NEET BDS ST (Scheduled Tribe) Cutoff in Maharashtra
Colleges
29
Most Competitive
4,20,178
Least Competitive
7,44,945
Years
2025
What is ST (Scheduled Tribe)?
The Scheduled Tribe (ST) category in Maharashtra has a 7% reservation in government and corporation colleges, and 3.5% in private unaided institutions. This covers all communities listed in the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order for Maharashtra, including those living outside specified tribal areas. Candidates need a Caste Certificate and a Tribe Validity Certificate from the Caste Scrutiny Committee. No Non-Creamy Layer Certificate is required. Vacant ST seats are first offered to Group I inter-se (SC candidates), then to Group II and III, and finally to the common state merit list. ST candidates from outside Maharashtra are not eligible for state quota reservation.
The ST (Scheduled Tribe) 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 4,20,178 (most competitive) to 7,44,945 (least competitive).
The most competitive colleges for ST (Scheduled Tribe) in Maharashtra are: Government Dental College & Hospital, Mumbai (average closing rank 4,20,178), Nair DC MUMBAI (average closing rank 4,23,030), Government Dental College & Hospital, Nagpur (average closing rank 4,39,093), Government Dental College & Hospital, Jalgaon (average closing rank 4,45,528), Government Dental College & Hospital, Aurangabad (average closing rank 4,56,122). 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 ST (Scheduled Tribe) colleges with multi-round data, 25 extended to lower ranks in later rounds, 1 closed at stronger ranks as only a few seats freed up, and 3 held steady. Annasaheb Chudaman Patil Memorial Dental College, Dhule moved the most, widening from 4,65,085 in Round 1 to 6,04,484 by the final round.
For ST (Scheduled Tribe) candidates targeting Maharashtra: cutoffs have remained relatively stable. Candidates with ranks between 4,20,178 and 7,44,945 had options across these 29 colleges in previous counselling cycles.