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    CLAT 2026 Rank Under 500-1000 - NLUs to Target and Perfect Preference List as per your rank
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    CLAT 2026 Rank Under 500-1000 - NLUs to Target and Perfect Preference List as per your rank

    JasmineUpdated on 16 Dec 2025, 05:22 PM IST

    The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) conducted the CLAT exam 2026 on December 7, 2025. They have published the CLAT 2026 provisional answer on December 10, 2025. Candidates can download the provisional answer key and calculate their expected scores. They can refer to the previous year’s data to see at which NLU they can get a seat. Candidates who scored 85–90 marks are likely to get a rank between 500 to 1000. This article details which NLUs have admitted students with CLAT 2026 ranks under 500 - 1000.

    CLAT 2026 Rank Under 500-1000 - NLUs to Target and Perfect Preference List as per your rank
    CLAT 2026 Rank Under 500-1000

    CLAT 2026 Rank Under 500 - 1000 for General Category

    With this rank range, candidates can get Tier 1 and 2 NLUs. The table details the NLUs that have admitted candidates with a rank between 500 and 1000 for the general category.

    CLAT Rank for General Category

    NLU

    General Opening Rank

    General Closing Rank

    GNLU Silvassa Campus

    755

    1461

    RGNUL Patiala

    565

    1279

    CNLU Patna (BA LLB)

    882

    1398

    NLU Odisha BBA LLB

    552

    1176

    NUSRL Ranchi BA LLB

    864

    1667

    DSNLU Visakhapatnam

    957

    1682

    MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB

    722

    1529

    HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB

    949

    2555

    DBRANLU Sonepat

    626

    1930

    NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB)

    486

    915

    WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons)

    299

    711

    HNLU Raipur

    480

    807

    RMLNLU Lucknow

    461

    780

    MNLU Mumbai

    443

    558

    CLAT 2026 Rank Under 500 - 1000 for EWS Category

    Candidates from the EWS category can get a seat at top NLUs such as NLSIU Bengaluru and NALSAR Hyderabad. Some other options are also mentioned in the table below.

    CLAT Rank for EWS Category

    NLU

    EWS Opening Rank

    EWS Closing Rank

    NLSIU Bengaluru

    119

    703

    NALSAR Hyderabad

    372

    546

    NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB)

    787

    1377

    NLU Jodhpur

    542

    986

    GNLU Gandhinagar

    819

    1118

    NLU CLAT 2026 Preference List for Rank 500 - 1000

    While choosing the preference list, candidates with the CLAT 2026 rank between 500 - 1000 can choose amongst the following NLUs.

    1. NLSIU Bengaluru

    2. NALSAR Hyderabad

    3. WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB)

    4. NLU Jodhpur

    5. GNLU Gandhinagar

    6. NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB)

    7. MNLU Mumbai

    8. WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons)

    9. RMLNLU Lucknow

    10. HNLU Raipur

    11. NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB)

    12. NLU Odisha BA LLB

    13. NLU Odisha BBA LLB

    14. RGNUL Patiala

    15. NUALS Kochi

    16. CNLU Patna (BA LLB)

    17. GNLU Silvassa Campus

    18. MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB

    19. CNLU Patna (BBA LLB)

    20. MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB

    21. NUSRL Ranchi BA LLB

    22. DSNLU Visakhapatnam

    23. NUSRL Ranchi BBA LLB

    24. TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB

    25. DBRANLU Sonepat

    26. TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB

    27. MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB

    28. NLUJA Assam

    29. MPDNLU Jabalpur

    30. MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB

    31. RPNLU Prayagraj

    32. HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB

    33. HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB

    34. IIULER Goa BA LLB

    35. IIULER Goa BBA LLB

    36. NLUT Agartala

    Factors Affecting CLAT Cut-Offs 2026

    CLAT cut-offs 2026 are affected by several factors. These are listed below:

    • Number of candidates: A larger number of candidates appearing for the exam increases the competition. 88,657 students appeared in the CLAT exam 2026.
    • Difficulty level of the exam: An easy CLAT question paper will lead to a higher CLAT 2026 cut-off score.
    • CLAT NLU preferences: Candidates get admitted to their preferred NLUs. NLSIU Bengaluru and NALSAR Hyderabad tend to have higher CLAT cut-offs as they are top NLUs.
    • Reservation policy: The CLAT cut-off 2026 will be affected by the reservation policy followed by the NLUs.
    • Seats offered by the NLUs: A high number of CLAT seats leads to a decrease in the CLAT cut-off score of the last admitted candidate.
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    Several top law colleges are accepting the CLAT score, other than the NLUs. These include:

    • Siksha ‘O’ Anusadhan University, Bhubaneswar
    • Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Science, Chennai
    • Lovely Professional University
    • Institute of Law, Nirma University

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