Candidates with CLAT rank 1200 to 1500 come within the top three percent of the candidates. While 1200 to 1500 is a good rank, it is not enough to clear the CLAT general cut-off and CLAT EWS cut-off for top NLUs. However, for candidates from other categories, a CLAT rank of 1200 to 1500 is enough to clear the CLAT cut-off for top universities. In this article, get the list of top NLUs for CLAT rank 1200 to 1500, including marks vs rank analysis and category wise cut off trends.
There will be five rounds of NLU admission in the CLAT counselling 2025 process. Through the Common Law Admission Test, candidates are admitted into 5-year integrated LLB and LLM programmes of participating universities.
The CLAT marks vs rank analysis indicates that candidates need around 88 to 90 marks to obtain a rank of 1200 to 1500 rank in CLAT. The corresponding marks for ranks between 1200 to 1500 are given below.
Rank | Rank |
1200 | 89.50 |
1250 | 89.25 |
1300 | 89.25 |
1350 | 89 |
1400 | 88.75 |
1450 | 88.50 |
1500 | 88.50 |
The CLAT 2025 college predictor tool developed by Careers360 is a free tool with which candidates can predict the NLUs in which they can secure admission. While using the tool, candidates have to enter their overall rank, native state, seat type, and category. Based on these inputs, the college predictor will display the list of NLUs for CLAT rank 1200 to 1500.
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A good score in CLAT 2025 varies between 85 to 100+ marks across different categories. The score for CLAT rank 1200 to 1500 is around 89+ marks. Based on this data, it can be inferred that a 1200 to 1500 rank in CLAT is good for SC/ST categories for admission into top NLUs such as NLSIU and NALSAR.
The tables given below provide the list of top NLUs for CLAT rank of 1200 to 1500 for various candidates. The data is given in the form of opening and closing NLU cut off ranks.
NLU | General | |
Opening rank | Closing rank | |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | 289 | 1010 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 593 | 1060 |
RGNUL Patiala | 502 | 1250 |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 790 | 1358 |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 1051 | 1552 |
NUALS Kochi | 231 | 1136 |
NLU Odisha | 591 | 1205 |
NUSRL Ranchi | 637 | 1594 |
NLUJA Assam | 1344 | 1704 |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 656 | 1390 |
*state category reservation
NLU | EWS | |
Opening rank | Closing rank | |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 621 | 1376 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 603 | 1248 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 1113 | 1935 |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 1022* | 2326* |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 1378* | 2122* |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 1571* | 2703* |
NUSRL Ranchi | 1468 | 2255 |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 1242 | 2195 |
MNLU Mumbai | 811* | 3932* |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 3974* | 6285* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 6100* | 16730* |
*state category reservation
NLU | OBC | |
Opening rank | Closing rank | |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 1191 | 1315 |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 1112 | 1959 |
WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB) | 2610* | 23192* |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | 7619* | 26986* |
NLU Jodhpur | 1079 | 1424 |
HNLU Raipur | 1841 | 2069 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 1284 | 1858 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 2225 | 2429 |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 1170* | 3613* |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 2139* | 2776* |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 2560* | 4147* |
NUSRL Ranchi | 1837 | 3005 |
NLUJA Assam | 7386* | 37438* |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 2068 | 2940 |
MNLU Mumbai | 2123* | 6468* |
*state category reservation
NLU | SC | |
Opening rank | Closing rank | |
NLSIU Bengaluru | 372 | 3007 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 1604 | 3574 |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 4573 | 5178 |
WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB) | 2056 | 4503 |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | 4663 | 8958 |
NLU Jodhpur | 3574 | 5178 |
HNLU Raipur | 3408 | 6765 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 4584 | 6175 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 8833 | 10735 |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 5397* | 10340* |
RGNUL Patiala | 3234 | 10253 |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 4522* | 14864* |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 13550* | 16714* |
NUALS Kochi | 12306* | 15245* |
NLU Odisha | 5997 | 9869 |
NUSRL Ranchi | 5972 | 11124 |
NLUJA Assam | 8824* | 17168* |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 8057 | 10568 |
MNLU Mumbai | 4506* | 11392* |
*state category reservation
NLU | ST | |
Opening rank | Closing rank | |
NLSIU Bengaluru | 239 | 7487 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 263 | 6083 |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 8403 | 11527 |
WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB) | 5215 | 8860 |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | 10961 | 11917 |
NLU Jodhpur | 6666 | 8960 |
HNLU Raipur | 9218 | 12035 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 7712 | 11580 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 11291 | - |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 20456* | 34174* |
RGNUL Patiala | 9562 | 16875 |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 23802* | - |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 1339* | - |
NUALS Kochi | 13117 | - |
NLU Odisha | 11580 | 16676 |
NUSRL Ranchi | 16161 | 19635 |
NLUJA Assam | 17149* | 46899* |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 11917 | 18342 |
MNLU Mumbai | 24593* | 34264* |
*state category reservation
Candidates with CLAT rank 1200 to 1500 can also consider taking admissions into colleges accepting low CLAT scores. The list of colleges other than NLUs accepting CLAT is given in the table below.
On Question asked by student community
Yes, you can switch from one college to another to a CLAT college through the entrance test. However, it is important to note that you will have to start from year 1 rather than transferring directly into the second or third year. Some of the top
CLAT participating colleges
here.
Here you can check out the top
NLUs offering admission into 3-year LLB
with and without CLAT exam:
1. NLSIU Bengaluru for LLB programme through NLSAT.
2. NLU Odisha and NLU Visakhapatnam offer admission into the 3-year LLB course through their own admission process.
3. CNLU Patna
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