The Consortium of NLUs has declared the CLAT 2025 revised result on May 17, 2025. Candidates with CLAT rank 5000 to 10000 can aim for tier 2 and 3 NLUs. However, with CLAT rank 5000 to 10000 ST candidates and those with domicile reservation can also get into premier NLUs. Already registered candidates are allowed to edit their NLU preference list while newly invited candidates can submit fresh NLU preferences as per the revised CLAT 2025 counselling instructions. In this article, get the list of top NLUs for CLAT rank 5000 to 10000 and the expected cut-offs.
The CLAT 2025 revised result is likely to cause a significant shift in candidate’s rank in the CLAT 2025 revised merit list. Candidates must therefore submit their NLU preferences in a way which maximises their chances of admission. The first CLAT 2025 merit list will be published on May 26, 2025.
A rank of 5000 to 10000 is not a good rank in CLAT. General candidates may not be able to secure NLU admission with this rank as the NLU cut-off are much higher than this range. Candidates from SC and OBC can only obtain a seat in tier 2 or tier 3 NLUs. However, ST c
Given below is the CLAT marks vs rank comparison which shows the expected corresponding marks for ranks between 5000 to 10000. A rank of 5000 to 10000 translates into 70-80 marks which cannot be considered a good score in CLAT 2025 for most candidates.
Rank | Expected Marks |
5000 | 78 |
6000 | 76 |
7000 | 75 |
8000 | 74 |
9000 | 73 |
10000 | 72 |
An easy-to-use free tool developed by Careers360 is the CLAT 2025 College Predictor which candidates with CLAT rank 5000 to 10000 can use to predict the NLUs and the courses into which they can secure admission based on their rank in CLAT 2025. The tool uses inputs such as the candidate’s rank, home state, gender, seat type and category to provide the NLU recommendations The link to the college predictor is given below.
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Predictor Link |
The CLAT cut-off trends indicate that 5000 to 10000 is a low rank in CLAT for general candidates. They will not be able to secure admission. Candidates from OBC,SC and ST have the best chances of NLU admission with CLAT rank 5000 to 10000. The tables below provide the top NLUs for CLAT ranks 5000 to 10000 for various categories including opening and closing ranks.
NLU | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
NUALS Kochi | 6867* | 14922* |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 3974* | 6285* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 6100* | 16730* |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 4220* | 18008* |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 8662* | 18056* |
*state category reservation
NLU | Opening rank | Closing rank |
WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB) | 2610* | 23192* |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | 7619* | 26986* |
NLUJA Assam | 7386* | 37438* |
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* |
*state category reservation
NLU | Opening rank | Closing rank |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 4573 | 5178 |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 6497 | 7622 |
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
Candidates from the ST categories can secure admission into all NLUs with a CLAT revised rank of 5000 to 10000 including NLS Banglore, NALSAR and NUJS Kolkata. The cut-off trends show that the ST closing rank for NLSIU is expected to be around 7000 with the cut-offs progressively lower for other NLUs down the ranking order.
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