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

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.

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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

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.

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.

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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It entirely depends on the university whether the admission for the BA LLB will be based on the 12th board or the national-level entrance exam, or both. The admission exams are below

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3. Symbiosis Law Admission Test

4. Common University Entrance Test

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