The expected rank for CLAT marks 80 to 85 is around 1630 to 3505. The CLAT cut-off data for last year shows that a CLAT marks of 80 to 85 is enough for admission into top NLUs such as NLSIU Bengaluru and NALSAR Hyderabad for SC and ST categories. General and EWS candidates can gain admission into tier 3 NLUs with CLAT marks 80 to 85. Read on to find out what is the expected rank for marks between 80 to 85 and top universities to gain admission.
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With scores in the Common Law Admission Test, candidates can gain admission into 5-year LLB and LLM programmes of participating CLAT colleges. The consortium has conducted CLAT 2026 on December 7, 2025, in offline mode at centers across the country.
As per the CLAT marks vs rank analysis, an expected rank for CLAT marks of 80 to 85 is between 1630 and 3505. The CLAT marks vs rank analysis helps predict the rank their CLAT score will convert into as the NLU cut-off is released in the form of a cut-off rank and not cut-off marks.
Score | Min rank |
85 | 1632 - 1686 |
84.75 | 1707 - 1729 |
84.5 | 1802 |
84 | 1925 - 1955 |
83.75 | 2003 |
83.5 | 2100 |
83 | 2248 - 2323 |
82.75 | 2355 |
82.5 | 2445 |
82.25 | 2522 - 2534 |
82 | 2610 - 2654 |
81.75 | 2788 |
81.5 | 2809 - 2879 |
81.25 | 2923 - 2979 |
81 | 2994 |
80.75 | 3086 - 3176 |
80.5 | 3204 - 3288 |
80.25 | 3347 - 3379 |
80 | 3457 - 3506 |
80 to 85 marks is a good score in CLAT 2026 for candidates from the SC and ST categories as it can enable them to secure admission into premier NLUs like NLSIU and NALSAR. The CLAT cut-off for OBC is low enough for candidates to secure admission under the domicile quota in some of the top NLUs such as WBNUJS Kolkata. However, the CLAT cut-off for the general category is higher, so with a CLAT score of 80 to 85 marks, candidates can gain admission into tier 3 NLUs such as NLU Tripura and DBRANLU Sonepat.
Given below are the top National Law Universities for admission into various categories for CLAT scores of 80 to 85 marks.
NLU | General (closing rank) |
NUSRL Ranchi (BA LLB) | 1667 |
NUSRL Ranchi (BBA LLB) | 1760 |
NLUJA Assam | 2141 |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 1682 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (BA LLB) | 1763 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (BCom LLB) | 1947 |
MNLU Nagpur (BBA LLB) | 1623 |
MNLU Aurangabad (BA LLB) | 1949 |
MNLU Aurangabad (BBA LLB) | 2393 |
HPNLU Shimla (BA LLB) | 2555 |
HPNLU Shimla (BBA LLB) | 2634 |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 2243 |
1930 | |
NLUT Agartala | 2855 |
RPNLU Prayagraj | 2469 |
IIULER Goa (BA LLB) | 2784 |
IIULER Goa (BBA LLB) | 2832 |
NLU | EWS (closing rank) |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 1997 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 2620 |
RMLNLU Lucknow (BA LLB) | 2088* |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 1950* |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 2316* |
NUSRL Ranchi (BA LLB) | 2551 |
NUSRL Ranchi (BBA LLB) | 2714 |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 2571 |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 2922 |
2727 |
*state category reservation
NLU | OBC (closing rank) |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 1757 |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 2464 |
1776 | |
HNLU Raipur | 2408 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 2303 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 2620 |
NLU | SC (closing rank) | ST (closing rank) |
NLSIU Bengaluru | 3133 | 3396 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 3273 | 3621 |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 5763 | 8243 |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 8625 | 11901 |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BA LLB) | 4753 | 6343 |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc LLB) | 6987 | 9739 |
5445 | 5955 | |
HNLU Raipur | 7660 | 10507 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 5934 | 8568 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 8826 | 15112 |
RMLNLU Lucknow (BA LLB) | 11228* | - |
RGNUL Patiala | 7540 | 12742 |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 12662* | - |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 15833* | - |
NUALS Kochi | 15029* | - |
NLU Odisha (BA LLB) | 7247 | 12967 |
NLU Odisha (BBA LLB) | 7891 | 15161 |
*state category reservation
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
NLSIU Bengaluru is the top-ranked NLU in the NIRF rankings in 2024.
Candidates can check the NLU cut-off through the CLAT merit list released for each round of counseling.
85 is a good score in CLAT for the SC and ST categories for entry into premier NLUs.
80 is a good score in CLAT 2025 for SC/ST categories for admission into the top 10 NLUs.
On Question asked by student community
Hello Dear Student,
Could you provide more information on which vacancies you would like more information on!
Hope it helps!
Hello Dear Student,
Yes, with a CLAT UG CRL of around 7,400 and Outside Delhi EWS category , you have a reasonable chance of getting admission to Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies (VIPS), Delhi for BA LLB or BBA LLB through GGSIPU counselling.
Recent GGSIPU law counselling data shows that
Hi,
If you're sure that you want to pursue law, then CLAT is generally the better option. It is the gateway to most National Law Universities (NLUs), which are among the top law colleges in India.
However, CUET is also worth considering as it can help you get admission to
Hello Komal,
Here are the links to the CLAT Exam previous year question papers.
Hello Banju,
You can download the CLAT 2021 question paper with solutions from the link below:
https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-2021-question-paper-with-solution
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