45 Marks in CLAT 2026; Expected Rank, NLU, Admission Chances Category-Wise
45 marks in CLAT 2026 comprehends to 15,505 rank. This performance is considered to be poor as it does not enable the candidates to get admission into the top tier institutes into the top tier institutes.
45 marks in CLAT 2025 translate to AIR 15,505, which is considered to be a relatively low performance in the highly competitive CLAT landscape. At this rank, the chances of securing admission into the top-tier NLUs, such as NLSIU Bangalore, NALSAR Hyderabad, NUJS Kolkata, etc, are extremely low. Such a performance limits a candidate to mid-tier and low-tier NLUs, with admissions majorly depending on category-based reservations and state domicile quotas in specific universities. For the candidates with this score, only NLUs that either have lower cutoff ranges or specific state reserved seats might be approachable.
Talking about the category-wise admission chances with 45 marks in CLAT 2026, the General category candidates don’t have much scope in the top-tier institutes. However, in certain institutes, such as NLU Assam, NLU Jabalpur, and NLU Shimla, there is some scope for admission for the general category students. Moreover, for the OBC & EWS categories, there are not many chances of success. Moving forward, for the SC/ ST category candidates, while there is not much admission scope into the top-tier institutes, there are high chances of admission in the low-tier institutes.
Expected Rank in 45 Marks in CLAT 2026
As discussed above, 45 marks in CLAT roughly translates to 15,505 AIR, as per the past trends. Moreover, the table below explains details about the expected rank with 45 marks in CLAT 2026:
Marks | Expected Rank |
45+ marks | Up to AIR 15,505 |
44+ marks | Up to AIR 16,305 |
43+ marks | Up to AIR 17,305 |
42+ marks | Up to AIR 18,205 |
41+ marks | Up to AIR 19,105 |
40+ marks | Up to AIR 19,905 |
Category Wise Admission Chances in NLU with 45 Marks in CLAT 2026
The table below details the category wise admission chances in NLU with 45 marks in CLAT exam:
Name of the NLU | Category-wise Admission Chances | ||||
General | OBC | EWS | SC | ST | |
NLSIU Bangalore | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely |
NALSAR Hyderabad | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely |
NLU Kolkata | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely |
NLU Jodhpur | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely |
NLU Gandhinagar | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Low |
NLU Bhopal | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Low |
NLU Mumbai | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely |
NLU Raipur | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Low |
NLU Lucknow | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Low | Low |
NLU Odisha | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Low |
NLU Punjab | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Low |
NLU Kochi | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely |
NLU Patna | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely |
NLU Nagpur | Highly Unlikely | Low | Low | Low | Low |
NLU Ranchi | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Low | High |
NLU Trichy | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Low | Highly Unlikely |
NLU Aurangabad | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Low | Medium |
NLU Visakhapatnam | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Low | Medium |
NLU Sonepat | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Low | Medium |
NLU Assam | Medium | Medium | Medium | High | High |
NLU Jabalpur | Medium | High | High | Medium | High |
NLU Shimla | Medium | -- | -- | Medium | High |
IIULER Goa | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Medium | Medium |
NLU Agartala | Highly Unlikely | -- | -- | High | High |
NLU Silvassa | Low | Highly Unlikely | Highly Unlikely | Low | Low |
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