How Many Students Appeared for CLAT 2025 - Previous Trends, Success Rate, Comparison
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How Many Students Appeared for CLAT 2025 - Previous Trends, Success Rate, Comparison

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CLAT Application Date:01 Aug' 25 - 31 Oct' 25

Shubham BhakuniUpdated on 08 Dec 2024, 12:28 AM IST

The Consortium of NLUs conducted CLAT 2025 on December 1, 2024, offline at 100+ exam centers across the country. The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is one of the most popular law entrance exams in India. Around 75000+ candidates have registered for CLAT 2025. According to the CLAT 2025 official result notification, the overall attendance percentage for CLAT 2025 was 96.33%. Out of the candidates who appeared for CLAT 2025, 57% are Females, 43% are Males, and 9 candidates are Transgender. CLAT is a gateway to 24 national law universities (NLUs), which are among the top law colleges in India. This makes CLAT one of the most preferred law entrance exams among LLB aspirants. RPNLU Prayagraj and IIULER Goa are the new universities that are part of the consortium from the academic year 2025-26 onwards.

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  1. How many students appeared in CLAT 2025?
  2. How Many Candidates Appear for CLAT Every Year - Last 5-years data
  3. CLAT in comparison to other major law entrance exams
  4. Seat intake of NLUs and low passing rate
How Many Students Appeared for CLAT 2025 - Previous Trends, Success Rate, Comparison
How Many Candidates Appear for CLAT Exam

NLUs are spread in around 22 states and a union territory, Delhi making it reasonable for students across the country to appear for the entrance exam. Consolidating all NLUs (except NLU Delhi and NLU Meghalaya) into the CLAT Consortium also helped the law entrance exam become one of the most sought-after entrance exams for the study of law. As a result, over 60,000 candidates have appeared in CLAT every year since 2018. The CLAT registrations spiked to 75,183 in 2020 followed by a gradual decline. After touching a low of 54,253 in 2023, the registration improved again in 2024 and rose to 71,243.

How many students appeared in CLAT 2025?

CLAT 2025 was conducted on December 1, 2024, in offline mode. Around 75000+ students have registered for the exam. The consortium of NLUs will publish a detailed notification about the number of candidates who have registered and appeared for the exam.

Number of students who appeared for CLAT 2025 exam

Exam name
Registered for CLAT 2025
Appeared in CLAT 2025
Absent
CLAT UG75,000 (approx)70,000 (approx.)Will be updated soon
CLAT PG
Total
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Last year, in CLAT 2024 exam 71,243 candidates registered for CLAT of which 68,786 appeared in the exam. For the CLAT PG 2024 exam, 10,948 students registered, and out of these, 10,282 appeared for the exam. The course-wise data is given below.

Number of students who appeared for CLAT 2024 exam

Exam name
Registered for CLAT 2024
Appeared in CLAT 2024
Absent
CLAT UG6029558,5041,791
CLAT PG1094810,282666
Total7124368,7862,457
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How Many Candidates Appear for CLAT Every Year - Last 5-years data

How Many Candidates Appear for CLAT Every Year - Last 5-years data

Year

Total registeredTotal appeared
2025Will be updatedWill be updated

2024

71,243

68,786

2023

54,253

51,469

2022

60,895

56,472

2021

70,277

62,107

2020

75,183

59,443

*data covers both UG and PG CLAT exams

CLAT in comparison to other major law entrance exams

Apart from CLAT, there are several other law entrance exams in India at national, state and university levels. The most prominent among these are the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) conducted by National Law University, Delhi, the Symbiosis Law Admission Test (SLAT) conducted by Symbiosis International University, and the Common University Entrance Test Law conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA).

At the state level, Maharashtra Common Entrance Test — Law is one of the most popular law entrance exams. Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala also have state-level law entrance exams.

