NEET UG Cut Off

The NEET Cutoff 2022 and NEET UG Result 2022 were released by NTA (National Testing Agency) for the exam held on July 17th, 2022. The Cut Offs for all categories General/SC/ST/OBC were given in the Cutoff list provided by NTA on September 7th, 2022.

Here, the NEET UG 2022 Cutoff is the minimum marks or scores that a candidate should have obtained to clear the NEET UG exam and become eligible for NEET Counselling.

Below we have provided all the official information showing the complete details about the NEET cutoff for 2022 and previous years..

NEET UG 2022 Cutoff (Official)

The qualifying percentile for the NEET UG exam 2022 has been unchanged as of the previous year (2021). It is 40% for the Reserved Category, 45% for the PH (Physically Handicapped), and 50% for the General Category.

Refer to the table below to know the cutoffs and percentiles required to clear the NEET UG Exam as per the different categories.

NEET 2022 Cutoff: Determining Factors

For NEET 2022, the unreserved category candidates had to secure a minimum of 50th percentile marks, that is, between 715-117 marks, to qualify for the next stage and get admission in the MBBS/BDS courses. These marks were 720-138 for the previous year, showing that there are some factors that affect the cutoff. Let’s discuss them.

The NEET Cutoff is determined on the basis of various factors like

• The total number of applicants appearing for the exam
• The total medical seats available in all the top medical colleges and universities
• Higher marks obtained by the majority of the candidates will increase the Cutoff.
• The difficulty level of the NEET Exam can decrease the Cutoff drastically if the exam is on the side of higher difficulty.
• Reservation Policy of the govt as per the category.

NEET 2021 CutOff (Official)

The NEET Cutoff & Results for 2021 were released by NTA for the exam held on September 12th, 2021.

The NEET 2021 Cutoff marks for the General (UR) category were 720-138 marks. It was 137-122 marks for the General-Pwd category. The various Cutoff percentiles and scores are given in the table below for each category. There were a total of 80,055 candidates who qualified for admission in MBBS and 26,949 in BDS.

NEET 2020 CutOff

The NEET 2020 exam was stipulated to be of a “moderate to difficult” level. The students belonging to different categories have to obtain different Cutoffs, and for the year 2020, the Cutoff marks are given in the table that follows.

NEET 2019 Cut Off

For NEET-2019, the Cutoff for the general category was in the range of 125-135. Over 13 lakh aspirants took the test, and it was expected that for admissions in various colleges, the Cutoff might range between 510-520 marks. Physics was considered to be the toughest though the overall NEET examination was considered to be moderately difficult.

NEET 2018 Cutoff

NEET 2018 was considered to be easy to moderate. Physics was tougher in NEET UG 2018 than that in 2017. The Cut off rate was down and a larger number of aspirants got qualified for NEET 2018.

NEET 2017 Cutoff

In terms of difficulty and length, NEET 2017 was considered to be moderate. Physics and chemistry were of moderate level, whereas biology was a bit tough.