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The Consortium of National Law Universities has published the CLAT 2025 cut-off for the first round of counselling on May 26, 2025. The CLAT 2025 cut off will be published on the official website- consortiumofnlus.ac.in for each round of CLAT 2025 counselling. The expected CLAT cut-off 2025 is an important metric to understand the admission chances into a particular NLU. The CLAT 2025 cut-off determines whether the candidate will get into an NLU or not. The cut-off is expressed as the rank of the last candidate admitted into an NLU during a particular round of CLAT 2025 counselling. The expected CLAT 2025 cut-off will be influenced by factors such as the difficulty level of the exam, the number of applicants, NLU preferences provided by the candidates, and CLAT reservation criteria followed by the NLU. Read on to find out the expected cut-off for CLAT 2025, a good score in CLAT, and more.
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The CLAT expected cut-off 2025 will be different for each of the 24 participating NLUs. Top-ranked NLUs such as NLSIU Bengaluru and NALSAR Hyderabad are often the first choice for any CLAT aspirant, and the expected CLAT 2025 cut-off will be higher for such NLUs. The CLAT 2025 cut-off gradually decreases as one moves to NLUs lower down the order. In the bottom-ranked NLUs such as NLU Tripura, many seats are often left vacant even after several rounds of counselling.
Careers360 launched the CLAT 2025 college predictor, a free tool which will help candidates to know the NLUs and courses in which they have chances of admission based on the rank in CLAT 2025. The tool uses details such as rank, state, gender, seat type, and category, entered by the candidates to provide the list of NLU and course recommendations.
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The prominent factors that will determine the expected cut-off for CLAT 2025 include
Difficulty level of the exam
Number of applicants
NLU preferences of the candidates
The reservation policy followed by the NLUs
NLU Name | General Category Closing Ranks | OBC Category Closing Ranks | SC Category Closing Ranks | ST Category Closing Ranks | EWS Category Closing Ranks |
NLSIU Bengaluru | 100 | 1302 | 2881 | 3396 | 694 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 150 | 1219 | 3177 | 3621 | 513 |
WBNUJS Kolkata BA LLB | 285 | 10297 (OBC-A-WB) | 3952 | 6343 | - |
WBNUJS BSc LLB | 652 | 13417 (OBC-A-WB) | 6584 | 9739 | - |
NLIU Bhopal BA LLB | 458 | 1757 | 5763 | 8243 | 1261 |
NLIU Bhopa; BSc. LLB | 821 | 2453 | 7200 | 11901 | 1890 |
NLU Jodhpur | 357 | 1699 | 4659 | 5232 | 910 |
HNLU Raipur | 765 | 2385 | 7350 | 9973 | - |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 402 | 2138 | 5796 | 7639 | 1118 |
GNLU Silvassa | 1252 | 3356 | 8676 | 12880 | 1921 |
RLMNLU Lucknow | 721 | 3354 (OBC-UP) | 11064 (SC-UP) | 19305 (ST-UP) | 1370 (EWS-UP) |
RGNUL Patiala | 1146 | - | 8126 | 11761 | - |
CNLU Patna BA LLB | 1278 | 3083 (BC-Bihar) | 11577 (SC-Bihar) | 16829 (ST-Bihar) | 1922 (EWS-Bihar) |
CNLU Patna BBA LLB | 1424 | 3905 (BC-Bihar) | 15604 (SC-Bihar) | 27043 (ST-Bihar) | 3905 (EWS-Bihar) |
NUALS Kochi | 1175 | - | 15029 (SC-Kerala) | 32306 (ST-Kerala) | 22632 (EWS-Kerala) |
