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NEET PG Pathology cutoff 2026

Round-wise closing ranks from MCC counselling · latest: 2026 R1

In 2026 R1, Pathology seats (AIQ, GEN) closed between AIR 9,175 at Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi and AIR 46,664 at Jawaharlal Nehru, Bhagalpur. The typical seat closed at AIR 30,945, 18% later (easier) than in 2025 R1.

30,945typical GEN · AIQ
49,644typical EWS · AIQ
39,342typical OBC · AIQ
59,395typical SC · AIQ
88,182typical ST · AIQ

Pathology: every college, All India Quota (50% govt seats)

2026 R1 closing ranks, toughest first. Tap a college for its full round-by-round history.

#CollegeGENEWSOBCSCSTGEN 2025 R1Change
1Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, DelhiDelhi9,17515,41516,92318,739–10,520-13%
2Maulana Azad Medical College, DelhiDelhi9,315–12,93035,312–8,633+8%
3Government Medical College, ThiruvananthapuramKerala10,268–19,17439,43979,33716,479-38%
4Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences & Dr RML Hospital, DelhiDelhi11,54027,65821,642––13,421-14%
5Shaik-ul-Hind, SaharanpurUttar Pradesh12,954–56,083––––
6ESI, BangaloreKarnataka13,52037,915–––15,326-12%
7Lady Hardinge Medical College, New DelhiDelhi13,59527,65721,643––13,401+1%
8Govt Med Coll, MirajMaharashtra13,849–38,78758,390–––
9Tata Memorial, MumbaiMaharashtra14,238––––14,213+0%
10University College of Medical Sciences, DelhiDelhi14,90727,00520,58729,81733,28215,391-3%
11Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, MumbaiMaharashtra15,23529,59722,39641,06457,62710,661+43%
12Government Medical College & Hospital, ChandigarhChandigarh15,335–22,391––17,057-10%
13Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, VaranasiUttar Pradesh16,00930,93823,08836,460–15,349+4%
14Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, HyderabadTelangana16,292–16,49845,440–15,736+4%
15Government Medical College, KozhikodeKerala16,855––52,178–11,829+42%
16Grant Government Medical College, MumbaiMaharashtra17,01728,94633,97337,841–20,344-16%
17ESI, Basaidarpur, DelhiDelhi17,250–22,426––––
18Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, BengaluruKarnataka17,74053,15327,62849,780–22,899-23%
19Madras Medical College, ChennaiTamil Nadu17,99542,29720,44139,09688,86314,644+23%
20Topiwala, MumbaiMaharashtra18,16021,80624,564–65,60820,503-11%
21Mysore Medical College & Research Institute, MysuruKarnataka18,326–27,20063,61383,23114,823+24%
22SGPGI, LucknowUttar Pradesh18,678–24,811––––
23Goa Med Coll, PanajiGoa18,91047,530–––––
24Govt Med Coll, KottayamKerala20,386–24,69252,550–13,162+55%
25SMS, JaipurRajasthan20,67125,58629,14144,05866,75820,576+0%
26Govt Med Coll, ThrissurKerala20,688–25,23954,87388,18217,994+15%
27Coimbatore Med CollTamil Nadu21,158–21,848––24,772-15%
28Stanley Med Coll, ChennaiTamil Nadu21,213––39,15095,84416,725+27%
29TD Med Coll, AllepeyKerala21,225––––20,278+5%
