NEET 2025: Number of qualified candidates doubles in 3 years; state-wise breakup

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Anu Parthiban | March 13, 2025 | 08:23 PM IST

NEW DELHI: The number of candidates who qualified the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for undergraduate (NEET UG) nearly doubled from 7 lakh to 13 lakh in just 3 years. Students of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra have excelled in the NEET continuously during this period. Third in the list is Rajasthan, known for its Kota coaching hub.

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The NEET result data shows that there is 85.71% growth in the number of students who cleared the single-largest medical entrance exam in 2022 to 2024. The growth in the success rate has been proportional to the increase in registrations.

Within two years, from nearly 16 lakh applications in 2022, the NEET registrations jumped to 24 lakh last year, indicating a spike in the number of medical aspirants across the states. There are a total of 1,08,940 MBBS seats in India, as per the data from the health ministry

As per some of the media reports, around 23 lakh registered for the NEET UG exam 2025, which is a lakh less than the previous year. Out of the 24 lakh candidates who registered last year, a little more than 23 lakh appeared for the NEET exam and 13 lakh qualified the exam.

Although some reports claimed a drop in the NEET UG registrations 2025, there is no official update from the National Testing Agency (NTA) regarding how many registered for NEET 2025. The application window has already been closed. The NEET city intimation slip for the exam scheduled on May 4 will be uploaded on the official website, neet.nta.nic.in, on April 26.

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How many qualified NEET in last 3 years?

State-wise number of candidates who registered, appeared and qualified in NEET exam in the last the years in given below.

State Name	NEET UG 2022			NEET UG 2023			NEET UG 2024
	Registered	Appeared	Qualified	Registered	Appeared	Qualified	Registered	Appeared	Qualified
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	1,000	959	521	1,046	1,025	537	1,177	1,122	615
Andhra Pradesh	68,061	65,305	40,344	69,690	68,578	42,836	66,522	64,929	43,788
Arunachal Pradesh	4,276	3,939	2,027	4,811	4,624	2,296	5,228	4,998	2,566
Assam	36,006	33,143	17,027	39,206	38,153	19,133	46,068	44,193	21,082
Bihar	1,03,691	98,668	55,709	1,21,647	1,18,533	64,916	1,54,461	1,49,494	74,716
Chandigarh	2,730	2,622	1,905	3,160	3,098	2,219	3,579	3,485	2,546
Chhattisgarh	35,636	33,443	16,299	42,130	41,196	19,610	45,213	43,873	22,313
Dadra & Nagar Haveli	921	870	465	1,062	1,028	588	1,143	1,122	693
Daman & Diu	427	379	195	491	460	257	619	612	323
Delhi	48,185	46,221	35,113	55,890	54,701	39,764	68,139	66,132	46,811
Goa	4,041	3,755	1,882	4,370	4,277	2,204	5,229	5,003	2,589
Gujarat	72,879	64,684	41,901	79,040	73,180	49,915	88,022	86,410	57,232
Haryana	40,934	38,855	26,666	45,197	44,217	29,794	54,162	52,744	34,274
Himachal Pradesh	17,663	16,930	10,129	18,830	18,448	10,962	20,447	19,837	12,096
Jammu and Kashmir	38,140	36,374	20,005	37,276	36,431	20,564	48,545	47,227	24,545
Jharkhand	25,287	24,002	15,154	29,793	29,135	17,894	37,478	36,242	20,556
Karnataka	1,33,255	1,22,423	72,262	1,34,381	1,31,318	75,248	1,55,148	1,50,170	88,887
Kerala	1,15,480	92,911	59,404	1,37,396	1,33,450	75,362	1,44,811	1,36,974	86,713
Lakshadweep	300	239	105	361	349	167	331	307	181
Madhya Pradesh	64,110	55,461	27,134	1,04,265	1,02,161	49,324	1,36,098	1,31,525	60,065
Maharashtra	2,27,659	1,95,338	79,974	2,77,903	2,73,819	1,31,008	2,82,051	2,75,442	1,42,829
Manipur	7,049	5,976	3,548	8,777	7,736	4,556	10,332	9,963	5,854
Meghalaya	3,149	2,149	978	3,428	3,271	1,603	4,009	3,815	1,849
Mizoram	1,784	1,359	587	2,024	1,951	913	2,595	2,469	1,186
Nagaland	2,356	1,805	731	3,020	2,945	1,648	3,668	3,479	1,943
Odisha	38,494	33,945	20,654	57,092	55,866	28,330	66,369	64,325	32,557
Puducherry	4,925	4,474	2,362	5,797	5,715	3,140	6,461	6,318	3,433
Punjab	15,070	13,182	8,614	18,846	18,430	12,043	27,061	26,268	15,717
Rajasthan	1,04,173	95,752	65,758	1,48,364	1,45,824	1,00,316	1,78,756	1,74,880	1,21,166
Sikkim	855	650	317	1,324	1,292	632	1,722	1,655	803
Tamil Nadu	12,1617	99,610	57,215	1,47,583	1,44,516	78,693	15,8449	1,52,919	8,9198
Telangana	54,872	50,392	28,093	73,883	72,842	42,654	79,813	77,848	47,356
Tripura	4,273	3,536	1,738	4,839	4,701	2,334	5,308	5,071	2,407
Uttar Pradesh	1,74,523	1,56,992	88,889	2,73,572	2,67,383	1,39,961	3,44,599	3,34,983	1,65,015
Uttarakhand	13,933	12,047	7,323	19,250	18,788	10,843	22,973	22,243	12,437
West Bengal	74,490	61,887	37,301	1,04,923	1,02,557	59,053	1,20,070	1,16,104	63,251
Ladakh	906	744	367	774	740	422	1,146	1,083	618
OTHER	1,659	937	699	6,021	5,858	4,237	8,277	7,898	5,643
Total	15,97,435	13,66,945	77,1500	20,87,462	20,38,596	11,45,976	24,06,079	23,33,162	13,15,853

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