Udupi retains top position, followed by Dakshina Kannada, with 3% increase in pass percentage

With around 3% more students passing this year compared to last year in the two coastal districts, Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts have retained the top two positions, in terms of pass percentage of fresh II PU students, for the second successive year.

The pass percentage of Udupi in the II PU examination this year was 96.39% with 16,024 of the 16,624 fresh students clearing the examination. A total of 16,275 students, including 194 private and 57 repeaters, have passed. There were five students from the Commerce stream and eight from Science stream in the top four ranks. As many as 24 PU colleges recorded 100% result. In 2025 , Udupi district had recorded 93.9% pass percentage.