CLAT 2027 Cut Off: Expected Cut Off, Previous Year Ranks and NLU-wise Trends

The CLAT cut off 2027 gives candidates a clear idea of their chances of getting admission to leading NLUs for 5-year integrated LL.B. programmes. It indicates the rank or marks generally required to compete for a seat at a particular university. 

You can access official cutoffs after the CLAT UG 2027 result and counselling rounds. Until then, previous-year closing ranks can help candidates estimate the competition for different NLUs.

For CLAT 2027, you can assess the expected CLAT cutoff 2027 using recent closing-rank trends, candidate performance, seat availability, reservation category, and demand for individual NLUs. 

The 2026 Round 1 reveals that NLSIU Bengaluru closed at AIR 101 for the General category, while NALSAR Hyderabad closed at AIR 148 and NLU Jodhpur at AIR 310. 

Learn more about the CLAT Cut Off 2027 including past cutoff trends, factors affecting cutoffs, and other details.

CLAT 2027 Cut Off (Expected)

You can estimate the CLAT 2027 expected cutoff from the closing-rank pattern seen in recent admission cycles. However, the actual cutoff may move higher or lower depending on the difficulty of CLAT 2027 and the score distribution. 

Check CLAT UG expected cut off 2027 below:

NLU	Opening Rank	Closing Rank
NLSIU Bangalore	1	115
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc LL.B. Hons)	299	713
NALSAR Hyderabad	19	161
WBNUJS Kolkata (B.A. LL.B.)	59	330
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LL.B.)	490	918
NLIU Bhopal (BA LL.B.)	259	482
GNLU Gandhinagar	236	402
NLU Jodhpur	162	370
HNLU Raipur	483	810
GNLU Silvassa Campus	336	1500
NUALS Kochi	352	1348
RMLNLU Lucknow	463	783
RGNUL Patiala	567	1282
NLU Odisha (BBA LL.B.)	556	1179
NLU Odisha (BA LL.B.)	472	1015
MNLU Nagpur (BA LL.B.)	724	1532
MNLU Mumbai	445	1476
MNLU Aurangabad (BA LL.B.)	1023	1951
MNLU Nagpur (BBA LL.B.)	1216	1625
CNLU Patna (BBA LL.B.)	1218	1558
MNLU Aurangabad (BBA LL.B.)	1364	2396
CNLU Patna (BA LL.B.)	885	1397
NUSRL Ranchi (BBA LL.B.)	1168	1762
NUSRL Ranchi (B.A. LL.B.)	866	1669
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (BCom LLB)	1261	1946
DSNLU Visakhapatnam	959	1685
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (BA LL.B.)	1231	1766
DBRANLU Sonepat	628	1933
HPNLU Shimla (BA LL.B.)	952	2558
HPNLU Shimla (BBA LL.B.)	1291	2637
RPNLU Prayagraj	1449	2472
MPDNLU Jabalpur	1374	2241
IILMER Goa (BA LL.B. – Alternate)	1196	2831
IILMER Goa (BA LL.B.)	1314	2783
NLUJA Assam	1162	2144
NLU Agartala	1964	2858

Note: These figures should be treated as reference points rather than guaranteed CLAT 2027 cut-off marks.

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Previous Years’ CLAT Cut-Off 

Previous-year CLAT cutoffs help show how far the admission list moved at different NLUs.

For the General category, NLSIU Bengaluru had closing ranks of 114 in 2023, 102 in 2024, 112 in 2025 and 101 in 2026 Round 1. The movement is not perfectly linear, which shows why one year’s cutoff should not be used as an exact prediction for the next examination.

NALSAR Hyderabad also remained highly competitive, with the General category closing rank moving from 172 in 2021 to 162 in 2022, 177 in 2023, 167 in 2024, 159 in 2025 and 148 in 2026 Round 1.

NLU Bhopal’s trend was different. Its General category closing rank was 378 in 2021, 451 in 2022, 463 in 2023, 450 in 2024, 480 in 2025 and 432 in 2026 Round 1.