30Medical College, BarodaGujarat21,470–44,69957,03268,432––
31Lokmanya Tilak, Sion, MumbaiMaharashtra21,675–26,45353,234–20,048+8%
32BJ Government Medical College, PuneMaharashtra21,68630,55028,32441,22870,03320,310+7%
33SCB, CuttackOdisha21,979–37,72372,442–15,055+46%
34Government Kilpauk Medical College, ChennaiTamil Nadu22,183–23,923––––
35Madurai Med Coll, MaduraiTamil Nadu22,31558,08724,206––20,041+11%
36King George’s Medical University, LucknowUttar Pradesh22,540–30,267–85,69623,751-5%
37PGIMER&CapitalHosp,BhubaneswarOdisha23,145––––––
38Guntur Med Coll, GunturAndhra Pradesh23,82040,49438,90140,4211,03,26332,475-27%
39Sher-I-Kashmir, SrinagarJammu and Kashmir23,98540,31449,20457,396–––
40ESIC Med Coll,Sanath NagarTelangana24,244––––––
41IndianRailwayPGInst,New DelhiDelhi24,259––––––
42Pt BD Sharma, RohtakHaryana24,281–33,88549,16369,69819,098+27%
43Mandya IMS, MandyaKarnataka24,681–––1,16,52530,113-18%
44MGM Med Coll, IndoreMadhya Pradesh25,09846,57236,93059,511–16,072+56%
45IPGME&R and SSKM Hospital, KolkataWest Bengal25,13581,06339,94952,693–24,522+2%
46ESIC Med Coll,GulbargaKarnataka25,148––59,036–27,011-7%
47Govt. Mohan Kumaramangalam, SalemTamil Nadu25,231––48,54099,08824,978+1%
48Gandhi Medical College, SecunderabadTelangana25,503–33,41454,781–23,410+9%
49SNMC, JodhpurRajasthan25,50730,38434,62661,186–23,486+9%
50Tirunelveli Med CollTamil Nadu25,58489,987–––16,228+58%
51Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, AMU, AligarhUttar Pradesh25,72032,94233,88434,993–25,578+1%
52Rajah Muthiah, AnnamalainagarTamil Nadu25,784––––––
53Govt Med Coll, NagpurMaharashtra25,816–28,75150,91971,30019,872+30%
54NEIGRIHMS, ShillongMeghalaya25,898––––21,595+20%
55Kanyakumari Med Coll, AsaripallamTamil Nadu25,984––––––
56Govt Med Coll, ErnakulamKerala26,029––––––
57JLNMC, AjmerRajasthan26,11941,32538,89156,58387,54026,380-1%
58BPS Govt Med Coll, SonepatHaryana26,418––––19,256+37%
59Nilratan Sircar, KolkataWest Bengal26,623–52,963–1,12,871––
60Govt Med Coll, SrinagarJammu and Kashmir26,78352,79850,904––16,560+62%
61Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, NagpurMaharashtra26,986––58,385–21,226+27%
62IGIMS, PatnaBihar27,01738,46532,404––18,385+47%
63BJ Medical College, AhmedabadGujarat27,13031,69834,27046,71365,46916,614+63%
64Doon Med Coll, DehradunUttarakhand27,31359,97049,666––27,797-2%
65Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, LucknowUttar Pradesh27,393–31,48259,23947,48623,211+18%
66IGMC, ShimlaHimachal Pradesh27,712––––22,868+21%
67Govt Med Coll, JammuJammu and Kashmir27,89365,39953,53267,43782,96426,730+4%
68Govt Med Coll, PalakkadKerala28,029––––––
69Osmania Med Coll, HyderabadTelangana28,06130,13230,82556,86172,11623,218+21%
70RNT, UdaipurRajasthan28,337–36,45459,27885,92620,647+37%
71Govt Med Coll, SuratGujarat28,38336,19950,20854,521–18,619+52%
72Rajiv Gandhi MC & CSMH, ThaneMaharashtra28,552–35,34053,236–28,503+0%
73IGMC & RI, PondicherryPondicherry28,567––––19,166+49%
