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    How Many Students Appeared for CLAT PG 2026?

    How Many Students Appeared for CLAT PG 2026?

    Mirza Farhan BaigUpdated on 16 Dec 2025, 07:06 PM IST

    The CLAT exam is a gateway to the top NLUs, which are among the top law colleges. Hence, the CLAT is the most popular and preferred law entrance exam in India among all candidates. The Consortium of NLUs conducted CLAT 2026 on December 7, 2025 in offline mode at different exam centres across India. The CLAT 2026 final answer key is released. 17,335 candidates registered for CLAT PG 2026 out of which 16,026 appeared for the exam. There has been a continuous increase in the number of students appearing for the CLAT PG exam over the past few years.

    How Many Students Appeared for CLAT PG 2026?
    How Many Students Appeared for CLAT PG 2026?

    Additionally, with the ongoing interest among students in the legal profession, there was an increase in the number of aspirants this year. Through the Common Law Admission Test PG, candidates will be admitted into the LLM programmes of participating NLUs and affiliated colleges.

    Number of Students Appearing in CLAT PG 2026

    Total Candidates Registered

    Candidates Registered for CLAT PG 2026

    Percentage of CLAT PG Candidates in registrations

    Number of candidates appeared for CLAT PG 2026

    Candidates Absent

    92,344
    17,335
    18.77%16,026
    1,309

    CLAT PG Previous Year Statistics

    Students can refer to the previous year's statistics to understand the trends in CLAT exam.

    CLAT PG Previous Year Statistics

    Year

    Total Registered Candidates for CLAT (UG+PG)

    CLAT PG registrations

    Percentage of CLAT PG Registrations in Total Registrations

    Number of Candidates Appearing for CLAT PG

    Candidates Absent

    2025

    78914

    16082

    20.37%

    14817

    7.8%

    2024

    67590

    12782

    18.9%

    12005

    6.07%

    2023

    54253

    9490

    17.4%

    8703

    8.3%

    What is a Good Score in CLAT PG 2026?

    To estimate a good score in CLAT PG 2026, candidates must refer to the previous year's CLAT LLM cut-off data, along with seat intake and reservation. Considering the previous year’s trend, a good score in CLAT PG 2026 is likely to be around 70+ marks for admission into top NLUs.

    CLAT PG 2026 Participating Colleges

    The success rate in CLAT PG 2026 will be low due to the wide gap between the number of CLAT PG seats available and the total number of candidates appearing for CLAT PG.

    CLAT LLM Seat Intake 2026

    NLU Name

    Course

    CLAT Seats (excluding supernumerary and NRI seats)

    NLSIU Bengaluru

    LLM

    120

    NALSAR Hyderabad

    LLM

    66

    NLIU Bhopal

    LLM

    60

    WBNUJS Kolkata

    LLM

    100

    NLU Jodhpur

    LLM

    80

    HNLU Raipur

    LLM

    90

    GNLU Gandhinagar

    LLM

    57

    GNLU Silvassa Campus

    LLM

    33

    RMLNLU Lucknow

    LLM

    48

    RGNUL Patiala

    LLM

    58

    NUALS Kochi

    LLM

    60

    NLUO Cuttack

    LLM

    44

    NUSRL Ranchi

    LLM

    60

    NLUJA Kamrup

    LLM

    40

    DSNLU Visakhapatnam

    LLM

    60

    TNNLU Tiruchirappalli

    LLM Corporate and Securities Laws

    20

    LLM Intellectual Property Law

    20

    LLM (Natural Resources Law)

    20

    MNLU Mumbai

    LLM

    50

    MNLU Nagpur

    LLM

    60

    MNLU Aurangabad

    LLM

    60

    HPNLU Shimla

    LLM

    80

    DNLU Jabalpur

    LLM

    50

    NLU Tripura

    LLM

    50

    RPNLU Prayagraj

    LLM

    10

    IIULER Goa

    LLM

    40

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    With a rank of 3917 in CLAT PG, your best options for an LLM include top private universities that accept CLAT scores, along with CUETPG opportunities. Some of the best non-NLU options are BHU, LPU Jalandhar, UPES Dehradun, etc.

    Hello there,

    Having a 15000 general rank and 1740 as your SC category rank, your chances of securing a seat are very low. As per the previous trends, it is a direct no for you to get into the top-tier NLUs since the closing general rank is around 1500-3000. If

    With a CLAT PG rank of 1257 in the SC category and being a woman candidate with Rajasthan domicile, you do have a realistic chance of securing admission to several National Law Universities, though the top NLUs may be difficult at this rank. Admission chances depend heavily on category-wise cut-offs,

    With a CLAT PG rank of around 11,000, getting admission into the top National Law Universities (NLUs) is not likely, as their general category cut-offs usually close much earlier. However, you still have realistic chances in lower-ranked and newer NLUs, especially in the later rounds of CLAT counselling or through

    Hello,

    Here is your CLAT 2026 Rank-Wise College List - Available NLUs in your rank range. I am providing you the link. Kindly open and check it out.

    https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-2026-rank-wise-college-list

    I hope it will help you. For any further query please let me know.

    Thank you.