CLAT Cutoff 2026 Round 1

NLU	General	EWS	OBC	SC	ST
NLSIU Bengaluru	101	702	1018	3072	5000
NALSAR Hyderabad	148	630	915	3259	5200
NLU Bhopal (B.A. LL.B. Hons)	432	1315	1714	5407	9461
NLU Bhopal (BSc LLB Hons Cyber Security)	684	2056	2326	7996	10429
WBNUJS Kolkata (B.A. LL.B. Hons)	284	–	–	3833	6010
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc LLB Hons)	550	–	–	6186	9615
NLU Jodhpur (B.A. LL.B. Hons)	310	868	1273	4042	5907
NLU Jodhpur (BBA LL.B. Hons)	386	970	1427	4985	8113
HNLU Raipur	736	–	1994	6464	11239
CNLU Gandhinagar	376	1167	1834	5340	7913
CNLU Silvassa	1259	1836	2541	9215	14278
RMLNLU Lucknow	747	–	–	–	–
RGNUL Punjab	1059	–	–	9118	13152
CNLU Patna (B.A. LL.B. Hons)	1141	–	–	–	–
CNLU Patna (BBA LL.B. Hons)	1287	–	–	–	–
NUALS Kochi	1076	–	–	–	–
NLUO Cuttack (B.A. LL.B.)	800	–	–	7833	14196
NLUO Cuttack (BBA LL.B.)	828	–	–	9202	17986
NUSRL Ranchi (B.A. LL.B. Hons)	1297	2000	2585	9826	15765
NUSRL Ranchi (BBA LL.B. Hons)	1356	2189	2653	10338	17445
NLUJA Assam	1764	2507	3527	11539	17399
DSNLU Visakhapatnam	1281	2217	2508	10433	15199
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (B.A. LL.B. Hons)	1370	–	2713	11222	–
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (BCom LLB Hons)	1517	–	3419	11652	19158
MNLU Mumbai	481	–	–	–	–
MNLU Nagpur (B.A. LL.B. Hons)	1225	9418	12425	18014	52882
MNLU Nagpur (BBA LL.B. Hons)	1307	10820	13711	21508	66593
MNLU Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (B.A. LL.B. Hons)	1518	13387	14588	20072	60165
MNLU Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (BBA LL.B. Hons)	1770	15627	17523	23626	55620
HPNLU Shimla (B.A. LL.B. Hons)	1824	2692	–	10935	19833
HPNLU Shimla (BBA LL.B. Hons)	1871	2937	–	12188	21090
DNLU Jabalpur	1740	2575	3056	11792	21749
NLU Sonepat (DBRANLU)	1665	2594	3409	11562	20080
NLUT Agartala	2015	–	–	–	–
RPNLU Prayagraj	1930	–	–	–	–
IILMER Goa (B.A. LL.B. Hons)	2127	3148	4093	13475	22702
IILMER Goa (BBA LL.B. Hons)	2236	3236	4289	13737	23793

