Most Candidates with a CLAT rank of 6000 to 7000 can gain admission into tier 2 and 3 National Law Universities. NLU admissions are also offered in top NLUs under domicile reservations for CLAT rank 6000-7000. The CLAT cut-off trends show that candidates from the general and EWS categories will not clear the NLU cut-offs with a rank of 6000 to 7000 in CLAT except in a few cases under state reservation. Read on to find the best NLUs for CLAT rank 6000 to 7000, including marks vs rank, cut-off trends, and more.
Through the Common Law Admission Test, candidates can get admission into 5-year integrated LLB programmes, and postgraduate LLM programmes of participating NLUs and over 60+ affiliated colleges.
As per the CLAT marks vs rank analysis, a rank of 6000 to 7000 in CLAT converts to a score between 76 to 78 marks. The corresponding scores for various ranks between 6000 to 7000 are given in the table below.
Ranks | Marks |
6000 | 77.75 |
6200 | 77.50 |
6400 | 77.25 |
6600 | 76.75 |
6800 | 76.50 |
7000 | 76.50 |
To know the best NLUs for CLAT rank 6000 to 7000, candidates can make use of the CLAT 2025 college predictor, a free tool developed by Careers360. The link to the CLAT college predictor is given below. Candidates have to enter details such as their rank, state, seat type - either state or All India, and category. Based on the inputs, the tool will provide the list of NLUs in which candidates can secure admission with CLAT rank 6000-7000.
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As per the estimates about a good score in CLAT, a candidate from the general category needs around 100 marks for admission into top NLUs. The good score required for other categories for other candidates for admission into premier NLUs progressively decreases with SC/ST needing around 85-90 marks. These estimates show that 6000 to 7000 rank is a good rank for admission into tier 2 and 3 NLUs for SC. Candidates from the ST category can obtain admission into premier NLUs with 6000 to 7000 rank in CLAT. The CLAT cut-off for general and EWS is much higher.
The table given provides the list of NLUs for admission for various categories of candidates. It must be noted that the general category has not been included in the table below as they will not be able to secure admission into NLUs with CLAT rank 6000 to 7000
NLU | EWS | OBC | SC | ST |
Closing rank | Closing rank | Closing rank | Closing rank | |
NLSIU Bengaluru | No | No | No | Yes |
NALSAR Hyderabad | No | No | No | Yes |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | No | No | No | Yes |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | No | No | Yes | Yes |
WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB) | - | Yes* | No | Yes |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | - | Yes* | Yes | Yes |
NLU Jodhpur | No | No | Yes | |
HNLU Raipur | - | No | Yes | Yes |
GNLU Gandhinagar | No | No | Yes | Yes |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | No | No | Yes | Yes |
RMLNLU Lucknow | No | No | Yes* | Yes* |
RGNUL Patiala | - | - | Yes | Yes |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | No | No | Yes* | Yes |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | No | No | Yes* | Yes* |
NUALS Kochi | Yes* | - | Yes* | Yes |
NLU Odisha | - | - | Yes | Yes |
NUSRL Ranchi | No | No | Yes | Yes |
NLUJA Assam | - | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | No | No | Yes | Yes |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | - | No | Yes | Yes* |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | - | No | Yes | Yes |
MNLU Mumbai | No | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* |
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB | - | - | Yes | Yes |
HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB | - | - | Yes | Yes |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 2769 | 3445 | Yes | Yes |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 2687 | 3861 | Yes | Yes |
NLUT Agartala | - | - | Yes* | Yes* |
*state category reservation
Given below is the NLU-wise cut-off data for the previous year's admission based on which the admission chances into the NLUs with CLAT rank 6000 to 7000 can be understood better.
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 | |
HNLU Raipur | 434 | 791 | - | - | 1841 | 2069 | 3408 | 6765 | 9218 | 12035 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 210 | 464 | 603 | 1248 | 1284 | 1858 | 4584 | 6175 | 7712 | 11580 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 593 | 1060 | 1113 | 1935 | 2225 | 2429 | 8833 | 10735 | 11291 | - |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 410 | 764 | 1022* | 2326* | 1170* | 3613* | 5397* | 10340* | 20456* | 34174* |
RGNUL Patiala | 502 | 1250 | - | - | - | - | 3234 | 10253 | 9562 | 16875 |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 790 | 1358 | 1378* | 2122* | 2139* | 2776* | 4522* | 14864* | 23802* | - |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 1051 | 1552 | 1571* | 2703* | 2560* | 4147* | 13550* | 16714* | 1339* | - |
NUALS Kochi | 231 | 1136 | 6867* | 14922* | - | - | 12306* | 15245* | 13117 | - |
NLU Odisha | 591 | 1205 | - | - | - | - | 5997 | 9869 | 11580 | 16676 |
NUSRL Ranchi | 637 | 1594 | 1468 | 2255 | 1837 | 3005 | 5972 | 11124 | 16161 | 19635 |
NLUJA Assam | 1344 | 1704 | - | - | 7386* | 37438* | 8824* | 17168* | 17149* | 46899* |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 656 | 1390 | 1242 | 2195 | 2068 | 2940 | 8057 | 10568 | 11917 | 18342 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 806 | 1628 | - | - | 1634 | 3135 | 9853 | 11289 | 38376* | - |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | 821 | 1711 | - | - | 2178 | 3800 | 10130 | 12418 | 16910 | 21607 |
MNLU Mumbai | 99 | 590 | 811* | 3932* | 2123* | 6468* | 4506* | 11392* | 24593* | 34264* |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 491 | 1587 | 3974* | 6285* | 3089* | 17245* | 11235* | 25115* | 29470* | 50326* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 611 | 1685 | 6100* | 16730* | 4790* | 14814* | 12722* | 29474* | 42740* | 46480* |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 945 | 1832 | 4220* | 18008* | 14714* | 18004* | 8281* | 28813* | 41238* | - |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 681 | 2115 | 8662* | 18056* | 7755* | 19003* | 21344* | 29975* | 47604* | - |
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB | 885 | 2102 | - | - | - | 9061 | 12158 | 13213 | 20412 | |
HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB | 284 | 2150 | - | - | - | 9789 | 12740 | 16386 | 23188 | |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 1060 | 1824 | 1935 | 2769 | 2677 | 3445 | 10083 | 12556 | 16830 | 23145 |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 503 | 2050 | 1887 | 2687 | 2273 | 3861 | 9107 | 12447 | 17161 | 23000 |
NLUT Agartala | 1716 | 2243 | - | - | - | - | 32520* | - | 31488* | - |
*state category reservation
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
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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
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