The Common Law Admission Test is the toughest law entrance exam in India. Every year around 50,000 candidates appear for the entrance exam which offers around 4000 NLU seats. Given the tough competition, it is important that candidates score well in the exam. When it comes to CLAT 2025 passing marks, the Consortium of NLUs has not specified any passing marks for the exam. Candidates are given admissions based on their ranks in the CLAT exam. Usually the top ranks in the candidates are given admissions to NLUs based on the CLAT 2025 cutoff of each NLU. In this article we will discuss in detail about what is a good score in CLAT 2025 for NLU admission.
CLAT 2026 cut-offs for the top NLU’s, as per previous year’s trends, are as follows.
Top NLUs | Expected cut-off marks | UG seats offered, excluding supernumerary NRI seats |
NLSIU Bengaluru | 100+ | 300 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 100+ | 132 |
WBNUJS Kolkata | 98+ | 108 |
NLU Jodhpur | 95+ | 164 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 95+ | 172 |
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The CLAT exam was conducted in offline mode on December 1, 2024. The maximum marks in the CLAT exam are 120. There are no passing marks in CLAT 2025. The Consortium of NLUs has not specified any passing marks for the entrance exam. The NLU admissions through CLAT 2025 will be done based on the CLAT ranks. The CLAT 2025 counselling will be conducted in five rounds. Before each round of seat allotment, the consortium will release the CLAT 2025 merit list. Students will be allotted seats in NLUs based on their ranks, category and NLU preferences.
To understand their chances of admission, candidates must understand what marks will translate to what ranks. On a rough estimate, a CLAT score of above 90 marks will land up candidates a rank less than 1000. A detailed analysis of CLAT marks vs rank 2025 has been given below:
CLAT 2025 marks | CLAT 2025 rank |
98+ marks | 200 and above |
92+ marks | 500 and above |
90+ marks | 1000 and above |
88+ marks | 1500 and above |
86+ marks | 2000 and above |
85+ marks | 2500 and above |
83+ marks | 3000 and above |
82+ marks | 3500 and above |
80+ marks | 5000 and above |
77+ marks | 6000 and above |
74+ marks | 8000 and above |
72+ marks | 10000 and above |
A score of above 90 marks can be termed as a really good score in the CLAT 2025 exam. A score of above 90 marks can be almost taken as a definite guarantee for admission into an NLU. Given the difficulty level of the CLAT exam, a score of 90+ is a really good score. Candidates with a score of more than 90+ can expect their ranks under 1000. A score of above 80 marks will also open candidates’ chances for admission to some really good NLUs. The below given table denotes what is a good score in CLAT 2025 to get admission in top NLUs.
NLU Name | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | NRI |
100+ | 95+ | 90+ | 83+ | 78+ | - | |
100+ | 95+ | 90+ | 82+ | 78+ | - | |
98+ | - | 56+* | 80+ | 74+ | 89+ | |
95+ | - | 88+ | 79+ | 74+ | 88+ | |
95+ | 90+ | 87+ | 77+ | 70+ | 84+ | |
93+ | 81+ | 77+* | 71+* | 41+* | 43+ | |
91+ | 85+ | 82+* | 53+* | 41+* | 72+ |
*state category reservation
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
There are no specified passing marks for CLAT 2025.
A score of 90+ can be termed as a really good score in CLAT.
Candidates might get a lower ranked NLU with a score of 70 or a top ranked NLU given that they belong to reserved categories.
On Question asked by student community
Hello,
Based on previous year CLAT cutoff trends , your chances for NLSIU Bangalore are very low .
NLSIU Bangalore has the highest cutoff among all NLUs . In recent years, the final closing rank for General category has been around AIR 100–120 only.
You have:
General category AIR: 658
Women category rank: 313
No Karnataka domicile
Women reservation in NLUs is horizontal , not a separate quota. This means it does not add extra seats . It only helps when candidates are very close to the general cutoff. At a rank of 313 , the gap is too large.
Even in spot or final rounds, NLSIU does not go beyond ~120 rank for General category candidates without domicile.
However, with these ranks, you have good chances in other top NLUs like NALSAR Hyderabad, WBNUJS Kolkata, NLU Jodhpur, GNLU Gandhinagar, and NLIU Bhopal, depending on counselling rounds.
You can also use our CLAT College Predictor Tool to predict which colleges you can get based on your score and rank.
Hope it helps !
Good afternoon,
With 86.7 marks and 1906 rank in CLAT 2026, you have a chance to get admission in mid-tier and the newest NLUs. The list of probable NLUs where you can get admission is mentioned below.
1. RMLNLU Lucknow
2. MNLU Mumbai
3. DSNLU Visakhapatnam
4. NLU Odisha
5. CNLU Patna
Thank you.
Hello,
Yes, a student with CLAT 2026 rank around 12,000 can register for counselling.
However, chances of getting a seat in the top NLUs (like NLSIU Bangalore, NALSAR Hyderabad, WBNUJS Kolkata, NLIU Bhopal) are very low, as their closing ranks are usually below 4,000 for the general category.
For mid-tier NLUs (like NLU Jodhpur, HNLU Raipur, GNLU Gandhinagar, RMLNLU Lucknow), closing ranks generally go up to 5,000–8,000, so it will still be difficult.
Lower-tier NLUs (like NLU Odisha, NUALS Kochi, NUSRL Ranchi, NLUJA Assam, DSNLU Vizag, TNNLU, HPNLU Shimla) sometimes admit candidates with ranks in the 10,000–30,000 range , especially in later counselling rounds or if there are vacancies. State quota reservations can also improve chances.
You can also use our CLAT College Predictor Tool to predict which colleges you can get based on your score and rank.
Hope it helps !
Hello,
A CLAT score of 81.25 places you in the moderate range, where admission to top NLUs becomes difficult, but opportunities may still remain in newer and mid-tier NLUs, depending on your category, seat movement, and round wise cutoffs.
https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-2026-college-predictor
Hope you understand.
Hello there first of all congratulations on scoreing so well in your CLAT examination
With general AIR 33490 and clat score nearby 96 or 95 , getting admission in RGNUL Patiala under punjab domicile is POSSIBLE but NOT GUARANTEED
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