NEET BDS SC (Scheduled Caste) Cutoff in Punjab
Colleges
16
Most Competitive
2,819
Least Competitive
5,946
Years
2025
What is SC (Scheduled Caste)?
The Scheduled Caste (SC) category in Karnataka has a 15% reservation of state quota seats. This covers all communities listed under the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order for Karnataka. Candidates must produce a Caste/Income Certificate issued by the jurisdictional Tahasildar at the time of document verification. No creamy layer criterion applies to SC candidates. Fee reimbursement at government medical colleges is administered by the Social Welfare Department (not the Backward Classes Welfare Department); check the latest Social Welfare Department notification for current income eligibility thresholds. Vacant SC seats follow the state's inter-se vacancy filling rules. SC candidates can also compete for GM seats on merit.
The SC (Scheduled Caste) category has cutoff data available across 16 dental colleges in Punjab. This data covers 1 year of counselling from 2025. Closing ranks for this category range from 2,819 (most competitive) to 5,946 (least competitive).
The most competitive colleges for SC (Scheduled Caste) in Punjab are: Govt. Dental College & Hospital, Patiala (average closing rank 2,819), Government Dental College, Amritsar (average closing rank 2,872), Christian Dental College, Ludhiana (average closing rank 3,024), Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental Sciences & Research, Amritsar (average closing rank 3,684), Baba Jaswant Singh Dental College Hospital & Research Institute, Ludhiana (average closing rank 3,919). 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 23 SC (Scheduled Caste) colleges with multi-round data, 23 closed at stronger ranks as only a few seats freed up. Baba Jaswant Singh Dental College Hospital & Research Institute, Ludhiana moved the most, tightening from 5,714 in Round 1 to 2,435 by the final round.
For SC (Scheduled Caste) candidates targeting Punjab: cutoffs have remained relatively stable. Candidates with ranks between 2,819 and 5,946 had options across these 16 colleges in previous counselling cycles.