A CLAT rank of 1500 to 1800 is a good rank in CLAT for admission into top NLUs for most candidates. As per the CLAT cut-off trends, the CLAT cut-off for the general category is high, and such candidates may have to look at NLU admission into tier 2 and 3 universities with CLAT ranks of 1500 to 1800. Read on to find out the best NLUs for CLAT rank 1500 to 1800 and the expected score for this rank.
The Consortium of NLUs conducted CLAT 2025 on December 1, 2024. Through the Common Law Admission Test, candidates will be admitted into the 5-year LLB and LLM programmes of participating NLUs.
The CLAT marks vs rank analysis shows that to obtain a rank of 1500 to 1800 candidates will need between 87 to 89 marks. The margins for marks are very narrow for the CLAT rank range of 1500 to 1800. Given below is the corresponding marks for CLAT rank 1500 - 1800. The comparison is prepared based on the data available for last year.
Ranks | Marks |
1500 | 88.50 |
1550 | 88.25 |
1600 | 88 |
1650 | 88 |
1700 | 87.75 |
1750 | 87.50 |
1800 | 87.25 |
Candidates can also make use of CLAT 2025 College Predictor, a free tool developed by Careers360 to check the NLUs in which they can gain admission. Candidates have to enter their details such as overall rank, state, seat type, and any special category. Click on the link given below to know the best NLU for CLAT rank of 1500 to 1800.
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As per estimates, a good score in CLAT 2025 is around 100+ marks for the general category, gradually reducing for other categories. A CLAT rank of 1500 to 1800 is a good rank in CLAT for admission into premier NLUs such as NLSIU Bengaluru and NALSAR Hyderabad for SC and ST candidates. Other candidates can gain admission into tier 2 and 3 NLUs with this score.
The tables given below provide the best NLUs for CLAT rank of 1500-1800 for various categories.
NLU | General | |
Opening rank | Closing rank | |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 1051 | 1552 |
NUSRL Ranchi | 637 | 1594 |
NLUJA Assam | 1344 | 1704 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 806 | 1628 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | 821 | 1711 |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 491 | 1587 |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 611 | 1685 |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 945 | 1832 |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 681 | 2115 |
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB | 885 | 2102 |
HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB | 284 | 2150 |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 1060 | 1824 |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 503 | 2050 |
NLUT Agartala | 1716 | 2243 |
NLU | EWS | |
Opening rank | Closing rank | |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 1248 | 1777 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 1113 | 1935 |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 1022* | 2326* |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 1378* | 2122* |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 1571* | 2703* |
NUALS Kochi | 6867* | 14922* |
NUSRL Ranchi | 1468 | 2255 |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 1242 | 2195 |
MNLU Mumbai | 811* | 3932* |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 3974* | 6285* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 6100* | 16730* |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 4220* | 18008* |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 8662* | 18056* |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 1935 | 2769 |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 1887 | 2687 |
*state category reservation
NLU | OBC | |
Opening rank | Closing rank | |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 1112 | 1959 |
WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB) | 2610* | 23192* |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | 7619* | 26986* |
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 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 1634 | 3135 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | 2178 | 3800 |
MNLU Mumbai | 2123* | 6468* |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 3089* | 17245* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 4790* | 14814* |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 14714* | 18004* |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 7755* | 19003* |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 2677 | 3445 |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 2273 | 3861 |
*state category reservation
NLU | SC | |
Opening rank | Closing rank | |
NLSIU Bengaluru | 372 | 3007 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 1604 | 3574 |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 4573 | 5178 |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 6497 | 7622 |
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 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 9853 | 11289 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | 10130 | 12418 |
MNLU Mumbai | 4506* | 11392* |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 11235* | 25115* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 12722* | 29474* |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 8281* | 28813* |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 21344* | 29975* |
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB | 9061 | 12158 |
HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB | 9789 | 12740 |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 10083 | 12556 |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 9107 | 12447 |
NLUT Agartala | 32520* | - |
*state category reservation
NLU | ST | |
Opening rank | Closing rank | |
NLSIU Bengaluru | 239 | 7487 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 263 | 6083 |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 8403 | 11527 |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 13905 | 15219 |
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 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 38376* | - |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | 16910 | 21607 |
MNLU Mumbai | 24593* | 34264* |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 29470* | 50326* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 42740* | 46480* |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 41238* | - |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 47604* | - |
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB | 13213 | 20412 |
HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB | 16386 | 23188 |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 16830 | 23145 |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 17161 | 23000 |
NLUT Agartala | 31488* | - |
*state category reservation
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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