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.
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.
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.
Ranks | Expected Marks |
1000 | 90+ |
1500 | 88+ |
2000 | 86+ |
2500 | 85+ |
3000 | 83+ |
3500 | 82+ |
4000 | 80+ |
4500 | 79+ |
5000 | 78+ |
Candidates can click on the link given below to access the CLAT 2025 college predictor, a free tool developed by Careers360. By entering details such as their rank, state, seat type, category and gender, they can get the list of recommended NLUs.
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Careers360’s CLAT College Predictor |
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.
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 |
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
| 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
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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