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CLAT Cut Off 2025 

NLU	General (Opening-Closing Rank)	SC (Opening-Closing Rank)	EWS (Opening-Closing Rank)	OBC (Opening-Closing Rank)	ST (Opening-Closing Rank)
NLSIU Bengaluru	1–112	182–3133	119–703	209–1541	678–3396
NALSAR Hyderabad	17–159	1483–3273	372–546	333–1219	1311–3621
NLIU Bhopal (B.A. LL.B.)	257–480	5077–5763	787–1377	1658–1757	6166–8243
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB)	486–915	6764–8625	1338–1997	2217–2464	10384–11901
WBNUJS Kolkata (B.A. LL.B.)	57–327	3048–4753	–	1359–4168	4823–6343
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc LLB Hons)	299–711	4244–6987	–	4168–4596	8994–9739
NLU Jodhpur	159–367	3343–5445	542–986	1333–1776	4343–5955
HNLU Raipur	480–807	6232–7660	–	2156–2408	9746–10507
GNLU Gandhinagar	236–444	974–5934	819–1118	1396–2303	4457–8568
GNLU Silvassa Campus	755–1461	8584–8826	1447–2620	2745–2620	12320–15112
RMLNLU Lucknow	461–780	1832–11228	1327–2088	1064–3769	19305–
RGNUL Patiala	565–1279	2067–8625	–	–	7540–12742
CNLU Patna (B.A. LL.B.)	882–1398	7884–12662	1420–1950	1861–7359	16829–
CNLU Patna (BBA LL.B.)	1215–1555	12269–15833	1928–2316	3106–8364	27043–
NUALS Kochi	350–1346	9871–15029	4238–22632	–	32306–
NLU Odisha (B.A. LL.B.)	469–1013	3196–7247	–	–	8920–12967
NLU Odisha (BBA LL.B.)	552–1176	7630–7891	–	–	10921–15161
NUSRL Ranchi (B.A. LL.B.)	864–1667	8542–9902	1501–2551	1671–3597	10015–15023
NUSRL Ranchi (BBA LL.B.)	1164–1760	8493–38622	2052–2714	1845–4096	10573–13619
NLUJA Assam	1163–2141	4020–26413	3740–18701	10753–40275	8513–39689
DSNLU Visakhapatnam	957–1682	8198–9330	1506–2571	2472–3813	13506–15632
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (B.A. LL.B.)	1231–1763	6291–10327	–	2045–4082	14211–15384
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (BCom LLB)	1259–1947	6571–12470	–	3432–4987	–
MNLU Mumbai	443–1473	7180–15622	2524–7523	4161–8067	10288–13124
MNLU Nagpur (B.A. LL.B.)	722–1529	13180–27496	7863–16868	2230–15059	43425–16868
MNLU Nagpur (BBA LL.B.)	1214–1623	17024–26619	13166–19846	9041–16794	41775–19846
MNLU Aurangabad (B.A. LL.B.)	1023–1949	7378–30029	8328–23203	11062–19813	55196–23203
MNLU Aurangabad (BBA LL.B.)	1361–2393	22029–31652	8244–19846	15631–21108	56594–19846
HPNLU Shimla (B.A. LL.B.)	949–2555	8641–11597	–	–	13499–18083
HPNLU Shimla (BBA LL.B.)	1298–2634	9542–13886	–	–	15632–19910
MPDNLU Jabalpur	1371–2243	9959–11065	2112–2922	3766–4228	13674–20674
DBRANLU Sonepat	626–1930	7991–12802	1768–2727	2173–4210	12630–19973
NLUT Agartala	1964–2855	29955–49197	–	–	25887–
RPNLU Prayagraj	1446–2469	12017–21354	5559–12017	3454–5559	-–25539
IILMER Goa (B.A. LL.B.)	1314–2784	6774–14412	2446–3623	2721–5597	12362–21325
IILMER Goa (B.A. LL.B.)	1198–2832	11342–14867	2727–3751	4440–5892	11093–22260

CLAT Cut Off 2024 

NLU	General (Opening-Closing Rank)	OBC (Opening-Closing Rank)	EWS (Opening-Closing Rank)	SC (Opening-Closing Rank)	ST (Opening-Closing Rank)
NLSIU Bengaluru	1–102	151–971	122–523	372–3007	239–7487
NALSAR Hyderabad	6–167	189–1116	175–564	1604–3574	263–6083
NLIU Bhopal (B.A. LL.B.)	311–450	1191–1315	621–1376	4573–5178	8403–11527
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB)	187–1047	1112–1959	1248–1777	6497–7622	13905–15219
WBNUJS Kolkata (B.A. LL.B.)	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	1284–1858	603–1248	4584–6175	7712–11580
GNLU Silvassa Campus	593–1060	2225–2429	1113–1935	8833–10735	11291–—
RMLNLU Lucknow	410–764	1170–3613	1022–2326	5397–10340	20456–34174
RGNUL Patiala	502–1250	–	–	3234–10253	9562–16875
CNLU Patna (B.A. LL.B.)	790–1358	2139–2776	1378–2122	4522–14864	23802–—
CNLU Patna (BBA LL.B.)	1051–1552	2560–4147	1571–2703	13550–16714	1339–—
NUALS Kochi	231–1136	–	6867–14922	12306–15245	13117–—
NLU Odisha	591–1205	–	–	5997–9869	11580–16676
NUSRL Ranchi	637–1594	1837–3005	1468–2255	5972–11124	16161–19635
NLUJA Assam	1344–1704	7386–37438	–	8824–17168	17149–46899
DSNLU Visakhapatnam	656–1390	2068–2940	1242–2195	8057–10568	11917–18342
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (B.A. LL.B.)	806–1628	1634–3135	–	9853–11289	38376–—
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (BCom LLB)	821–1711	2178–3800	–	10130–12418	16910–21607
MNLU Mumbai	99–590	2123–6468	811–3932	4506–11392	24593–34264
MNLU Nagpur (B.A. LL.B.)	491–1587	3089–17245	3974–6285	11235–25115	29470–50326
MNLU Nagpur (BBA LL.B.)	611–1685	4790–14814	6100–16730	12722–29474	42740–46480
MNLU Aurangabad (B.A. LL.B.)	945–1832	14714–18004	4220–18008	8281–28813	41238–—
MNLU Aurangabad (BBA LL.B.)	681–2115	7755–19003	8662–18056	21344–29975	47604–—
HPNLU Shimla (B.A. LL.B.)	885–2102	–	–	9061–12158	13213–20412
HPNLU Shimla (BBA LL.B.)	284–2150	–	–	9789–12740	16386–23188
MPDNLU Jabalpur	1060–1824	2677–3445	1935–2769	10083–12556	16830–23145
DBRANLU Sonepat	503–2050	2273–3861	1887–2687	9107–12447	17161–23000
NLUT Agartala	1716–2243	–	–	32520–—	31488–—

