Maharashtra NEET UG 2025: Just 114 marks enough for private MBBS seat; govt colleges close at 500

In Maharashtra NEET UG counselling 2025, a candidate with a score of 114 out of 720 marks and a NEET rank beyond 12 lakh still secured an MBBS seat, while admission under the open category in government medical colleges required 500 marks, according to the state’s final seat allotment data.

Data accessed by Academia360 shows that all 8,141 MBBS seats in Maharashtra were filled with zero vacancy, while three of 2,675 BDS seats remained unfilled.

The Maharashtra NEET UG 2025 closing ranks revealed one of the widest admission gaps between government and private medical colleges, with government MBBS open-category seats closing at AIR 52437 (500 marks) and private colleges allotting MBBS seat for ranks below 12 lakh with scores as low as 118, 115, and 114 in the final round.

Maharashtra Govt vs Private: Category-wise MBBS cut-offs

As the open category remained the most competitive and continued to be the benchmark for merit admissions. A score above 500 was necessary for a government MBBS seat, while private MBBS cut-offs dropped sharply during the final round.

MBBS cut-offs for Vimukta Jati (VJ) and Nomadic Tribes (NT-1, NT-2, NT-3) were among the highest within reserved categories. Government MBBS seats for NT-3 closed at 477 marks — the second-highest after the open category, while VJ seats closed at 446 marks. Notably, these categories recorded higher cut-offs than OBC and EWS.

Among reserved groups, Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) recorded a government MBBS cut-off at 306 marks (AIR 425337), while private colleges admitted SEBC candidates at 130 marks (AIR 1190007) in the last round.

Lowest MBBS cut-off: 114 in private, 115 in govt

Under the government quota, the lowest marks recorded for MBBS admission in Maharashtra were under the Orphan category, which closed at 115 marks (AIR 1297175). In private colleges, an LQ (Linguistic / Institutional quota) candidate with 114 marks was allotted an MBBS seat — the lowest NEET score to receive an MBBS admission in the 2025 Maharashtra NEET UG counselling cycle.

Candidates must note that these lowest scores are not general merit cut-offs, but the final ranks allotted during the second stray vacancy and institute-level rounds after all the top rank holders were either allotted seats or exited the process.

SSPM MBBS cut-off fell to 118 marks

Sindhudurg Shikshan Prasarak Mandal (SSPM) Medical College recorded one of the lowest private MBBS cut-offs, allotting a seat for a candidate with 118 marks, the State CET Cell source told Academia360. This means, a candidate scoring just 16% in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test - undergraduate (NEET UG 2025) also got an MBBS seat this year in Maharashtra.

SSPM also drew criticism for allegedly charging excess fees during the stray vacancy round.

Around 44,702 candidates were listed in the provisional merit list for the second stray vacancy round, which was later converted to an institute-level counselling round following a Bombay High Court interim order permitting private colleges to fill remaining seats to prevent vacancies.

Nearly 45,000 candidates competed for 224 MBBS and 163 BDS seats in this phase. While government-quota seats were allotted centrally by the CET Cell, private medical colleges filled seats on their own.

As per the Maharashtra MBBS admission policy, private unaided medical colleges are allowed to fill 15% seats under institutional quota independently.

Maharashtra MBBS cut-offs 2025

Maharashtra government medical colleges closed MBBS admissions for SC and ST candidates at 178 marks (907792 rank) and 326 marks (374587 rank) respectively, with ST seats continuing to demand relatively higher marks compared to other reserved categories.

Maharashtra BDS cut-offs 2025

The BDS cut-off for government quota seats closed at 454 marks in the open category, and the lowest admission was made at 160 marks under the orphan category. A private dental college filled its last seat by offering admission to a candidate with 113 marks in the final round.