However, in comparison to CLAT, the next biggest entrance exam, MH CET Law has around 25,000 candidates for 5-year LLB which is almost one-third of CLAT candidates. MH CET 3-year LLB which is a graduate-level entrance exam has over 60,000 candidates appearing every year.

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Seat intake of NLUs and low passing rate

The success rate in CLAT like any other national entrance exam is very low. Only 4-6% of the candidates participating in CLAT make it to NLUs. Such low success rate in CLAT is mainly linked to limited seats offered by NLUs and high competition among students.

The remaining 95% of candidates either appear in other law entrance exams or use their CLAT scores for admission to CLAT-affiliated law schools.

In the last 5-years, the number of national law universities (NLUs) has increased to 25. Accordingly, the overall seat intake has also improved in CLAT. Among NLUs, NLSIU is the only university that offers 300 seats in BA LLB. NLIU Bhopal which offers BA LLB and BSc LLB has an intake of around 200+ seats. All remaining NLUs offer less than 200 seats.

Overall, NLUs offer a combined intake of around 4000+ with various combinations of integrated LLB programmes. In comparison to other national-level entrance exams, the intake is low. IITs offer over 17,000 seats whereas 21 IIMs have a combined intake of approximately 5,500 seats through the Common Admission Test (CAT).

Affiliate Colleges; Where 95% of CLAT Candidates Can Apply

60+ CLAT-affiliated law schools in India accept CLAT scores. Among the government colleges, the University of Delhi and IIM Rohtak are the most preferred law schools among students. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and its affiliated law colleges also accept CLAT scores.

However, a majority of law schools affiliated to CLAT Consortium are private law schools. The prominent private law colleges accepting CLAT scores are Nirma University, Gujarat, UPES Dehradun, BITS Law School, Alliance University and SVKM'S NMIMS University.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: How many NLUs are accepting CLAT 2025 scores?
A:

Around 24 NLUs and one private university are accepting scores in CLAT 2025.

Q: How many candidates are appearing for CLAT 2025?
A:

Around 75000+ candidates have registered for CLAT.

Q: When is CLAT 2025 exam date?
A:

CLAT 2025 is scheduled to be held on December 1, 2024.

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Questions related to CLAT

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Have a question related to CLAT ?

Hi dear candidate,

Both the colleges Maharaja Agrasen (MAIMS) or Gitarattan (GIBS) are affiliated to IP University and allows admission either by CLAT or IPU CET Law. Without either of these exams, your admission is NOT accepted there. You can try looking for management quota seats in these colleges if you have got good marks in 12th class.

BEST REGARDS

Hi dear candidate,

You can easily register yourself for CLAT exam by visiting the Consortium of NLUs official website and follow these steps:

  • Register yourself with your EMail ID, phone number and password.
  • Log in using OTP
  • Complete application form by entering details, selecting program (UG/PG) and uploading required documents mentioned there.
  • Then at last, review the application and pay the registration fees.
  • Download your confirmation slip.

Know the complete process at:

CLAT Registration 2026 (Started): Documents Required, Application Fee, Link, Steps to Apply

BEST REGARDS

Right now there is no official e-guide for CLAT 2026 released by the Consortium of NLUs. They usually provide sample questions and model papers closer to the exam, but not a complete guide at this stage.

You can still prepare using free study material available online. Many websites provide free downloadable PDFs, mock tests, and previous year papers that will help you understand the pattern and practice important topics.

If you want a structured book, there are two good options. The Oswaal CLAT & AILET guide has past year solved papers, topic-wise questions, and mock tests. The Arihant CLAT Conqueror book has more than 3000 practice questions with solutions. Both are helpful depending on whether you prefer solved papers or more practice questions.

Hello,

Here is the link where you will get CLAT Question Paper solution : CLAT 2024 Question Paper with solutions

Hope it helps !

Hello,

For your question, the answer is the examination date for the CLAT is likely Sunday, December 7, 2025. Also, for your info, the application period is began  on August 1, 2025, and continues till October 31, 2025.

I hope it will clear your query!!