Top MBA Colleges in India

There are more than 100+ MBA colleges that are spread all over the country. The top MBA colleges in India are the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kolkata, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, FMS Delhi, etc. Some of the top colleges are private while others are publicly owned.

The top government MBA colleges in India are IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and IIT Delhi whereas, the top private MBA colleges in India are XLRI Jamshedpur,  SPJIMR Mumbai, MDI Gurgaon, IIFT Delhi, IMT Ghaziabad etc. MBA or Master of Business Administration is one of the most popular postgraduate programs across the country. Therefore, it becomes necessary for a student to clear the entrance exams such as CAT, MAT, XAT etc. with decent grades for getting admission to these colleges. Every year, before the admissions, Cut-offs are released by the colleges.

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A student aspiring to get admission to that college must have passed the entrance exams with the percentile of marks that are mentioned in the cut-off list. A candidate becomes eligible for admission only after clearing the cutoffs. In 2023, the CAT Cut-off of IIM Ahmedabad was 99 percentile. IIM Bangalore and IIM Calcutta also released the same Cutoff. For a student, it is not easy to get admission to these colleges as they have very few seats for admission. XLRI Jamshedpur offered 1310 seats last year and this was the highest number of seats offered by any college, ranking in the top 10 NIRF list. It was followed by IIM Bangalore and IIM(NITIE) Mumbai which offered 565 and 550 seats respectively. 

These colleges offer courses in different specializations such as Sales and Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Operations, IT and Systems, etc. According to the NIRF Rankings, Indian Institute of Management, (IIM) Ahmedabad is the best MBA college in India. Indian Institute of Management, (IIM) Bangalore and Indian Institute of Management, (IIM) Kozhikode are ranked at second and third position respectively. The total tuition fees of top MBA colleges in India range between 11 to 29 lacs. 

The top MBA college with the highest tuition fees is IIM Calcutta and the fees amount to 27 lacs. The NIRF top 10 ranking college with the lowest tuition fees is FMS Delhi and the total fee is 1 lakh.  Last year, the highest placement was offered by IIM Ahmedabad (32 lacs). The top recruiters that come to these colleges for campus placements are Accenture, Amazon, Paytm, Microsoft, Vedanta, Mckinsey etc. Before choosing any particular college, a student needs to keep certain factors in mind such as faculty expertise, industrial ties of that college, curriculum etc.

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