The Ministry of Education (MoE) has released the NIRF ranking 2025. As per the rankings, CNLU Patna has achieved an NIRF rank of 17 in the Law category with a score of 62.4.
CNLU Patna has been featured in the NIRF 2025. According to the NIRF Ranking 2025, CNLU Patna is ranked 17 in Law category. The rankings reflect the CNLU Patna's consistent efforts toward academic growth and student development.
The table below shows CNLU Patna’s NIRF ranking trends across major categories in 2025 and 2024. CNLU Patna has shown improvement in the Law category compared to last year.
| Category/Stream | 2025 Rank | 2024 Rank |
| Law | 17 | 31 |
NIRF evaluates institutions on various parameters like OVERALL, TLR, RP, GO, OI, PR, QNR, QLR, SFC. In the Law, CNLU Patna scored 62.4.The following table shows CNLU Patna’s performance across all the parameters in the Law category:
| Parameter | 2025 Score | 2024 Score |
| Total Score | 62.4 | 51.7 |
| TLR | - | 65.03 |
| RP | - | 23.97 |
| GO | - | 58.72 |
| OI | - | 56.53 |
| PR | - | 17.63 |
Comparison of CNLU Patna against similar NIRF - 2025 ranked college in Law category.
| College Name | 2025 Rank | 2024 Rank |
| CNLU Patna | 17 | 31 |
| UPES Dehradun | 18 | 28 |
| Saveetha University | 19 | - |
| Alliance University | 20 | 18 |
| RMLNLU | 21 | 20 |
| GGSIPU | 22 | 17 |
| Dr. B.R.Ambedkar College of Law | 16 | 16 |
| KIIT | 14 | 11 |
| Cochin University of Science and Technology | 13 | - |
| Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU) | 12 | 10 |
| Sree Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology and Science | 11 | 14 |