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    At 65 in CLAT 2026? Use Smart Counselling to Boost Your Admission Odds

    At 65 in CLAT 2026? Use Smart Counselling to Boost Your Admission Odds

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    JasmineUpdated on 08 Dec 2025, 12:55 PM IST

    Several students achieve a CLAT score between 65 and 70. This score has an equivalent range of 9900 to 14100. To get a seat in any of the top National Law Universities (NLUs), candidates will require a CLAT score of 90 or above. However, with these marks, reserved category students might have a better chance of getting admitted to NLUs. They must smartly utilise the benefits of reservation, counselling and choice filling. Those who do not get a seat at any NLU within this CLAT range can apply to CLAT-affiliated colleges. They have accepted low CLAT scores in previous years. This article details the possible NLUs for candidates who have scored between 65-70 marks.

    At 65 in CLAT 2026? Use Smart Counselling to Boost Your Admission Odds
    At 65 in CLAT 2026? Use Smart Counselling to Boost Your Admission Odds

    Rank for CLAT Score of 65 to 70

    The table below details the equivalent rank for the score range of 65-70.

    CLAT score vs rank

    Score

    Rank

    65

    14152

    66

    13134-13294

    66.75

    12482-12610

    67

    12340-12362

    67.5

    11889-11906

    68

    11409

    68.25

    11290

    68.5

    11056-11162

    69.25

    10507

    69.75

    10057

    70

    9928

    NLU for General Category at Around 65 Marks

    Getting a seat in any of the top NLUs would require a CLAT score of 90 or above for General category students. No NLUs have accepted candidates with a 65 score in CLAT in the previous year. The CLAT cut-offs for this category remain comparatively higher.

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    NLUs Accepting 65 Marks for EWS

    Based on last year’s cut-off, only one NLU accepts candidates scoring 65 marks. MNLU Nagpur has admitted students with this score range for its BBA LLB program. The opening rank for EWS was around 13166, while the closing rank was 19846. This rank range is inclusive of the state reservations.

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    NLUs Accepting CLAT 65 Marks for OBC

    There are only limited options for OBC category candidates with a CLAT score of 65 to 70.

    NLUJA Assam and MNLU Aurangabad had an opening rank between the 9900 - 14100 range.

    NLUs for OBC category with 65 marks

    NLU

    Opening Rank

    Closing Rank

    NLUJA Assam

    10753*

    40275*

    MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB

    11062*

    19813*

    *state reservation

    NLUs for SC at 65 Marks

    Students from the SC category have comparatively more chances to get into an NLU with a score range of 65-70. Several NLUs such as CNLU Patna, MNLU Nagpur, MPDNLU Jabalpur and more, have accepted candidates in their first round of counselling. For some NLUs such as RMLNLU Lucknow, TNNLU Tiruchirappalli, HPNLU Shimla and more, had a closing rank within the 9000 - 14100 range.

    NLUs for SC category with 65 marks

    NLU

    Opening Rank

    Closing Rank

    CNLU Patna (BBA LLB)

    12269*

    15833*

    CNLU Patna (BA LLB)

    7884*

    12662*

    MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB

    13180*

    27496*

    MPDNLU Jabalpur

    9959

    11065

    RPNLU Prayagraj

    12017*

    21354*

    RMLNLU Lucknow

    1832*

    11228*

    TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB

    6291

    10327

    TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB

    6571

    12470

    HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB

    8641

    11597

    HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB

    9542

    13886

    DBRANLU Sonepat

    7991

    12802

    *state reservation

    NLUs Accepting Around 65 Marks for ST

    ST candidates have the maximum chance of getting admission into NLUs with a score of around 65 in CLAT 2026. Tier 1 NLU like NLIU Bhopal has accepted students for its BSc LLB program at 10384 rank. Several tier 2 and 3 NLUs are also open for admission like MNLU Mumbai, NLU Odisha, HPNLU Shimla and more.

    NLUs for ST category with 65 marks

    NLU

    Opening Rank

    Closing Rank

    NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB)

    10384

    11901

    GNLU Silvassa Campus

    12320

    15112

    NLU Odisha BBA LLB

    10921

    15161

    NLU Odisha BA LLB

    8920

    12967

    NUSRL Ranchi BA LLB

    10015

    15023

    NUSRL Ranchi BBA LLB

    10573

    13619

    DSNLU Visakhapatnam

    13506

    15632

    MNLU Mumbai

    10288*

    13124*

    HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB

    13499

    18083

    MPDNLU Jabalpur

    13674

    20674

    DBRANLU Sonepat

    12630

    19973

    IIULER Goa BA LLB

    12362

    21325

    IIULER Goa BBA LLB

    11093

    22260

    HNLU Raipur

    9746

    10507

    RGNUL Patiala

    7540

    12742

    *state reservation

    CLAT-Affiliated Colleges Accepting Low Scores

    Several private law colleges and CLAT-affiliated colleges accept students with low CLAT scores. Candidates who fail to get their preferred NLU with a 65-70 CLAT score can apply to these colleges. The table below states some of the private law colleges.

    Private Law Colleges

    Alliance School of Law, Alliance University, Bangalore

    Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Rohtak

    Apex University, Jaipur

    Kalinga University, Chhattisgarh

    Arka Jain University, Jharkhand

    Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida

    Aryans College of Law, Rajpura, Punjab

    Maharshi Law School, Maharshi University of Information Technology

    Asian Law College, Noida

    Manipal University, Jaipur

    Fairfield School of Law, FIMT, Delhi

    MIT World Peace University, Pune

    GITAM School of Law, Visakhapatnam

    National Forensic Sciences University, Gujarat

    IFIM Law School, Bangalore

    SRM University Delhi-NCR, Sonepat

    IMS Unison University, Dehradun

    UPES, Dehradun

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