74Kurnool Med Coll, KurnoolAndhra Pradesh28,973–31,96859,046–33,897-15%
75ESIC Med Coll, FaridabadHaryana28,989–31,271––21,093+37%
76RIMS, ImphalManipur29,10746,70335,310––25,462+14%
77Pimpri Chinchwad, PimpriMaharashtra29,370–31,250––23,054+27%
78Govt Med Coll, KotaRajasthan29,40749,64438,40564,13774,39927,358+7%
79Govt IMS, KasnaUttar Pradesh30,013–39,350––26,853+12%
80Andhra Med Coll, VizagAndhra Pradesh30,042–35,44649,89993,04328,017+7%
81SSMC, RewaMadhya Pradesh30,202–50,959––––
82CIMS, BilaspurChhattisgarh30,323–48,77071,001–32,043-5%
83KIMS, HubliKarnataka30,49244,32534,75564,7201,11,50926,338+16%
84VMMC, SolapurMaharashtra30,49937,78036,59160,206–25,931+18%
85GovtMedColl,ChhatrapatiSambhajiNgrMaharashtra30,52433,28637,62753,25890,49223,300+31%
86Govt Med Coll, RatlamMadhya Pradesh30,557–50,30066,305–––
87Rajarshee CSM Govt MC,KolhapurMaharashtra30,903––––25,182+23%
88Shimoga IMS, ShimogaKarnataka30,98664,36336,90964,533–36,076-14%
89Patna Med Coll, PatnaBihar31,30142,83445,45669,62679,79229,892+5%
90Govt Med Coll, AkolaMaharashtra31,51134,95939,81572,197–29,325+7%
91Govt Med Coll, PatialaPunjab31,54153,039–49,751–23,069+37%
92Govt Med Coll, AmritsarPunjab31,548––––28,980+9%
93Govt. Med College, KolkataWest Bengal31,61969,82943,062––––
94Govt Med Coll, BaramatiMaharashtra32,194––71,870–––
95Govt&MPGIMER, NashikMaharashtra32,381–39,334––––
96Govt Med Coll, BharatpurRajasthan32,40551,421–––––
97Govt Med Coll, GondiaMaharashtra32,526––––––
98SP Med Coll, BikanerRajasthan32,54441,64934,33261,291–24,303+34%
99Gauhati Med Coll, GuwahatiAssam32,606–44,15071,689–19,425+68%
100SHKM, NalharHaryana32,87038,89543,373––30,154+9%
101PDU Med Coll, RajkotGujarat32,95533,15850,06755,29573,21723,105+43%
102Shri VR Naik Govt, YavatmalMaharashtra33,12851,52239,221––––
103Rangaraya Med Coll, KakinadaAndhra Pradesh33,43046,54140,84462,14091,72134,221-2%
104Pt JNM Med Coll, RaipurChhattisgarh33,711–51,73572,328–34,258-2%
105GSVM Med Coll, KanpurUttar Pradesh34,00546,18939,23845,172–29,179+17%
106Government Medical Coll,KathuaJammu and Kashmir34,053––––––
107BRD Med Coll, GorakhpurUttar Pradesh34,327–43,75959,6911,01,09932,724+5%
108UP Univ of Med Sci, EtawahUttar Pradesh34,44862,35851,82064,816–32,922+5%
109MKCG, BerhampurOdisha34,555–51,56779,68186,94521,814+58%
110MP Shah, JamnagarGujarat34,569–50,38157,159–25,314+37%
111Calcutta National Med CollWest Bengal35,021–40,793––––
112Govt Med Coll, BhilwaraRajasthan35,118––––––
113Hassan IMS, HassanKarnataka35,174–41,873––––
114Govt Med Coll, LaturMaharashtra35,685–37,87870,73591,62530,565+17%
115Govt Siddhartha, VijaywadaAndhra Pradesh35,70654,45239,69361,45167,69433,397+7%
116Kakatiya Med Coll, WarangalTelangana35,916–37,73758,0811,06,97832,548+10%
117MLN Med Coll, AllahabadUttar Pradesh35,931–37,82861,328–27,328+31%
118SV Med Coll, TirupatiAndhra Pradesh36,082–38,979––31,856+13%
119RG Kar Med Coll, KolkataWest Bengal36,36274,21847,508––––