NLU Odisha BA LLB | 943 | - | 6557 | 11889 | - |
NLU Odisha BBA LLB | 1034 | - | 7711 | 12684 | - |
NUSRL Ranchi BA LLB | 1476 | 3025 | 9324 | 13373 | 1911 |
NUSRL Ranchi BBA LLB | 1504 | 3634 | 9515 | 13619 | 2088 |
NLUJ Assam | 1643 | 32829 (OBC-Assam) | 25640 (SC-Assam) | 26581 (STP-Assam) | 18701 (EWS-Assam) |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 1489 | 3612 | 9240 | 13834 | 1872 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 1516 | 3090 | 9564 | 14211 | - |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 1642 | 4096 | 11547 | - | - |
MNLU Mumbai | 536 | 7008 (OBC-Maharashtra) | 12388 (SC-Maharashtra) | 13124 (ST-Maharashtra) | 7523 (EWS-Maharashtra) |
MNLU Nagpur BA LLB | 1353 | 10946 (OBC-Maharashtra) | 19874 (SC-Maharashtra) | 43425 (ST-Maharashtra) | 13040 (EWS-Maharashtra) |
MNLU Nagpur BBA LLB | 1375 | 14912 (OBC-Maharashtra) | 23556 (SC-Maharashtra) | 51639 (ST-Maharashtra) | 16868 (EWS-Maharashtra) |
MNLU Aurangabad BA LLB | 1580 | 15068 (OBC-Maharashtra) | 21432 (SC-Maharashtra) | 55196 (ST-Maharashtra) | 18424 (EWS-Maharashtra) |
MNLU Aurangabad BBA LLB | 1850 | 15631 (OBC-Maharashtra) | 25614 (SC-Maharashtra) | 56594 (ST-Maharashtra) | 20039 (EWS-Maharashtra) |
HPNLU Shimla BA LLB | 1951 | - | 11003 | 15816 | - |
HPNLU Shimla BBA LLB | 1994 | - | 12439 | 18083 | - |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 1762 | 3926 | 11784 | 18330 | 2321 |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 1621 | 3856 | 11377 | 16128 | 2292 |
NLUT Agartala | 2098 | - | 51262 (SC-Tripura) | 57030 (ST-Tripura) | - |
RPNLU Prayagraj | 1987 | 4773 (OBC-UP) | 13293 (SC-UP) | - | 2636 (EWS-UP) |
IIURL Goa BA LLB | 2096 | 4411 | 12539 | 19667 | 2817 |
IIURL Goa BBA LLB | 2150 | 4866 | 12730 | 19819 | 2940 |
The cut-off for various NLUs will be available in the CLAT 2025 merit list published by the consortium before beginning each round of counselling. The cut-off will be available categorywise for each NLU. The CLAT expected cut off 2025 ranks for top NLUs based on the analysis of last year’s cut-off trends are given in the table below.
Category | NLSIU Bengaluru | NALSAR Hyderabad | WBNJUS Kolkata | NLU Jodhpur | GNLU Gandhinagar | MNLU Mumbai | RMNLU Lucknow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100 | 150 | 250 | 350 | 450 | 600 | 750 | |
500 | 550 | - | - | 1200 | 3900* | 2300* | |
950 | 1100 | 23000* | 1400 | 1850 | 6400* | 3600* | |
3000 | 3500 | 4500 | 5000 | 6000 | 10000* | 25000* | |
6000 | 6000 | 8000 | 8000 | 11000 | 34000* | 34000* | |
- | - | 1250 | 1400 | 2800 | 33000 | 9500 |
*state category reservation
While the consortium will release the CLAT cut-off in the form of ranks, candidates must also know the score the rank will translate into and the good score in CLAT. Knowledge of the expected CLAT cut-off 2025 score will enable candidates to prepare in a more focused manner as there will be a target score to work with. The table given below provides the category-wise expected good score in CLAT.
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+ |
The table given below provides the previous year's CLAT 2024 cut off for the participating NLUs. The cut-off is given as the rank of the last candidate.
