Chanakya National Law University

Patna, Bihar

#17 NIRF Law 2025

81% Placed

10.8 LPA Median Law

732 Students

51 Faculty

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Overview

Chanakya National Law University in Patna, Bihar, offers law programmes to 732 students, taught by a faculty of 51. The university was ranked 17th in the NIRF Law 2025 rankings, with a score of 62.40 out of 100, placing it among the recognised national law schools for the year.

Placement outcomes for the five-year law UG programme have stayed fairly consistent: in 2023-24, 110 of 136 graduates were placed, with a median salary of 10.8 LPA, close to the 105 of 137 placed in 2022-23 (median 10.4 LPA) and 112 of 127 placed in 2021-22 (median 10.1 LPA). The one-year law PG programme has shown more variation, with 51 of 66 graduates placed in 2023-24 at a median salary of 7.2 LPA, compared to 43 of 61 in 2022-23 (median 4.8 LPA) and just 5 of 57 in 2021-22, though that year's small placed group had a median salary of 9 LPA.

Placements

Reported by the institute in its NIRF data submission. Median salary is the figure NIRF asks for — half of the placed students were paid more, half less.

Law

Year	Programme	Graduated	Placed	Median salary
2023-24	UG 5-year	136	110	10.8 LPA
2023-24	PG 1-year	66	51	7.2 LPA
2022-23	UG 5-year	137	105	10.4 LPA
2022-23	PG 1-year	61	43	4.8 LPA
2021-22	UG 5-year	127	112	10.1 LPA
2021-22	PG 1-year	57	5	9 LPA

Rankings

Published by the National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education. The score is out of 100 and is what the rank was decided on.

Year	Category	Rank	Score
2025	Law	#17	62.40

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