How Many Students Appear for CLAT 2027? Expected Number of Candidates, Registrations, and Trend Analysis

CLAT 2027 exam is scheduled for December 6, 2026. The CLAT 2027 Registration opened on August 3 and was extended from October 31 to November 7. The Consortium of NLUs has not yet published the final count. If you have not yet registered for CLAT 2027, you can click the link below.

As for the previous year's statistics on how many students usually register for CLAT or how many students appear, in CLAT 2026, 88,657 candidates appeared (72,631 UG and 16,026 PG), an attendance rate of about 96%.

• CLAT Registrations rose about 70.5% between 2023 and 2026, from 54,163 to 92,344.
• The pool has grown by roughly 11,000-13,500 candidates a year for three cycles. Analysts expect CLAT 2027 to cross 1,00,000 registrations for the first time.
• Seats have not grown with applicants. About 18-20 candidates now compete for each UG seat.

The CLAT application fee is ₹4,000 for General/ OBC candidates and ₹3,500 for SC/ ST/ BPL/ PwD candidates.

Also Check:

• CLAT 2027 Registration: Deadline Extended, Correction Window Open, Direct Link, How to Apply, Application Fee
• CLAT 2027 Exam Date: Registration Ongoing, Form Correction Window Open, Admit Card, Result

CLAT Registrations and Attendance (2019-2026)

• CLAT Registrations peaked at 75,183 in 2020, then fell for three straight cycles to 54,163 in 2023, a drop of about 28%. Since then the exam has added 38,000+ registrations in three years.
• The yearly net additions were 13,427 (2024), 11,324 (2025) and 13,430 (2026).
• Registrations grew at roughly 19.5% a year from 2023 to 2026, compared with about 4.1% a year across the full 2019-2026 stretch

Check: CLAT 2026 Toppers: Geetali Gupta AIR 1, State Wise and Category Wise Toppers List

CLAT PG Registrations: Faster than CLAT UG

• CLAT PG appearances rose from 8,703 in 2023 to 16,026 in 2026, up 84.1%.
• UG appearances rose from 42,766 to 72,631 over the same period, up about 70%.
• 2022 is excluded because no UG/PG split is available.
• UG appearances grew about 20% in 2026, while PG grew about 8%.
• PG’s share of the total has roughly doubled since 2019 but dipped in 2026 as UG accelerated.

Who took CLAT 2026? Check Statistics

As per the previous year’s data, female candidates dominated CLAT 2026 exam. The CLAT 2026 registration was increased by 17% as compared to the previous year.

• Gender: 57% female, 43% male, and 9 transgender candidates.
• Reach: 156 exam centres across 93 cities, 25 states and 4 Union Territories, per one prep-platform summary of the Consortium’s data.
• Accessibility: 548 PwD candidates appeared.
• Top scores: 112.75 in UG and 104.25 in PG.
• Where the top rankers sat: Bengaluru led the UG top 100 with 15 candidates, followed by New Delhi (8) and Mumbai (7). In PG, New Delhi led with 22, followed by Jabalpur (8) and Jaipur (7).

CLAT 2027 Projection: How Many Students Could Appear?

These are projections based on the historical pattern, not official numbers.

Check: CLAT 2027 Reservation: MNLU Mumbai Introduces New Quota, NLU Seat Intake, Category-Wise Seats

Why CLAT exam Participation Keeps Rising?

Several factors are likely behind the growth, though the Consortium has not published an official explanation:

• Growing interest in law as a mainstream career, with female participation above 55%.
• A recovery after the post-Covid slump.
• More NLUs and a wider network of participating private institutions accepting CLAT scores.
• A very large PG applicant base from the LLB graduate pool.
• Heavy coaching and awareness campaigns.

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