January 24, 2024
Reader's Digest - Unlock your path to success with our comprehensive guide on CLAT Previous Year Cut-offs for different law colleges. Get insights, compare your options, and plan your preparation to secure a seat in your dream college.
Imagine yourself standing at the threshold of your dream law career, with the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) as the gateway to a world of prestigious law colleges.
The question that lingers in your mind is, "How well should I perform in CLAT to secure a seat in my dream college?"
To help you answer that and plan your preparation effectively, we have curated this in-depth analysis of CLAT Previous Year Cut-offs for different law colleges.
NLSUI Bangalore is the best law school offering admissions through CLAT. It is the target law school for every law aspirant. Only those who scored above the NLSIU Bangalore Cut-Off were eligible for admissions.
Check out the table below to know the previous year's cut-off for this college:
Category | Closing Rank (From Round 1 - Round 3) |
General | 97-98 |
ST | 2812-3707 |
SC | 1958-1978 |
PwD | 1727 |
According to the RGNUL Punjab Cut-Off, those in the general category must have secured 358th rank to secure admission at this college.
Category | Rank Range |
General | 943-988 |
All India Scheduled Caste | 8840-9712 |
All India Scheduled Tribe | 13622-14500 |
Look at the table below to know the category-wise NALSAR Hyderabad Cut-off after all rounds of counselling:
Category | Closing Rank (From Round 1-Round 3) |
General | 175 (no change) |
Scheduled Caste | 2496 (no change) |
Scheduled Tribe | 5992 (no change) |
To know the category-wise CNLU Patna cut-off marks for CLAT, look at the table below:
CNLU Cutoff Marks | General Caste |
Opening and closing cut off | 432 to 1224 |
The admissions to the undergraduate and postgraduate law programs will be based entirely on the CLAT Seat Allotment and merit-cum-preference basis.
Check out the table below for the 1st round of cut-off for 2019:
National Law Universities (NLUs) | General | Scheduled Caste | Scheduled Tribe |
Opening Rank - Closing Rank | Opening Rank - Closing Rank | Opening Rank - Closing Rank | |
NLSIU Bangalore | 1-54 | 363-1892 | 69-1857 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 50-120 | 144-3010 | 1777-4275 |
NLIU Bhopal | 148-380 | 3097-4628 | 5840-6780 |
WBNUJS Kolkata | 82-203 | 1862-3994 | 2853-5531 |
NLU Jodhpur | 76-294 | 2268-4930 | 4533-6849 |
HNLU Raipur | 329-549 | 4940-6877 | 7712-10719 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 124-417 | 4984-6791 | 5569-9640 |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 342-617 | 4259-10948 | 12311-24763 |
RGNLU Patiala | 442-805 | 5207-9330 | 10435-13334 |
CNLU Patna | 623 | 7313 | 20349 |
NUALS Kochi | 474 | 4891 | 19528 |
NLU Odisha Cuttack | 465 | 6276 | 9832 |
NUSRL Ranchi | 688 | 7707 | 7207 |
TNNLS Tiruchirappalli | 436 | 5681 | 13383 |
DSNLU Vishakhapatnam | 830 | 20733 | 20413 |
MNLU Mumbai | 383 | 5734 | 18152 |
MNLU Nagpur | 589 | 11256 | 33321 |
MNLU Aurangabad | 710 | 14219 | 41201 |
NLUJAA Guwahati | 968 | 12648 | 21542 |
HPNLU Shimla | 622 | 6896 | 13464 |
DNLU Jabalpur | 991 | 8550 | 11121 |
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Here are the college-wise cut-off marks for the 2nd round of CLAT 2019:
National Law Universities (NLUs) | General | Scheduled Caste | Scheduled Tribe |
Opening Rank - Closing Rank | Opening Rank - Closing Rank | Opening Rank - Closing Rank | |
NLSIU Bangalore | 56-57 | 1907-1908 | 2575-2580 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 121-128 | 3030-3097 | 4492-4533 |
