The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is the biggest entrance exam in India for admission to law colleges. Every year the CLAT exam is conducted for admission to 24 participating National Law Universities and more than 60+ private law schools. Admissions to top NLUs through CLAT 2025 depends upon the marks secured by candidates in CLAT 2025, NLU preferences entered by them, candidate category etc. To get admission to top NLUs, general category candidates must attain a rank less than 500.
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Candidates will have many options of NLUs within a rank of 2500-2800. However, a general category candidate might find it hard to get admission to top NLUs in this rank range, but they will have options in many other NLUs. Reserved category candidates might also get admission in top NLUs with this rank. This year onwards, candidates will have to enter their NLU preferences at the time of counselling registration. So it is important that candidates have a complete idea which NLUs they can get in their ranks. In this article we will list out the NLUs offering admissions to CLAT ranks between 2500 to 2800.
The tables given below demonstrate the NLUs available for candidates falling between ranks 2500 to 2800 in each of the counselling rounds:
NLU Name | Course | Category | Closing Rank |
BA LLB Hons | EWS - Bihar | 2501 | |
BA LLB Hons | General - Andhra Pradesh | 2515 | |
BA LLB Hons | OBC - Madhya Pradesh | 2511 | |
BA LLB Hons | SC - All India | 2674 | |
BA LLB Hons | OBC - All India | 2578 | |
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata | BA LLB Hons | OBC - BC-B-West Bengal | 2579 |
NLU Name | Course | Category | Closing Rank |
Chanakya National Law University, Patna | BA LLB Hons | EWS - Bihar | 2501 |
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam | BA LLB Hons | General -NCC- Andhra Pradesh | 2515 |
BA LLB Hons | EWS-All India | 2584 | |
National Law Institute University, Bhopal | BA LLB Hons | OBC - Madhya Pradesh | 2567 |
National Law Institute University, Bhopal | B.Sc LLB Hons Cyber Security | General - Madhya Pradesh | 2656 |
National Law School of India University, Bangalore | BA LLB Hons | SC - All India | 2674 |
National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi | BA LLB Hons | OBC - All India | 2578 |
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata | BA LLB Hons | OBC - BC-B-West Bengal | 2579 |
NLU Name | Course | Category | Closing Rank |
Chanakya National Law University, Patna | BA LLB Hons | EWS - Bihar | 2501 |
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam | BA LLB Hons | General -NCC- Andhra Pradesh | 2515 |
Dr BR Ambedkar National Law University, Sonipat | BA LLB Hons | EWS-All India | 2615 |
National Law Institute University, Bhopal | BA LLB Hons | OBC - Madhya Pradesh | 2567 |
National Law Institute University, Bhopal | B.Sc LLB Hons Cyber Security | General - Madhya Pradesh | 2656 |
National Law School of India University, Bangalore | BA LLB Hons | SC - All India | 2674 |
National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi | BA LLB Hons | OBC - All India | 2578 |
BA LLB Hons | General - Tamil Nadu | 2550 | |
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata | BA LLB Hons | OBC - BC-B-West Bengal | 2579 |
NLU Name | Course | Category | Closing Rank |
Chanakya National Law University, Patna | BA LLB Hons | EWS - Bihar | 2501 |
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam | BA LLB Hons | General -NCC- Andhra Pradesh | 2515 |
Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur | BA LLB Hons | General - Madhya Pradesh | 2634 |
Dr BR Ambedkar National Law University, Sonipat | BA LLB Hons | General-All India | 2515 |
BA LLB Hons | EWS - All India | 2615 | |
BA LLB Hons | General - All India | 2558 | |
Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla | BBA LLB Hons | General - All India | 2639 |
BBA LLB Hons | General - All India | 2594 | |
National Law Institute University, Bhopal | BA LLB Hons | OBC - Madhya Pradesh | 2567 |
National Law Institute University, Bhopal | B.Sc LLB Hons Cyber Security | General - Madhya Pradesh | 2656 |
National Law School of India University, Bangalore | BA LLB Hons | SC - All India | 2674 |
National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi | BA LLB Hons | OBC - All India | 2578 |
National Law University and Judicial Academy, Guwahati | BA LLB Hons | General - Assam | 2789 |
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata | BA LLB Hons | OBC - BC-B-West Bengal | 2579 |
NLU Name | Course | Category | Closing Rank |
Chanakya National Law University, Patna | BA LLB Hons | EWS - Bihar | 2501 |
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam | BA LLB Hons | General -NCC- Andhra Pradesh | 2515 |
Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur | BA LLB Hons | General - Madhya Pradesh | 2776 |
Dr BR Ambedkar National Law University, Sonipat | BA LLB Hons | General-All India | 2713 |
Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad | BBA LLB Hons | General - All India | 2655 |
National Law Institute University, Bhopal | BA LLB Hons | OBC - Madhya Pradesh | 2567 |
National Law Institute University, Bhopal | B.Sc LLB Hons Cyber Security | General - Madhya Pradesh | 2656 |
National Law School of India University, Bangalore | BA LLB Hons | SC - All India | 2674 |
National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi | BA LLB Hons | OBC - All India | 2756 |
National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi | BA LLB Hons | EWS - All India | 2688 |
National Law University and Judicial Academy, Guwahati | BA LLB Hons | General - All India | 2569 |
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata | BA LLB Hons | OBC - BC-B-West Bengal | 2579 |
Every year around 50,000 candidates take the CLAT exam for admission to NLUs. The number of seats available for admissions is around 4,000, which makes the success rate roughly around 8%. With such intense competition, candidates must score well in the CLAT entrance exam. A score above 100 marks can be termed very good and it can get students admission to top NLUs. If candidates are wondering what is a good score in CLAT, the below given table will give them some clarity.
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+ |
*state category reservation
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Candidates must aim for 90+ marks if they want to secure admission in top NLUs.
A rank of 3000 comes under the middle range. Candidates can get admission in top NLUs depending on their category and general category candidates can get admission in decent NLUs.
Candidates can get admission to top NLUs like NLSIU Bengaluru, NLIU Bhopal, WBNUJS Kolkata depending on their category.
A score of 80 cannot be termed too good, nor too bad. It can get students admitted to some NLUs depending on their category and domicile.
On Question asked by student community
Several top law colleges are accepting the CLAT score, other than the NLUs. These include:
Candidates can check out the detailed list of non-NLUs accepting CLAT for admission in
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You can check NLU wise marks required in CLAT PG for admissions here .
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You can refer to books like AP Bhardwaj for legal aptitude, RS Aggarwal for reasoning, and dedicated guides like CULET Guide by Dipanjan Mitra for best preparation for CULET. Additionally, you can refer to the CULET previous year question papers .
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You can download the CLAT PG previous year question papers here .
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