How High Will the CLAT 2025 Cutoffs Go? Marks vs Rank Analysis

How High Will the CLAT 2025 Cutoffs Go? Marks vs Rank Analysis

Sumeet SudarshanUpdated on 30 Nov 2024, 02:23 PM IST

Only those candidates who clear the CLAT cut-off 2025 will be offered admissions. But how high will the CLAT 2025 cut-offs go? Last year, the CLAT 2025 exam pattern was revised to make the Common Law Admission Test more student-friendly. As a result, the CLAT cut-offs were high. Read on to find out how high the CLAT cut-off 2025 is likely to be including the expected good score in CLAT and category-wise cut-off. CLAT 2025 is on December 1, 2024.

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CLAT 2026 cut-offs for the top NLU’s, as per previous year’s trends, are as follows.

Top NLUs

Expected cut-off marks

UG seats offered, excluding supernumerary NRI seats

NLSIU Bengaluru

100+

300

NALSAR Hyderabad

100+

132

WBNUJS Kolkata

98+

108

NLU Jodhpur

95+

164

GNLU Gandhinagar

95+

172

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  1. Factors Determining How High Will the CLAT 2025 Cut-Off Go
  2. Will the CLAT 2025 Cut Off be High?
  3. CLAT 2025 Marks Vs Rank Analysis
How High Will the CLAT 2025 Cutoffs Go? Marks vs Rank Analysis
How High Will the CLAT 2025 Cutoffs Go

Factors Determining How High Will the CLAT 2025 Cut-Off Go

How high the cut-off for CLAT 2025 will go will depend on the factors given below:

  • Difficulty level: A more difficult exam will mean, the CLAT cut-off 2025 will not be too high. A good score in CLAT 2025 will be lower if the exam turns out to be difficult. A revised CLAT pattern has driven the CLAT cut-off higher, close to 80% marks for the general category, than the earlier 64-66%.

  • Number of applicants: Around 75000+ candidates have registered for CLAT 2025. A higher number of applicants usually translates to tougher competition which will in turn drive the CLAT cut-off 2025 higher.

  • Available Seats: If the number of seats is higher then more students can be given admission. For instance, NLSIU Bengaluru now offers more than 100 seats which has resulted in the NLU cut-off getting lower.

  • NLU Preferences: Another factor determining how high the CLAT cut-off 2025 will go is the NLU preferences submitted by candidates. If more candidates opt for a particular NLU, the cut offs will be higher. If there are plenty of NLU vacant seats as happens with certain lower-ranked NLUs, then the NLU cut-off 2025 will be lower

  • Reservation Criteria: The NLU admission will be done as per the CLAT reservation criteria followed by each NLU. The CLAT cut-off for the general category is often the highest among all categories. However, how high the cut-off will go will also be affected by factors such as domicile reservation, horizontal reservation for women, and vertical reservation for SC, ST, and OBC categories.

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Will the CLAT 2025 Cut Off be High?

As per the trends observed last year, the CLAT 2025 cut-off marks are expected to be high. Candidates have to score in the range of 80 to 85% marks to get a seat in the top NLUs. However, the CLAT cut-off ranks at top NLUs are expected to remain the same.

Category-wise Expected CLAT Cut-Off for Top NLUs

Category

NLSIU Bengaluru

NALSAR Hyderabad

WBNJUS Kolkata

NLU Jodhpur

GNLU Gandhinagar

MNLU Mumbai

RMNLU Lucknow

CLAT general cut-off 2025

100

150

250

350

450

600

750

CLAT EWS cut-off 2025

500

550

-

-

1200

3900*

2300*

CLAT OBC cut-off 2025

950

1100

23000*

1400

1850

6400*

3600*

CLAT SC cut-off 2025

3000

3500

4500

5000

6000

10000*

25000*

CLAT ST cut-off 2025

6000

6000

8000

8000

11000

34000*

34000*

CLAT NRI Cut Off 2025

-

-

1250

1400

2800

33000

9500

*state category reservation

Category-wise Expected CLAT Cut-Off for Top NLUs

CLAT 2025 Marks Vs Rank Analysis

The table given below provides the CLAT 2025 marks vs rank analysis detailing what ranks the marks in CLAT 2025 will translate into. As per last year’s trends candidates needed to secure around 80% marks to clear the cut off for top NLUs.

