NEET BDS SEBC (Socially & Educationally Backward) Cutoff in Maharashtra
Colleges
29
Most Competitive
1,07,605
Least Competitive
5,54,901
Years
2025
What is SEBC (Socially & Educationally Backward)?
The Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) category provides a 10% reservation in Maharashtra government, government-aided, corporation, and private unaided institutions (excluding minority institutions). This reservation applies to the Maratha community, classified as SEBC under the Maharashtra State Reservation (of seats for admission in Educational Institutions in the State and for appointments in the Public Services and posts under the State) for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2024. As of the 2026 counselling cycle, this reservation continues under interim court orders while challenges to the Act are heard by a Full Bench of the Bombay High Court (Justices Ghuge, Jamadar, and Marne). The Supreme Court has also agreed to hear related petitions. Candidates must produce an SEBC Caste Certificate, a Caste Validity Certificate (a six-month grace period from the date of admission applies for submission), and a Non-Creamy Layer Certificate valid for the current financial year, along with an income certificate.
The SEBC (Socially & Educationally Backward) category has cutoff data available across 29 dental colleges in Maharashtra. This data covers 1 year of counselling from 2025. Closing ranks for this category range from 1,07,605 (most competitive) to 5,54,901 (least competitive).
The most competitive colleges for SEBC (Socially & Educationally Backward) in Maharashtra are: Nair DC MUMBAI (average closing rank 1,07,605), Government Dental College & Hospital, Mumbai (average closing rank 1,13,311), Government Dental College & Hospital, Aurangabad (average closing rank 1,21,718), Government Dental College & Hospital, Nagpur (average closing rank 1,26,934), Government Dental College & Hospital, Jalgaon (average closing rank 1,70,685). These colleges consistently attract candidates with the lowest NEET All India Ranks in this category.
Closing ranks do not move the same way across rounds at every college. Of the 29 SEBC (Socially & Educationally Backward) colleges with multi-round data, 29 extended to lower ranks in later rounds. Ranjeet Deshmukh Dental College and Research Centre, Nagpur moved the most, widening from 2,62,706 in Round 1 to 4,79,687 by the final round.
For SEBC (Socially & Educationally Backward) candidates targeting Maharashtra: cutoffs have remained relatively stable. Candidates with ranks between 1,07,605 and 5,54,901 had options across these 29 colleges in previous counselling cycles.