Candidates with CLAT marks between 70 and 75 generally have a rank of around 5800 to 9930. General category students require a higher CLAT 2026 score than this to get into National Law Universities (NLUs). However, candidates from SC, ST, OBC and EWS categories might be admitted to NLUs with this score. Some Tier 1 colleges like NLIU Bhopal, WBNUJS Kolkata, and GNLU Gandhinagar can admit students from certain reserved categories. In addition, some CLAT-affiliated colleges may accept students with low CLAT scores.
The CLAT PG 2026 answer key PDF will provide the exam name, exam level, all questions asked in the paper, the correct answers for each question, the official marking scheme, and the corresponding question numbers.
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+ |
General category students have low chances of getting into NLUs with this score. The CLAT cut-offs for this category are generally higher. Candidates will need a score close to 100 to get admitted to top NLUs like NLSIU Bengaluru or NALSAR Hyderabad. Unfortunately, candidates who score around 75 marks will not qualify for any NLUs in the General category.
Candidates from the EWS category have a few NLUs in the 5800 - 9930 range. These include seats with state reservations. Based on the previous year’s cut off, MNLU Aurangabad had an opening rank of 8328 for its BA LLB program and 8244 for its BBA LLB program. MNLU Mumbai closed at 7523 with state reservations.
NLU | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
MNLU Aurangabad - BA LLB | 8328* | 23203* |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 8244* | 19846* |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 7863* | 16868* |
MNLU Mumbai | 2524* | 7523* |
*state reservation
Several NLUs are accepting OBC category students with CLAT marks of 70 to 75. CNLU Patna accepts candidates for both BA LLB and BBA LLB programs within this range. MNLU Nagpur have ranged from around 9040 to 16795 for its BBA LLB program. Candidates from this category can also get into MNLU Mumbai, which is a Tier 2 NLU.
NLU | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 9041* | 16794* |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 1861* | 7359* |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 8364* | 12269* |
MNLU Mumbai | 4161* | 8067* |
IIULER Goa BA LLB | 4440 | 5892 |
*state reservation
SC candidates with around 75 marks have a higher chance of getting into NLUs. They can get Tier 1 NLU like NLIU Bhopal, WBNUJS Kolkata, and GNLU Gandhinagar for the BSc LLB course at a range between 5900 and 6990. Tier 2 and tier 3 NLUs also admitted students within the range of 5800 and 9930.
NLU | SC Opening Rank | SC Closing Rank |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 6764 | 8625 |
HNLU Raipur | 6232 | 7660 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 8584 | 8826 |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 7884* | 12662* |
NUALS Kochi | 9871* | 15029* |
NLU Odisha BBA LLB | 7630 | 7891 |
NUSRL Ranchi BA LLB | 8542 | 9902 |
NUSRL Ranchi BBA LLB | 8493 | 38622 |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 8198 | 9330 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 6291 | 10327 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | 6571 | 12470 |
MNLU Mumbai | 7180* | 15622 |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 7378* | 30029* |
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB | 8641 | 11597 |
HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB | 9542 | 13886 |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 7991 | 12802 |
IIULER Goa BA LLB | 6774 | 14412 |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | 4244 | 6987 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 974 | 5934 |
RGNUL Patiala | 2067 | 8625 |
NLU Odisha BA LLB | 3196 | 7247 |
*state reservation
Several NLUs have admitted ST candidates scoring around 75 marks in CLAT 2026. These include NLIU Bhopal, WBNUJS Kolkata, HNLU Raipur, NLU Jodhpur and more. The closing rank for some has reached around 39690.
NLU | ST Opening Rank | ST Closing Rank |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 6166 | 8243 |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc. LLB Hons) | 8994 | 9739 |
WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB) | 4823 | 6343 |
HNLU Raipur | 9746 | 10507 |
7540 | 12742 | |
NLU Odisha BA LLB | 8920 | 12967 |
NLUJA Assam | 8513* | 39689* |
NLU Jodhpur | 4343 | 5955 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 4457 | 8568 |
*state reservation
Candidates who have low chances of getting into NLU can get admitted to the CLAT-affiliated colleges. Here is a table including the private law colleges.
Alliance School of Law, Alliance University, Bangalore | Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Rohtak |
Kalinga University, Chhattisgarh | |
Arka Jain University, Jharkhand | |
Aryans College of Law, Rajpura, Punjab | Maharshi Law School, Maharshi University of Information Technology |
Asian Law College, Noida | Manipal University, Jaipur |
GITAM School of Law, Visakhapatnam | National Forensic Sciences University, Gujarat |
SRM University Delhi-NCR, Sonepat | |
IMS Unison University, Dehradun |
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