Expected CLAT 2025 Marks vs Rank

CLAT 2025 marks

Expected CLAT 2025 rank

98+ marks

200 or higher

92+

500 or higher

90+

1000 or higher

88+

1500 or higher

86+

2000 or higher

85+

2500 or higher

83+

3000 or higher

82+

3500 or higher

80+

5000 or higher

77+

6000 or higher

74+

8000 or higher

72+

10000 or higher

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: When is the CLAT 2025 result?
A:

CLAT 2025 results will be declared tentatively in the second week of December.

Q: What is a good score in CLAT 2025?
A:

A good score in CLAT 2025 is expected to be around 95-100+ marks for general categories.

Q: How to check CLAT Cut Off 2025?
A:

CLAT 2025 cut-off can be downloaded from the merit list of CLAT 2025 published for each round of counselling.

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Questions related to CLAT

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Hello aspirant,

The Gujarat domicile rank is useful only for seats reserved under the domicile quota at GNLU Gandhinagar. However, even for domicile candidates, GNLU cutoffs usually close at much better All India Ranks. With an AIR of 19000, the chances are quite low, but since counselling invitation is received, it is still worth participating as some movement can happen in later rounds. Do not rely only on domicile rank final allotment depends on AIR, category and seat availability.

FOR REFERENCE : https://law.careers360.com/articles/gnlu-gandhinagar-admission

Hope the details will help you.

THANK YOU

Hello,

Based on previous year CLAT cutoff trends , your chances for NLSIU Bangalore are very low .

NLSIU Bangalore has the highest cutoff among all NLUs . In recent years, the final closing rank for General category has been around AIR 100–120 only.

You have:

  • General category AIR: 658

  • Women category rank: 313

  • No Karnataka domicile

Women reservation in NLUs is horizontal , not a separate quota. This means it does not add extra seats . It only helps when candidates are very close to the general cutoff. At a rank of 313 , the gap is too large.

Even in spot or final rounds, NLSIU does not go beyond ~120 rank for General category candidates without domicile.

However, with these ranks, you have good chances in other top NLUs like NALSAR Hyderabad, WBNUJS Kolkata, NLU Jodhpur, GNLU Gandhinagar, and NLIU Bhopal, depending on counselling rounds.

You can also use our CLAT College Predictor Tool to predict which colleges you can get based on your score and rank.

Hope it helps !

Good afternoon,

With 86.7 marks and 1906 rank in CLAT 2026, you have a chance to get admission in mid-tier and the newest NLUs. The list of probable NLUs where you can get admission is mentioned below.

1. RMLNLU Lucknow

2. MNLU Mumbai

3. DSNLU Visakhapatnam

4. NLU Odisha

5. CNLU Patna

Thank you.

Hello,

Yes, a student with CLAT 2026 rank around 12,000 can register for counselling.

However, chances of getting a seat in the top NLUs (like NLSIU Bangalore, NALSAR Hyderabad, WBNUJS Kolkata, NLIU Bhopal) are very low, as their closing ranks are usually below 4,000 for the general category.

For mid-tier NLUs (like NLU Jodhpur, HNLU Raipur, GNLU Gandhinagar, RMLNLU Lucknow), closing ranks generally go up to 5,000–8,000, so it will still be difficult.

Lower-tier NLUs (like NLU Odisha, NUALS Kochi, NUSRL Ranchi, NLUJA Assam, DSNLU Vizag, TNNLU, HPNLU Shimla) sometimes admit candidates with ranks in the 10,000–30,000 range , especially in later counselling rounds or if there are vacancies. State quota reservations can also improve chances.

You can also use our CLAT College Predictor Tool to predict which colleges you can get based on your score and rank.

Hope it helps !

Hello,

A CLAT score of 81.25 places you in the moderate range, where admission to top NLUs becomes difficult, but opportunities may still remain in newer and mid-tier NLUs, depending on your category, seat movement, and round wise cutoffs.

https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-2026-college-predictor

Hope you understand.