CLAT Cut Off 2023 

NLU	General (Opening-Closing Rank)	SC (Opening-Closing Rank)	ST (Opening-Closing Rank)	EWS (Opening-Closing Rank)	OBC (Opening-Closing Rank)
NLSIU Bengaluru	1–114	181–2674	1781–2835	129–510	171–923
NALSAR Hyderabad	25–177	702–3388	3375–6174	365–680	931–1116
WBNUJS Kolkata	136–260	588–4217	6121–7792	–	1397–7119
NLIU Bhopal	186–463	4505–5311	8143–10960	796–1290	591–1268
NLU Jodhpur	70–383	2360–4457	6689–8076	–	–
HNLU Raipur	481–805	6997–7137	10117–11277	–	2031–2061
GNLU Gandhinagar	147–462	3680–5683	8790–10837	488–1210	1150–1878
RMLNLU Lucknow	432–749	6014–9582	18980–27764	1432–1845	772–3088
RGNUL Patiala	563–1307	5693–8856	10300–15585	–	–
CNLU Patna	628–1541	7741–13369	20004–	2002–2501	1511–5260
NUALS Kochi	638–1461	6498–26009	27055–28147	5660–41647	–
NLUO, Odisha, Cuttack	504–1207	6147–7957	13445–16910	–	–
NUSRL Ranchi	939–1895	7695–10032	14248–18477	2332–2688	2248–2756
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (B.A. LL.B.)	704–2045	6192–10557	14452–	–	2509–4119
DSNLU Visakhapatnam	538–2080	9337–17282	13295–	2477–3285	7113–16077
MNLU Mumbai	325–590	5963–8923	17578–32870	2034–4878	3078–9880
MNLU Nagpur	878–2102	4921–21215	23125–39121	2710–14738	7420–22745
MNLU Aurangabad	1824–2655	21626–26769	37995–	13589–18008	12558–24704
NLUJA Assam, Guwahati	1375–2569	15318–31993	25618–42731	–	4913–38136
HPNLU Shimla	822–2816	8337–11982	13021–20699	–	–
DNLU Jabalpur	1696–2698	10030–12073	17883–23002	2969–3513	3905–4318
DBRANLU, Sonipat, Haryana	767–2713	9611–11010	10923–21673	2584–3412	2533–4515
GNLU Silvassa Campus	810–1820	8339–10104	13276–14846	1863–2984	2435–3992

CLAT Cut Off 2022 

NLU	SC	General	ST	OBC
NLSIU Bangalore	431–2224	1–85	554–3428	88–638
NALSAR Hyderabad	1252–2761	8–162	3818–5158	505–7849
WBNUJS Kolkata	2503–4933	117–257	5084–7238	1989–11472
NLIU Bhopal	3618–4793	241–451	6076–10189	774–1510
NLU Jodhpur	2318–5881	155–378	1727–7620	–
HNLU Raipur	4918–8797	430–756	11785–12027	1721–1980
GNLU Gandhinagar	3779–6527	175–430	6155–12014	752–1747
RMLNLU Lucknow	4565–10476	377–756	15889–19504	902–3568
RGNUL Patiala	6134–9434	437–1184	6449–16179	–
CNLU Patna	9825–18386	932–1498	29956–19956	1882–9085
NUALS Kochi	8411–25640	413–1315	16977–16977	2114–20999
NLU Odisha	5800–9726	470–1191	13361–17417	–
NUSRL Ranchi	3540–21084	933–1603	13311–31604	1386–2698
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli	6909–12015	807–1816	15682–16880	1770–3789
DSNLU Visakhapatnam	10847–10847	1002–1589	24160–24160	8881–11160
MNLU Mumbai	4874–16251 (W)	64–548	14752–43608 (W)	1310–8987
MNLU Nagpur	16251–36646	999–1657	30004–30479	6293–18196
MNLU Aurangabad	20505–45669	1390–2323	44623–46061 (W)	19850–34225
NLUJAA Guwahati	25357–41911	1131–1979	16817–40718	5542–39724
HPNLU Shimla	7229–12507	1056–2302	12778–22145	–
DNLU Jabalpur	10967–12695	1314–2262	15638–22762	1647–3489
NLU Sonipat	6448–12213	1094–2333	12177–23212	1917–4018