120Jhalawar Med Coll, JhalawarRajasthan36,37354,87841,034––33,577+8%
121Bhopal Memorial Hosp & RCMadhya Pradesh36,536––––––
122Gandhi Medical College, BhopalMadhya Pradesh36,56138,62245,75165,700–29,062+26%
123Gajra Raja Med Coll, GwaliorMadhya Pradesh37,69842,62842,58171,19998,36828,532+32%
124SN Med Coll, AgraUttar Pradesh37,87754,35140,61860,771–31,763+19%
125Govt Med Coll, BhavnagarGujarat38,07140,18450,41365,10378,87526,680+43%
126Rajkiya Med Coll, JalaunUttar Pradesh38,262––––34,277+12%
127Assam Med Coll, DibrugarhAssam38,303–51,37368,51573,33632,144+19%
128Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences, ImphalManipur38,30783,25444,55274,886–––
129SRTT, AmbajogaiMaharashtra38,354–39,01865,115–21,864+75%
130NBMC, DarjeelingWest Bengal38,55056,38649,738––––
131MLB Med Coll, JhansiUttar Pradesh38,589–43,081––33,564+15%
132Govt Med Coll, MahabubnagarTelangana39,003––––––
133NSC Bose Med Coll, JabalpurMadhya Pradesh39,024–49,28567,247–25,664+52%
134Rajiv Gandhi IMS, SrikakulamAndhra Pradesh39,115––71,625–––
135Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, BarpetaAssam39,30670,791–71,732–32,312+22%
136Guru Govind Singh, FaridkotPunjab39,549––––––
137VIMSAR, BurlaOdisha39,766––––24,566+62%
138Govt Med Coll, HaldwaniUttarakhand40,625–47,812––33,208+22%
139VIMS, BellaryKarnataka40,663–41,718––31,846+28%
140Govt Med Coll, ChuruRajasthan40,664––––––
141Bidar IMS, BidarKarnataka40,704––––––
142NAMO MERI Govt MedColl,SilvassaDadra and Nagar Haveli40,929––78,608–34,807+18%
143Rajiv Gandhi IMS, KadapaAndhra Pradesh41,273–44,05268,0651,00,059––
144Govt Allopathic Med Coll,BandaUttar Pradesh41,601––67,801–––
145Govt Med Coll, SiddipetTelangana41,68045,248–––36,185+15%
146Govt Med Coll, SuryapetTelangana41,881––60,876–––
147Rajiv Gandhi IMS, AdilabadTelangana41,98455,745–––––
148Belagavi IMS, BelagaviKarnataka41,99054,438–––––
149Darbhanga, LehriasaraiBihar42,24955,77753,629––33,153+27%
150Govt Med Coll, KhandwaMadhya Pradesh42,285––––34,820+21%
151Govt Med Coll, ShivpuriMadhya Pradesh42,334–47,808––––
152Rajiv Gandhi IMS, OngoleAndhra Pradesh42,528–43,30170,9351,07,59936,172+18%
153Govt Med Coll, ShahjhanpurUttar Pradesh42,656–54,468––33,229+28%
154Gulbarga IMS, GulbargaKarnataka42,67161,30843,862––––
155College of Med & SDH, KolkataWest Bengal42,687––––––
156Chamrajanagar IMS, KarnatakaKarnataka42,73459,67543,203––––
157Raichur IMS, RaichurKarnataka42,84062,59847,441––34,246+25%
158Burdwan Medical CollegeWest Bengal42,979–54,416–1,13,36127,384+57%
159KH Patil IMS, GadagKarnataka43,180–47,156––35,255+22%
160MGM Med Coll, JamshedpurJharkhand43,199–55,216––––
161Atal Bihari Vajpayee, VidishaMadhya Pradesh43,211––66,85299,39532,329+34%
162Govt Med Coll, AyodhyaUttar Pradesh43,25862,819–––––
163Agartala Med Coll, AgartalaTripura43,468––––33,804+29%
164Soban Singh Govt Inst, AlmoraUttarakhand43,75573,477–––––
165Rajendra IMS, RanchiJharkhand44,091–55,50771,16996,06831,541+40%