NLU | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | |||||
Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | |
NLSIU Bengaluru | 1 | 102 | 122 | 523 | 151 | 971 | 372 | 3007 | 239 | 7487 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 6 | 167 | 175 | 564 | 189 | 1116 | 1604 | 3574 | 263 | 6083 |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 311 | 450 | 621 | 1376 | 1191 | 1315 | 4573 | 5178 | 8403 | 11527 |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 187 | 1047 | 1248 | 1777 | 1112 | 1959 | 6497 | 7622 | 13905 | 15219 |
WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB) | 140 | 279 | - | - | 2610* | 23192* | 2056 | 4503 | 5215 | 8860 |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | 289 | 1010 | - | - | 7619* | 26986* | 4663 | 8958 | 10961 | 11917 |
NLU Jodhpur | 170 | 379 | - | 1079 | 1424 | 3574 | 5178 | 6666 | 8960 | |
HNLU Raipur | 434 | 791 | - | - | 1841 | 2069 | 3408 | 6765 | 9218 | 12035 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 210 | 464 | 603 | 1248 | 1284 | 1858 | 4584 | 6175 | 7712 | 11580 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 593 | 1060 | 1113 | 1935 | 2225 | 2429 | 8833 | 10735 | 11291 | - |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 410 | 764 | 1022* | 2326* | 1170* | 3613* | 5397* | 10340* | 20456* | 34174* |
RGNUL Patiala | 502 | 1250 | - | - | - | - | 3234 | 10253 | 9562 | 16875 |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 790 | 1358 | 1378* | 2122* | 2139* | 2776* | 4522* | 14864* | 23802* | - |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 1051 | 1552 | 1571* | 2703* | 2560* | 4147* | 13550* | 16714* | 1339* | - |
NUALS Kochi | 231 | 1136 | 6867* | 14922* | - | - | 12306* | 15245* | 13117 | - |
NLU Odisha | 591 | 1205 | - | - | - | - | 5997 | 9869 | 11580 | 16676 |
NUSRL Ranchi | 637 | 1594 | 1468 | 2255 | 1837 | 3005 | 5972 | 11124 | 16161 | 19635 |
NLUJA Assam | 1344 | 1704 | - | - | 7386* | 37438* | 8824* | 17168* | 17149* | 46899* |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 656 | 1390 | 1242 | 2195 | 2068 | 2940 | 8057 | 10568 | 11917 | 18342 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 806 | 1628 | - | - | 1634 | 3135 | 9853 | 11289 | 38376* | - |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | 821 | 1711 | - | - | 2178 | 3800 | 10130 | 12418 | 16910 | 21607 |
MNLU Mumbai | 99 | 590 | 811* | 3932* | 2123* | 6468* | 4506* | 11392* | 24593* | 34264* |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 491 | 1587 | 3974* | 6285* | 3089* | 17245* | 11235* | 25115* | 29470* | 50326* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 611 | 1685 | 6100* | 16730* | 4790* | 14814* | 12722* | 29474* | 42740* | 46480* |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 945 | 1832 | 4220* | 18008* | 14714* | 18004* | 8281* | 28813* | 41238* | - |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 681 | 2115 | 8662* | 18056* | 7755* | 19003* | 21344* | 29975* | 47604* | - |
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB | 885 | 2102 | - | - | - | 9061 | 12158 | 13213 | 20412 | |
HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB | 284 | 2150 | - | - | - | 9789 | 12740 | 16386 | 23188 | |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 1060 | 1824 | 1935 | 2769 | 2677 | 3445 | 10083 | 12556 | 16830 | 23145 |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 503 | 2050 | 1887 | 2687 | 2273 | 3861 | 9107 | 12447 | 17161 | 23000 |
NLUT Agartala | 1716 | 2243 | - | - | - | - | 32520* | - | 31488* | - |
*state category reservation
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There will be three rounds of CLAT counselling 2025 as per the revised schedule.
There are 24 NLUs and 60+ affiliated colleges participating in CLAT 2025.
A good score in CLAT 2025 is around 100+ marks for admission into top NLUs.
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While NLUs are costly, you can still pursue government-funded law education through state-funded universities and their affiliated colleges that accept CLAT scores, such as institutes like Banaras Hindu University and Aligarh Muslim University.
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It is always better to take the CLAT exam right after Class 12 if your goal is to build a career in law, because CLAT UG is specifically designed for admission into integrated five-year law programs like BA LLB, BCom LLB, or BBA LLB. Appearing after Class 12 saves you time, as you complete both graduation and law together in a single course. On the other hand, if you first complete graduation and then plan for law, you will not be eligible for CLAT UG but instead for CLAT PG, which is meant for admission into LLM programs. This path takes longer, because you first spend three or four years on graduation and then add another three years in an LLB program if you choose not to go for an integrated course. So, if you are already sure about pursuing law as your career, writing CLAT right after Class 12 is the smarter and time-saving option, while writing it after graduation makes sense only if you are considering higher studies in law or a shift in career later.
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