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    1000 to 5000 CLAT Rank Vs NLUs: Top NLUs and Expected Cut-Offs

    1000 to 5000 CLAT Rank Vs NLUs: Top NLUs and Expected Cut-Offs

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    Sumeet SudarshanUpdated on 19 May 2025, 12:12 PM IST

    A rank of 1000 to 5000 in the revised merit list places a candidate in the top 10 percentile. However, the top NLUs for CLAT ranks 1000 to 5000 will vary across categories and the rank range. With rank of 1000-5000 in the CLAT 2025 revised result, candidates from SC/ST and OBC categories with domicile reservation can certainly make it to the premier NLUs. In this article, let’s look at which are the top NLUs for rank 1000-5000 in the CLAT 2025 revised merit list based on past cut-off trends.

    1000 to 5000 CLAT Rank Vs NLUs: Top NLUs and Expected Cut-Offs
    1000 to 5000 CLAT Rank Vs NLUs: Top NLUs and Expected Cut-Offs

    The Consortium of NLUs has resumed the CLAT 2025 counselling process. The first CLAT 2025 merit list is scheduled to be published on May 26, 2025.

    Is 1000 to 5000 a Good Rank in CLAT 2025?

    CLAT rank 1000 to 5000 will translate into a score between 80-90+ marks. Estimates based on past NLU cut-off trends suggest that a good score in CLAT 2025 is between 90-100+ for different categories. So 1000 to 5000 may not be a good rank in CLAT 2025 for general and EWS categories for admission into tier 1 NLUs. However, these candidates can look at tier 2 and tier 3 NLUs.

    Candidates can check the CLAT marks vs rank analysis to estimate the score required in the Common Law Admission Test for a rank between 1000 to 5000.

    Marks for CLAT Revised Rank 1000 to 5000

    Ranks

    Expected Marks

    1000

    90+

    1500

    88+

    2000

    86+

    2500

    85+

    3000

    83+

    3500

    82+

    4000

    80+

    4500

    79+

    5000

    78+

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    Top NLUs for CLAT Ranks 1000 to 5000

    The tables given below provide the top NLUs for CLAT revised rank 1000 to 5000 for each category. The data is based on the CLAT cut-off trends observed in the past year.

    Top NLUs for CLAT Rank 1000 to 5000 for General

    NLU

    Opening Rank

    Closing Rank

    NLIU Bhopal

    187

    1047

    GNLU Silvassa Campus

    593

    1060

    RGNUL Patiala

    502

    1250

    CNLU Patna (BA LLB)

    790

    1358

    CNLU Patna (BBA LLB)

    1051

    1552

    NUALS Kochi

    231

    1136

    NLU Odisha

    591

    1205

    NUSRL Ranchi

    637

    1594

    NLUJA Assam

    1344

    1704

    DSNLU Visakhapatnam

    656

    1390

    TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB

    806

    1628

    TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB

    821

    1711

    MNLU Mumbai

    99

    590

    MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB

    491

    1587

    MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB

    611

    1685

    MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB

    945

    1832

    MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB

    681

    2115

    HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB

    885

    2102

    HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB

    284

    2150

    MPDNLU Jabalpur

    1060

    1824

    DBRANLU Sonepat

    503

    2050

    NLUT Agartala

    1716

    2243

    Top NLUs for CLAT Rank 1000 to 5000 for EWS

    NLU

    Opening Rank

    Closing Rank

    NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB)

    621

    1376

    NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB)

    1248

    1777

    GNLU Gandhinagar

    603

    1248

    GNLU Silvassa Campus

    1113

    1935

    RMLNLU Lucknow

    1022*

    2326*

    CNLU Patna (BA LLB)

    1378*

    2122*

    CNLU Patna (BBA LLB)

    1571*

    2703*

    NUALS Kochi

    6867*

    14922*

    NUSRL Ranchi

    1468

    2255

    DSNLU Visakhapatnam

    1242

    2195

    MNLU Mumbai

    811*

    3932*

    MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB

    3974*

    6285*

    MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB

    6100*

    16730*

    MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB

    4220*

    18008*

    MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB

    8662*

    18056*

    MPDNLU Jabalpur

    1935

    2769

    DBRANLU Sonepat

    1887

    2687

    *state category reservation

    Top NLUs for CLAT Rank 1000 to 5000 for OBC


    NLU

    Opening rank

    Closing rank

    NALSAR Hyderabad

    189

    1116

    NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB)

    1191

    1315

    NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB)

    1112

    1959

    WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB)

    2610*

    23192*

    WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons)

    7619*

    26986*

    NLU Jodhpur

    1079

    1424

    HNLU Raipur

    1841

    2069

    GNLU Gandhinagar

    1284

    1858

    GNLU Silvassa Campus

    2225

    2429

    RMLNLU Lucknow

    1170*

    3613*

    CNLU Patna (BA LLB)

    2139*

    2776*

    CNLU Patna (BBA LLB)

    2560*

    4147*

    NUSRL Ranchi

    1837

    3005

    NLUJA Assam

    7386*

    37438*

    DSNLU Visakhapatnam

    2068

    2940

    TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB

    1634

    3135

    TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB

    2178

    3800

    MNLU Mumbai

    2123*

    6468*

    MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB

    3089*

    17245*

    MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB

    4790*

    14814*

    MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB

    14714*

    18004*

    MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB

    7755*

    19003*

    MPDNLU Jabalpur

    2677

    3445

    DBRANLU Sonepat

    2273

    3861

    *state category reservation

    Top NLUs for CLAT Revised Rank 1000-5000 for SC and ST Categories

    The CLAT cut-off trends indicate that ST candidates with rank of 1000 to 5000 in the revised CLAT 2025 result can obtain admission into all of the NLUs. SC Candidates too can obtain admission into any NLUs. However, for admission into NLSIU and NALSAR, they will need a CLAT rank of below 3000.

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