A CLAT Rank of 30000 puts one in the lower half of the competition, considering that around 50-60 thousand candidates appear for the exam. With a rank of 30000 in CLAT, most candidates have to look at colleges other than NLUs that accept scores in the Common Law Admission Test. In this article, get the list of law schools for CLAT rank 30000, including marks vs rank analysis, and category-wise NLU cut-off trends.
CLAT 2025 was conducted on December 1, 2024, in offline mode at centers across the country. Candidates will be admitted into 5-year LLB and LLM programmes through the law entrance exam.
As per the CLAT marks vs rank analysis, the marks for 30000 rank in CLAT will be in the range of 47 to 49 marks. Given below are the corresponding marks for various ranks around CLAT rank 30000.
Rank | Marks |
29000 | 49 |
29500 | 48.25 |
30000 | 47.75 |
30500 | 47.25 |
31000 | 46.25 |
The CLAT 2025 college predictor by Careers360 is a free tool that will help candidates predict the NLUs into which they can gain admission. The tool uses the overall CLAT rank, state, seat type, and category as inputs to provide the user with the list of NLUs where the candidate has a good chance of admission based on the above parameters. The link to the CLAT 2025 college predictor is given below.
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A good score in CLAT ranges from 85 to 100+ marks across various categories. A rank of 30000 in CLAT is therefore considered to be a low rank as candidates have limited chances of obtaining NLU admission as the CLAT cut-offs will be higher. Candidates from ST categories can gain admission into tier 3 NLus with a CLAT rank of 30000. Law aspirants with a 30000 rank in CLAT have greater chances of admission at colleges that accept low CLAT scores.
The tables below provide the best NLUs for 30000 rank in CLAT for various categories. The data provided below are the opening and closing ranks for OBC, SC, and ST categories at various NLUs that admit candidates with CLAT rank of 30000.
NLU | OBC | |
Opening rank | Closing rank | |
NLUJA Assam | 7386* | 37438* |
*state category reservation
NLU | SC | |
Opening rank | Closing rank | |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 12722* | 29474* |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 21344* | 29975* |
NLUT Agartala | 32520* | - |
*state category reservation
NLU | ST | |
Opening rank | Closing rank | |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 20456* | 34174* |
NLUJA Assam | 17149* | 46899* |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 38376* | - |
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* | - |
NLUT Agartala | 31488* | - |
*state category reservation
With a CLAT rank of 30000, candidates have to look at colleges other than NLUs for admission. These colleges are not part of the centralized CLAT counseling process.
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
Yes, for CLAT preparation, building a reading habit daily is a good approach. You can read the daily newspapers like The Hindu and The Indian Express. While going for Animal Farm by George Orwell, Word power Made Easy by Norma Lewis for novel comprehension.
Yes, you can elevate your law entrance journey with Careers360’s CLAT mock test PDF free download link given below:
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