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    CLAT Rank 300-400: Best NLUs You Can Secure Admission To

    CLAT Rank 300-400: Best NLUs You Can Secure Admission To

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    Sumeet SudarshanUpdated on 16 Dec 2024, 12:45 PM IST

    Around 75000 candidates have registered for CLAT 2025. In this context, a CLAT rank of 300-400 will be considered a good performance for most candidates appearing in CLAT 2025. The analysis of past CLAT cut-off trends suggests that all the top National Law Universities for CLAT rank 300 to 400 are within reach except for the general seats in premier NLUs such as NLSIU and NALSAR. An awareness of which NLUs are best for CLAT ranks 300 to 400 can help candidates submit the right NLU preference list as per their marks and rank in CLAT 2025 after the CLAT results are declared. In this article, we will look at the best NLUs for CLAT rank of 300 to 400 including category-wise cut-off rank, and more.

    This Story also Contains

    1. Methodology to Select Top NLUs for CLAT Rank of 300 to 400
    2. Top NLUs for 300-400: Based on cut-off trends
    3. Which are the Best NLUs for CLAT Rank of 300 to 400?
    CLAT Rank 300-400: Best NLUs You Can Secure Admission To
    CLAT Rank 300-400

    The Consortium of NLUs conducted the Common Law Admission Test on December 1, 2024, in offline mode. Candidates will be admitted into 5-year LLB and LLM programmes of participating CLAT colleges through a centralised counselling process.

    Methodology to Select Top NLUs for CLAT Rank of 300 to 400

    The method applied to filter the best NLUs for CLAT rank 300 -400 the opening and closing CLAT cut-off ranks have been analysed. The best NLUs for CLAT rank of 300 - 400 have been selected based on the following factors.

    • The CLAT cut-off for the general category has been considered as it is the highest among all the categories and accurately reflects which NLUs are preferred over others

    • Those NLUs have been considered where the opening general cut-off lies around the CLAT rank of 300-400, and the closing general cut-off is more than 400.

    • Lower-ranked NLUs and universities where the closing general cut-off extends significantly beyond the 400 ranks have not been considered, as such NLUs not be the best NLUs for CLAT ranks 300 to 400.

    Top NLUs for 300-400: Based on cut-off trends

    Given below is the list of the best NLUs for 300 to 400 rank in CLAT based on the CLAT cut-off data. Along with the NLU cut-off, their ranks as per the NIRF law rankings 2024 are also provided in the table. Among the NLUs given below, only NLU Jodhpur does not find a place in the NIRF rankings. However, it is also equally popular among law aspirants. Candidates can refer to this list of NLUs when submitting the NLU preference list.

    List of Top NLUs for CLAT rank 300-400

    NLU

    NIRF Rank 2024

    General

    EWS

    OBC

    SC

    ST

    NLSIU Bengaluru

    1

    No

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    NALSAR Hyderabad

    3

    No

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    WBNUJS Kolkata

    4

    Yes

    -

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    NLU Jodhpur

    -

    Yes

    -

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    GNLU Gandhinagar

    8

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    RMLNLU Lucknow

    20

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    NLIU Bhopal

    21

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    MNLU Mumbai

    31

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    NUALS Kochi

    38

    Yes

    Yes

    -

    Yes

    Yes

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    Which are the Best NLUs for CLAT Rank of 300 to 400?

    As can be seen in the table above, the best NLUs for CLAT rank 300 to 400 are NLSIU Bengaluru, NALSAR Hyderabad, WBNUJS Kolkata, NLU Jodhpur, RMNLU Lucknow, NLIU Bhopal, MNLU Mumbai and NUALS Kochi.

    Good Score for CLAT Rank of 300 to 400

    A good score in CLAT 2025 for a rank of 300-400 is expected to be around 95+ marks. A score of 95 out of 120 translates to a percentage score of just below 80%. The percentage score of 80 percent is significantly higher than what has been observed in earlier years. The higher cut-off is on account of the revised CLAT 2025 exam pattern where the number of questions has been reduced to 120 while keeping the time unchanged, to make the exam more student-friendly

    NLUs for CLAT Rank 1 to1200

    Check out the video below to know which are the top NLUs for admission for CLAT rank 1 to 1200.


    CLAT Cut-Off Data

    The table given below provides the opening and closing cut-off ranks for the best NLUs for CLAT ranks 300 to 400 for the last two years. The cut-off data is available for each category.

    CLAT UG 2024 Cut-Off for Top NLUs for CLAT Rank 300 to 400


    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

    GNLU Gandhinagar

    210

    464

    603

    1248

    1284

    1858

    4584

    6175

    7712

    11580

    RMLNLU Lucknow

    410

    764

    1022*

    2326*

    1170*

    3613*

    5397*

    10340*

    20456*

    34174*

    MNLU Mumbai

    99

    590

    811*

    3932*

    2123*

    6468*

    4506*

    11392*

    24593*

    34264*

    NUALS Kochi

    231

    1136

    6867*

    14922*

    -

    -

    12306*

    15245*

    13117


    *state category reservation

    CLAT UG Cut-Off 2023 for Top NLUs for CLAT Rank 300 to 400

    NLU Name

    General

    EWS

    OBC

    SC

    ST


    Opening Rank

    Closing Rank

    Opening Ran

    Closing Rank

    Opening Rank

    Closing Rank

    Opening Rank

    Closing Rank

    Opening Rank

    Closing Rank

    NLSIU Bengaluru

    1

    114

    129

    510

    171

    923

    181

    2674

    1781

    2835

    NALSAR Hyderabad

    25

    177

    365

    680

    931

    1116

    702

    3388

    3375

    6174

    WBNUJS Kolkata

    136

    260

    -

    -

    1397*

    7119*

    588

    4217

    6121

    7792

    NLIU Bhopal

    186

    463

    796

    1290

    591

    1268

    4505

    5311

    8143

    10960

    NLU Jodhpur

    70

    383

    -

    -

    -

    -

    2360

    4457

    6689

    8076

    GNLU Gandhinagar

    147

    462

    488

    1210

    1150

    1878

    3680

    5683

    8790

    10837

    RMLNLU Lucknow

    432

    749

    1432 *

    1845*

    772*

    3088*

    6014*

    9582*

    18980*

    27764*

    MNLU Mumbai

    325

    590

    2034*

    4878*

    3078*

    9880*

    5963*

    8923*

    17578*

    32870*

    NUALS Kochi

    638

    1461

    5660*

    41647*

    -

    -

    6498*

    26009*

    27055*

    28147*

    *state category reservation

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    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: When is the CLAT 2025 result date?
    A:

    The result of CLAT 2025 was declared on December 7, 2024. 

    Q: When can candidates provide their NLU preferences?
    A:

    Candidates can submit the NLU preference list after the declaration of CLAT result 2025.

    Q: How many NLUs are participating in CLAT 2025?
    A:

    24 National Law Universities, 1 private university, and 60+ affiliated colleges are participating in CLAT 2025.

    Q: How to check the CLAT NLU cut-off 2025?
    A:

    Candidates can check the CLAT NLU cut-off through the CLAT 2025 merit list published on the consortium’s website.

    Q: What is a good score in CLAT 2025 for CLAT rank 300 to 400?
    A:

    A good score in CLAT 2025 for a CLAT rank of 300 to 400 is around 95+ marks

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