NLIU Bhopal | 329-361 | 4790-4940 | 8027-8374 |
WBNUJS Kolkata | 207-226 | 4347 | 5834-6849 |
NLU Jodhpur | 295-351 | 4984-5122 | 7712-8468 |
HNLU Raipur | 561-626 | 7305-7786 | 11121-11822 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 418-461 | 6896-7214 | 10307-10921 |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 627-687 | 10963-11850 | 24793-29911 |
RGNLU Patiala | 806-919 | 9448-10310 | 13680-10310 |
CNLU Patna | 955-1087 | 17771-18898 | 25719 |
NUALS Kochi | 892-978 | 15183 | NA |
NLU Odisha Cuttack | 888-951 | 9597-10234 | 18149-21062 |
NUSRL Ranchi | 967-1091 | 10339-10990 | 18000-18557 |
TNNLS Tiruchirappalli | 1202-1358 | 10628-11626 | 18497-18915 |
DSNLU Vishakhapatnam | 1098-1287 | 24330-25136 | 38672-44577 |
MNLU Mumbai | 465-508 | 14219-17909 | NA |
MNLU Nagpur | 1092-1187 | 19815-23830 | 49369-54073 |
MNLU Aurangabad | 1212-1338 | 20426-24646 | 51005-53549 |
NLUJAA Guwahati | 1108-1294 | 31022-31022 | 42300-42768 |
HPNLU Shimla | 1236-1396 | 10822-11884 | 17748-18814 |
DNLU Jabalpur | 1275-1447 | 11271-11827 | 18327-20359 |
The table below shows the opening and closing ranks of different colleges for 2019:
National Law Universities (NLUs) | General | Scheduled Caste | Scheduled Tribe |
Opening Rank - Closing Rank | Opening Rank - Closing Rank | Opening Rank - Closing Rank | |
NLSIU Bangalore | 58 | 2018 | NA |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 129 | 3354-3564 | NA |
NLIU Bhopal | 370 | NA | NA |
WBNUJS Kolkata | 227 | 4350-4891 | NA |
NLU Jodhpur | 352-354 | 5180-5350 | NA |
HNLU Raipur | 627-638 | 7826-8070 | NA |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 462-468 | 7305-7308 | 8001 |
CNLU Patna | 1091-1098 | NA | NA |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 690-694 | 11888-11916 | NA |
RGNLU Patiala | 920-926 | 10339-10339 | NA |
HPNLU Shimla | 1397-1471 | 11969-12042 | 20224-21253 |
NUALS Kochi | 983-983 | 15715 | NA |
NLU Odisha Cuttack | 952-953 | 10310 | 21448-21681 |
NUSRL Ranchi | NA | 11122-11546 | NA |
TNNLS Tiruchirappalli | 1363-1412 | 11721-12051 | 19587-19587 |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 1291-1292 | NA | 44885 |
MNLU Mumbai | 511-512 | 18833 | NA |
MNLU Nagpur | 1190 | 24268-25363 | 54177-55856 |
NLUJAA Guwahati | 1296-1299 | NA | NA |
MNLU Aurangabad | 1344 | 25836-26653 | NA |
Know the cut-off for CLAT 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017 from the table below:
Participating NLUs | Opening Cut-Off 2017 | Cut Off 2016 | Cut-Off 2015 |
National Law School of India University | 59-177 | 58 | 54 |
National Law Institute University | 351- 17348 | 339 | 285 |
National Academy of Legal Studies and Research | 130-5098 | 123 | 125 |
West Bengal National University of Judicial Sciences | 213-7556 | 221 | 203 |
Hidayatullah National Law University | 574-29835 | 555 | 500 |
National Law University Jodhpur | 343- 8051 | 347 | 308 |
Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University | 627-28216 | 626 | 569 |
Gujarat National Law University | 453-10585 | 465 | 398 |
Chanakya National Law University | 909-16614 | 911 | 877 |
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law | 801-12580 | 759 | 697 |
National Law University Odisha | 1023-15734 | 1038 | 888 |
National University of Advanced Legal Studies | 826-24087 | 918 | 814 |
National Law University and Judicial Academy | 1124-17322 | 1103 | 2192 |
National University of Study and Research in Law | 1051-28174 | 1037 | 3284 |
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University | 1180-38156 | 1132 | 7758 |