CLAT Cutoff 2021

NLU	General	OBC	SC	ST
NLSIU Bengaluru	1–83	–	549–3042	488–3042
NALSAR Hyderabad	65–172	2703–10732	2161–2884	2844–6854
WBNUJS Kolkata	24–241	1378–4575	2759–3844	2548–8125
NLIU Bhopal	247–378	417–1045	3344–4088	9028–14684
NLU Jodhpur	185–358	–	2854–5983	8323–15063
HNLU Raipur	387–785	7238–9107	3220–9735	8757–14884
GNLU Gandhinagar	251–366	379–1693	4650–7277	6895–14753
RMLNLU Lucknow	255–676	944–17831	3679–10062	13635–26103
RGNUL Patiala	413–1075	–	7375–10357	12543–18707
CNLU Patna	677–1312	1503–	10448–16784	–
NUALS Kochi	414–1144	–	17266–29091	–
NLU Odisha (Cuttack)	436–1072	–	7586–11031	13583–20296
NUSRL Ranchi	1104–1507	1691–2596	10303–11742	16596–19273
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli	1199–1834	–	11372–13332	10421–19551
DSNLU Visakhapatnam	1036–1473	–	10397–20005	23268–28242
MNLU Mumbai	371–453	1937–4124	6429–10350	26180–49307
MNLU Nagpur	1052–1448	6808–19330	11603–31728	37823–
MNLU Aurangabad	1474–2022	9021–22502	15447–36653	–
NLUJA Guwahati	1091–1659	6280–48871	14578–46516	22414–48642
HPNLU Shimla	755–2009	–	8911–13033	18878–25226
DNLU Jabalpur	1290–1949	2264–4321	12039–19700	27102–43898
NLU Sonipat	1033–2040	2237–3666	11754–14185	18558–25209

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General Category CLAT Cutoff

NLU	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026 Round 1
NLSIU Bengaluru	83	85	114	102	112	101
NALSAR Hyderabad	172	162	177	167	159	148
NLU Bhopal	378	451	463	450	480	432
NLU Jodhpur	358	378	383	379	367	310
WBNUJS Kolkata	241	257	260	279	327	284

Key Factors Affecting CLAT UG Cut Off

Here are the key factors influencing CLAT Cutoff 2027 shared below;

1. Difficulty level of CLAT

The difficulty of the question paper can affect the score distribution. A tougher paper may yield lower marks at the same rank, while an easier paper can push marks up.

2. Number of test-takers

A larger candidate pool can increase competition for limited NLU seats, particularly at the most preferred institutions.

3. Seat intake

The number of seats available for a programme directly affects how far the admission list can move.

4. Reservation category

The closing ranks of the same NLU may vary by category, including General, EWS, OBC, SC, and ST.

5. NLU preference

Candidates rank their preferred colleges during counselling. The order of preferences can influence seat allotment and subsequent movement.

6. Counselling round

The first round and later rounds do not necessarily have the same closing rank. Vacant seats can lead to movement in subsequent lists.

7. Course selected

An NLU providing multiple UG law courses can have different closing ranks for each programme.

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How to Analyse and Use CLAT UG Cutoff for Preparation?

CLAT Cutoff 2027 becomes useful when you convert it into a preparation target.

Step 1: Select your target NLUs

Make a list of the NLUs you want to pursue the course from. Do not use one common target for every university.

Step 2: Check at least three years of closing ranks

A single year can contain unusual movement. Comparing multiple cycles gives a better idea of the normal range.

Step 3: Consider your category

Use the closing rank applicable to your reservation category. Comparing your expected rank only with the General cutoff may not be helpful.

Step 4: Keep a buffer

Don’t prepare only for the previous year’s closing rank. A safer strategy is to aim for a better rank than the latest cutoff.

Step 5: Track your mock-test rank

Marks help you check accuracy and improvement. However, you should also assess your mock-test performance by estimated rank.

Step 6: Keep multiple NLUs in your preference list

A narrow preference list can reduce your options during counselling. Use your previous-year cutoff analysis to create realistic choices across different rank ranges.

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