166Govt Med Coll, KannaujUttar Pradesh44,11361,988–––34,610+27%
167Auton. State Med Coll,GhazipurUttar Pradesh44,157––––––
168Govt Med Coll, DatiaMadhya Pradesh44,529––––34,456+29%
169Govt Med Coll, FirozobadUttar Pradesh44,793–52,680––34,121+31%
170Govt Med Coll, AmbikapurChhattisgarh44,909––––36,444+23%
171Jorhat Med Coll, JorhatAssam45,028–47,45377,841–33,727+34%
172Tezpur Med Coll, TezpurAssam45,539–48,476––––
173Sri Krishna, MuzzafarpurBihar46,66369,037–72,113–35,705+31%
174Jawaharlal Nehru, BhagalpurBihar46,664––––35,675+31%
175Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, BLRKarnataka–60,150–52,6751,13,954––
176Govt Med Coll, KollamKerala––30,820––––
177ESI, Joka, KolkataWest Bengal––34,330––––
178Govt Med Coll, PaliRajasthan–55,786–65,680–––
179Chengalpattu Med CollTamil Nadu–––48,044–––
180Silchar Med Coll, SilcharAssam–89,85454,967–92,093––
181Govt Med Coll, ChhindwaraMadhya Pradesh––53,905––––
182Vardhman IMS, NalandaBihar–73,434–73,562–––
183KAPV Med Coll, TrichyTamil Nadu–88,78325,77744,411–––
184Lakhi Ram Agrawal, RaigarhChhattisgarh–75,59656,557––––
185GB Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, DelhiDelhi–––45,42557,972––
186VCSG Med Coll, Pauri GarhwalUttarakhand––55,43371,076–––
187LLRM Med Coll, MeerutUttar Pradesh–37,512–52,35987,010––
188Diphu Med Coll, AssamAssam–79,014–––––
189Govt Med Coll, JalgaonMaharashtra––41,991–89,427––
190ESI PGIMSR, KK Nagar, ChennaiTamil Nadu––24,146––––
191SVIMS, TirupatiAndhra Pradesh––28,483––––
192RUHS, JaipurRajasthan––29,628––––
193Govt of Med Sci, PariyaramKerala––30,755––––
194ESIC Med Coll, AlwarRajasthan––36,260––––
195Sri Bhausaheb, DhuleMaharashtra––36,361––––
196Acharya Harihar Cancer,CuttackOdisha––38,107–93,584––
197Govt Med Coll, NizamabadTelangana––41,277––––
198Govt Med Coll, AnanthapuramAndhra Pradesh–41,358––87,351––
199Karwar Inst of Med SciencesKarnataka––43,049––––
200MGIMS, WardhaMaharashtra–43,140––91,198––
201Koppal Inst of MS, KoppalKarnataka–76,81543,367––––
202Thanjavur Med CollTamil Nadu–––43,5521,08,368––
203AN Magadh, GayaBihar––46,575––––
204Nandi Inst of Med Sci,ChikkaballapuraKarnataka––48,869––––
205Auton. State Med Coll, EtahUttar Pradesh––50,158––––
206Auton.State MedColl,PratapgarhUttar Pradesh–51,699–––––
207Govt Med Coll, RajnandgaonChhattisgarh––52,03875,190–––
208RPG, TandaHimachal Pradesh–52,403–––––
209Govt Med Coll, Rampur, BastiUttar Pradesh–68,47154,386––––
210Bankura Sammilani Med CollWest Bengal––54,46358,997–––
211Murshidabad Med CollWest Bengal––58,388––––
212HBT & RN Cooper, MumbaiMaharashtra––––61,815––
213Govt Med Coll, NandedMaharashtra–––62,71468,567––
214Auton. State Med Coll,FatehpurUttar Pradesh–––66,77397,189––
215Kodagu Inst of Med SciencesKarnataka–––67,1061,09,433––
216Nalanda Med Coll, PatnaBihar–––69,612–––
217Govt Med Coll, ChandrapurMaharashtra––––94,652––
218MRA Med Coll, AmbedkarnagarUttar Pradesh––––1,13,971––