Tamil Nadu National Law School | 1151-25604 | 1160 | 4134 |
Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai | 478-17294 | 466 | – |
Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur | 1126-39573 | – | – |
You can check out the following table for category-wise cut off for the year 2017:
College | CLAT 2017 Cut-off | Closing Rank |
NLSIU, Bangalore | 139.5 | 58 |
NALSAR, Hyderabad | 132.25 | 130 |
NLIU, Bhopal | 119.75 | 410 |
NUJS, Kolkata | 124 | 245 |
NLUJ, Jodhpur | 119 | 440 |
HNLU, Raipur | 112.5 | 750 |
GNLU, Gandhinagar | 116.75 | 540 |
RMNLU, Lucknow | 112.25 | 770 |
RGNLU, Patiala | 107.5 | 980 |
NUALS, Kochi | 100.75 | 1580 |
CNLU, Patna | 101.75 | 1450 |
DSNLU, Visakhapatnam | 99.25 | 1750 |
NLUO, Cuttack | 101.25 | 1500 |
NUSRL, Ranchi | 100.5 | 1600 |
NLUJAA, Guwahati | 99.75 | 1700 |
TNNLS, Tiruchirappalli | 99.25 | 1750 |
MNLU, Mumbai | 106.5 | 1050 |
MNLU, Nagpur | 99 | 1800 |
Institute of Law, Nirma University | 101 | 1550 |
Let us have a look at the following table to know the college-wise cut in 2016:
Cut-off Marks for 2016 | ||||
College | General | OBC | SC | ST |
NLSIU Bangalore | 145.2 | 132.6 | 102.4 | 99.1 |
NALSAR, Hyderabad | 142 | 133 | 104 | 98.12 |
NLIU, Bhopal | 134.23 | 104.6 | 89 | 76 |
WBNUJS, Kolkata | 136.56 | 104.6 | 86 | 71.23 |
NLUJ, Jodhpur | 131.88 | 104.6 | 81.23 | 83.77 |
HNLU, Raipur | 122.05 | 109.11 | 80 | 62 |
GNLU, Gandhinagar | 125 | 11.23 | 73 | 64 |
RMLNLU, Lucknow | 120.11 | 103 | 81 | 61 |
RGNUL, Patiala | 115.29 | 101.77 | 68 | 57 |
CNLU, Patna | 115.29 | 101.77 | 68 | 57 |
NUALS, Kochi | 119 | 103 | 62 | 55 |
NLUO, Cuttack | 121 | 104 | 66 | 59 |
NUSRL, Ranchi | 117 | 102 | 70 | 61 |
NLUJAA, Assam | 114 | 99 | 69 | 50 |
NNLS, Tiruchirappalli | 116 | 102 | 67 | 53 |
DSNLU, Vishakhapatnam | 119 | 104 | 62 | 51.11 |
MNLU, Mumbai | 127 | 111.23 | 78.23 | 59.76 |
The following table shows the college-wise cut-off for CLAT Exam 2015:
College | General | OBC | SC | ST |
NLSIU, Bangalore | 118 | - | 77.75 | 75 |
NALSAR, Hyderabad | 111.75 | 93.75 | 53 | 51.5 |
NLIU, Bhopal | 100.5 | 88.5 | 54.25 | 42.25 |
WBNUJS, Kolkata | 109.5 | - | - | - |
NLUJ, Jodhpur | 102.5 | 102.5 | 59.5 | 53 |
HNLU, Raipur | 75.25 | 55.75 | 28 | 16.5 |
GNLU, Gandhinagar | 78.25 | - | - | - |
RMLNLU, Lucknow | 77 | - | - | - |
RGNUL, Patiala | 91.75 | - | 49.5 | 38.75 |
CNLU, Patna | 90.75 | 40.75 | 36.5 | - |
NUALS, Kochi | 85 | 33 | 30.25 | 14.5 |
NLUO, Cuttack | 89 | - | 48 | 35.75 |
NUSRL, Ranchi | 52 | 40.5 | 28 | 17 |
NLUJAA, Assam | 57 | 59 | 23 | 37.5 |
TNNLS, Tiruchirappalli | 35 | 28 | 24.25 | 35 |
The table below has the CLAT mark list for the General category:
Participating NLUs | Cut Off |
NLSIU Bangalore | 157 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 142.75 |
NLIU Bhopal | 138.5 |
WBNUJS Kolkata | 146.50 |
NLU Jodhpur | 142 |
HNLU Raipur | 108.50 |
GNLU Gujarat | 108 |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 134.5 |
RGNUL Patiala | 108.50 |
CNLU Patna | 128.75 |
NUALS Kochi | 124.50 |
NLU Odisha Cuttack | 129.75 (BA LLB) 127.75 (BBA LLB) |
NUSRL Ranchi | 110.50 |
NLUJA Assam | 119.25 |
As you journeyed with us through this blog, we hope you've gained valuable insights into the world of CLAT cut-offs and the law colleges they can unlock for you. By now, you should have a clearer picture of:
As you venture forth to conquer the CLAT, remember that you hold the key to your own success. Keep these insights in mind, and use them to shape your preparation, boost your confidence, and ultimately, secure a seat in your dream law college.
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