NEET 2021 cut-off
Declared 1 November 2021, for the paper held 12 September 2021. Source: NTA result notice.
138 marks — UR/EWS qualifying mark (19.2% of the paper)
Down 9 marks from 147 in 2020.
By category
| Category | Percentile | Marks range | Qualifying mark, % of paper | vs 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UR/EWS | 50th | 720–138 | 19.2% | -9 |
| OBC/SC/ST | 40th | 137–108 | 15% | -5 |
| UR/EWS-PwD | 45th | 137–122 | 16.9% | -7 |
| OBC/SC/ST-PwD | 40th | 121–108 | 15% | -5 |
The cohort
- 16,14,777
- Registered
- 15,44,275
- Appeared
- 8,70,074
- Qualified
The percentile is fixed by the NMC and does not change; the marks are whatever that percentile fell at in this paper. Qualifying makes a candidate eligible for counselling — it is not a seat.
Citing this
Quoting these figures somewhere? Every one is linked to the document it came from, so the number can be checked rather than taken on trust.
NEETLogic, "NEET 2021 qualifying cut-off by category", 2 September 2026. https://neetlogic.in/cutoffs/neet-2021