How Pathology moved round by round

Typical (median) GEN closing rank in the All India Quota (50% govt seats), for seats with a rank in that round. A rising number means seats were getting easier.

RoundTypical closing rankSeats
2026 R130,945174
2025 R126,380141
2025 R234,277159
2025 R339,440166
2025 R452,40041
2024 R123,908146
2024 R228,650150
2024 R332,790156
2024 R438,32230
2024 R540,9815

Pathology in other quotas

Delhi University quota 3 seats
IP University quota (GGSIPU) 2 seats
AMU internal quota 1 seats
CollegeCategory2026 R1Fee
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, AMU, AligarhGEN1,02,106₹54,700
Management / paid seats (deemed) 30 seats
CollegeCategory2026 R1Fee
Hamdard Institute, DelhiGEN76,108₹15 L
SRMC & RI, ChennaiGEN76,282₹15 L
Kalinga IMS, BhubaneswarGEN82,951₹11 L
Amrita School of Med, KochiGEN90,406₹16 L
GITAM IMS, VizagGEN1,10,026₹12 L
DY Patil, Pimpri, PuneGEN1,10,884₹12 L
Kasturba Med Coll, ManipalGEN1,15,708₹19.5 L
Symbiosis Med Coll Women, PuneGEN1,15,965₹14 L
SRM Med Coll, KancheepuramGEN1,16,390₹12 L
MGM Med Coll, Navi MumbaiGEN1,20,216₹20 L
Santosh Med Coll, GhaziabadGEN1,22,480₹10.5 L
Krishna IMS, KaradGEN1,22,757₹15 L
MMIMS, Mullana, AmbalaGEN1,26,086₹15.9 L
IMS & SUM, BhubaneswarGEN1,27,110₹12.8 L
JSS Medical College, MysuruGEN1,27,794₹9.4 L
Saveetha, KanchipuramGEN1,27,869₹10 L
Datta Meghe Med Coll, NagpurGEN1,27,936₹13 L
KS Hegde, MangaloreGEN1,32,051₹13 L
Malla Reddy(Women), HyderabadGEN1,32,054₹11 L
Kasturba Med Coll, MangaloreGEN1,33,226₹19.5 L
Srinivasan Med Coll,Samayapuram This institute was changed from Private Institute to Deemed Institute in 2026.GEN1,36,573₹10 L
DY Patil, Navi MumbaiGEN1,36,704₹20 L
DY Patil, KolhapurGEN1,37,298₹12.2 L
Sri Lalithambigai Med, ChennaiGEN1,38,477₹15 L
SBKS, VadodaraGEN1,44,085₹17.3 L
MGMC & RI, PondicherryGEN1,45,124₹15 L
JN Medical College, BelgaumGEN1,45,942₹12.1 L
Malla Reddy IMS, HyderabadGEN1,46,913₹11 L
Rajeshwari, BangaloreGEN1,48,200₹12 L
Sree Balaji Med Coll, ChennaiGEN1,48,807₹15 L
NRI quota 1 seats
CollegeCategory2026 R1Fee
SRMC & RI, ChennaiNRI-Priority I1,00,663₹34.8 L
Muslim minority quota 1 seats
CollegeCategory2026 R1Fee
Hamdard Institute, DelhiGEN84,391₹15 L
Jain minority quota 1 seats
CollegeCategory2026 R1Fee
SBKS, VadodaraGEN1,15,667₹17.3 L

Questions

What is the NEET PG Pathology cutoff for 2026?

In 2026 R1, Pathology seats (AIQ, GEN) closed between AIR 9,175 at Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi and AIR 46,664 at Jawaharlal Nehru, Bhagalpur. The typical seat closed at AIR 30,945, 18% later (easier) than in 2025 R1.

Which college has the toughest Pathology cutoff?

Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi closed at AIR 9,175 for All India Quota (50% govt seats) GEN in 2026 R1.

Source: MCC counselling results, compiled by CutoffBridge · Updated 2026-10-28 · Closing ranks show the past, not a guarantee.