students registered for NEET 2025

Students Registered for NEET 2025 : The National Testing Agency (NTA) has concluded NEET registrations on March 7, 2025. Every year, lakhs of students register for NEET to secure admission in medical colleges in India. The NEET has seen a record-breaking number of registrations over the years. The NTA will release the NEET 2025 statistics detailing the total number of registrations for NEET including category-wise participation.

NEET serves as a sole entrance exam conducted for admission into top medical programs such as MBBS and BDS. The number of NEET registrations indicates the completion level and growing interest of students in medical education. Candidates asking queries like “How many candidates registered for NEET 2025?” and “How many NEET aspirants are there in 2025?” can find the answer on this page. To know more about the number of registrations for NEET 2025, category-wise, previous year’s NEET data and more, check this article.

How many students registered for NEET 2025

It is expected that the number of registrations for NEET 2025 will exceed last year’s record-breaking number. According to reports, as many as 26 lakh candidates are likely to register for NEET UG 2025. However, the exact number of NEET registrations 2025 will be available soon. The NTA has released the NEET UG 2025 application advisory, and with the extension of the NEET application form deadline, the total number of registrations can be increased more. Check the year-wise data on how many students registered for NEET 2025 in the given below table.

NEET registrations over the years

Year	Total registrations
2025	Will be announced
2024	24,06,079
2023	20,87,462
2022	18,72,343
2021	16,14,777
2020	15,97,435
2019	15,19,375
2018	13,26,725
2017	11,38,890

Category-wise data on how many candidates registered for NEET 2025

Category	Numbers	% of total registrations
Total registrations	Will be announced	Will be announced
Male candidates	Will be announced	Will be announced
Female candidates	Will be announced	Will be announced
Third gender	Will be announced	Will be announced
General category	Will be announced	Will be announced
OBC	Will be announced	Will be announced
SC	Will be announced	Will be announced
ST	Will be announced	Will be announced
Gen – EWS	Will be announced	Will be announced

State-wise NEET 2025 registrations

State	Number of registrations (2025)	Number of registrations (2024)
Uttar Pradesh	Will be announced	3,39,125
Maharashtra	Will be announced	2,79,104
Rajasthan	Will be announced	1,96,139
Tamil Nadu	Will be announced	1,55,216
Karnataka	Will be announced	1,54,210
Kerala	Will be announced	1,44,949
Bihar	Will be announced	1,39,398
Madhya Pradesh	Will be announced	1,33,644
West Bengal	Will be announced	1,20,743

How many students appeared for NEET 2025?

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the NEET 2025 on May 4, 2025. The entrance test will be held in offline mode (pen and paper-based). The detailed NEET 2025 statistics include number of qualified candidates, category, gender-wise NEET data and others can be checked here, after availability. Last year, a total of 23,33,162 students appeared in the NEET exam. Out of which, only 13,15,853 were declared qualified.

How many candidates applied for NEET 2025- Year-wise data

In the table below, we have discussed the year-wise data on the number of students who have registered for NEET.

Total number of students applied for NEET

Year	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
Number of candidates registered	To be updated	24,06,079	20,87,462	1,872,343	1,614,777

How many students appeared for NEET- Year-wise data

Candidates can check the year-wise data number of students who appeared in the NEET exam from the table below.

Total students appeared for NEET

Year	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
Number of candidates appeared	To be updated	23,33,297	2,038,596	1,764,571	1,544,275

How many students qualified for NEET 2025?

The NTA will release the complete NEET data 2025 along with the NEET results. The official NEET 2025 statistics will be released at neet.nta.nic.in. Candidates can check the year-wise data from the table mentioned below.