 |
NEET UG 2025 state-wise results
This year, 22.76 lakh candidates registered for the NEET 2025 exam, which is lower than 24.06 lakh registrations recorded last year. Out of the 22.09 lakh students who appeared for the exam, around 12.36 lakh candidates qualified - a drop compared to 13.15 lakh qualifiers last year.
|
State Name |
NEET UG 2024 |
NEET UG 2025 |
||||||||
|
Registered |
Appeared |
Qualified |
Registered |
Appeared |
Qualified |
|||||
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
1,177 |
1,122 |
615 |
961 |
933 |
533 |
||||
|
Andhra Pradesh |
66,522 |
64,929 |
43,788 |
59,219 |
57,934 |
36,776 |
||||
|
Arunachal Pradesh |
5,228 |
4,998 |
2,566 |
5,331 |
5,134 |
2,645 |
||||
|
Assam |
46,068 |
44,193 |
21,082 |
44,497 |
41,848 |
19,809 |
||||
|
Bihar |
1,54,461 |
1,49,494 |
74,716 |
1,64,186 |
1,59,167 |
80,954 |
||||
|
Chandigarh |
3,579 |
3,485 |
2,546 |
2,758 |
2,675 |
1,816 |
||||
|
Chhattisgarh |
45,213 |
43,873 |
22,313 |
45,226 |
43,718 |
22,261 |
||||
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
1,143 |
1,122 |
693 |
1,175 |
1,154 |
651 |
||||
|
Daman & Diu |
619 |
612 |
323 |
582 |
572 |
318 |
||||
|
Delhi |
68,139 |
66,132 |
46,811 |
63,046 |
61,199 |
40,331 |
||||
|
Goa |
5,229 |
5,003 |
2,589 |
5,091 |
4,828 |
2,297 |
||||
|
Gujarat |
88,022 |
86,410 |
57,232 |
81,605 |
80,151 |
50,040 |
||||
|
Haryana |
54,162 |
52,744 |
34,274 |
57,204 |
55,862 |
35,592 |
||||
|
Himachal Pradesh |
20,447 |
19,837 |
12,096 |
19,665 |
19,132 |
11,256 |
||||
|
Jammu and Kashmir |
48,545 |
47,227 |
24,545 |
50,957 |
49,326 |
24,015 |
||||
|
Jharkhand |
37,478 |
36,242 |
20,556 |
36,466 |
35,397 |
19,203 |
||||
|
Karnataka |
1,55,148 |
1,50,170 |
88,887 |
1,47,782 |
1,42,369 |
83,582 |
||||
|
Kerala |
1,44,811 |
1,36,974 |
86,713 |
1,27,442 |
1,21,516 |
73,328 |
||||
|
Lakshadweep |
331 |
307 |
181 |
260 |
236 |
154 |
||||
|
Madhya Pradesh |
1,36,098 |
1,31,525 |
60,065 |
1,21,501 |
1,18,244 |
60,346 |
||||
|
Maharashtra |
2,82,051 |
2,75,442 |
1,42,829 |
2,48,201 |
2,42,858 |
1,25,727 |
||||
|
Manipur |
10,332 |
9,963 |
5,854 |
10,967 |
10,606 |
6,116 |
||||
|
Meghalaya |
4,009 |
3,815 |
1,849 |
4,068 |
3,869 |
1,681 |
||||
|
Mizoram |
2,595 |
2,469 |
1,186 |
2,552 |
2,417 |
1,243 |
||||
|
Nagaland |
3,668 |
3,479 |
1,943 |
3,757 |
3,532 |
1,813 |
||||
|
Odisha |
66,369 |
64,325 |
32,557 |
61,111 |
59,238 |
31,673 |
||||
|
Puducherry |
6,461 |
6,318 |
3,433 |
5,266 |
5,149 |
2,639 |
||||
|
Punjab |
27,061 |
26,268 |
15,717 |
29,384 |
28,407 |
16,104 |
||||
|
Rajasthan |
1,78,756 |
1,74,880 |
1,21,166 |
1,80,637 |
1,76,181 |
1,19,865 |
||||
|
Sikkim |
1,722 |
1,655 |
803 |
1,315 |
1,273 |
643 |
||||
|
Tamil Nadu |
1,58,449 |
1,52,919 |
8,9198 |
1,40,158 |
1,35,715 |
76,181 |
||||
|
Telangana |
79,813 |
77,848 |
47,356 |
72,094 |
70,259 |
41,584 |
||||
|
Tripura |
5,308 |
5,071 |
2,407 |
5,023 |
4,792 |
2,265 |
||||
|
Uttar Pradesh |
3,44,599 |
3,34,983 |
1,65,015 |
3,41,491 |
3,33,088 |
1,70,684 |
||||
|
Uttarakhand |
22,973 |
22,243 |
12,437 |
21,000 |
20,329 |
11,207 |
||||
|
West Bengal |
1,20,070 |
1,16,104 |
63,251 |
1,10,399 |
1,06,675 |
59,018 |
||||
|
Ladakh |
1,146 |
1,083 |
618 |
1,695 |
1,632 |
978 |
||||
|
OTHER |
8,277 |
7,898 |
5,643 |
1,997 |
1,903 |
1,203 |
||||
|
Total |
24,06,079 |
23,33,162 |
13,15,853 |
22,76,069 |
22,09,318 |
12,36,531 |
||||
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