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India’s Best B-School Categorization & MBA Direct Admission
Introduction – Top MBA Colleges India
When we think of top MBA colleges in India, generally, the IIMs come to our minds. With time, the scenario has changed, and numerous other MBA colleges have made it to the list of top MBA colleges in India in 2024. The top MBA colleges in India include the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), XLRI, ISB, IIT, SPJIMR, FMS Delhi University, MDI, IMT, and many more. The list of the top 100 MBA colleges is included in this article. India’s Best B-School Categorization & MBA Direct Admission
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If you’re looking to pursue an MBA in India, the vast amount of online information can be confusing and overwhelming. To help you choose wisely, we’ve compiled a table of the top 100 business schools, covering programs, Fees, Entrance exams, NIRF rankings, and average post-MBA salaries.
In this article, we also give you a brief overview of the Top 10 Business schools in India and will answer the below Questions:
- What are the eligibility criteria for admission to the top MBA colleges in India?
- What is the admission process of the top MBA colleges in India?
- What is the fee structure of the top MBA colleges in India?
- What kind of job placements do the top MBA colleges in India provide?
Before we move forward, let’s address the most frequently asked question
Which MBA college has the highest average salary/package?
IIM Calcutta had the highest average salary, while ISB (Indian School of Business) followed closely behind. Below is a list of the top 10 colleges based on their average salary.
| Top MBA colleges in India 2024 | Average Salary |
| IIM Calcutta | INR 34,20,000 |
| ISB (Indian School of Business)* | INR 34,08,000 |
| IIM Bangalore | INR 33,82,000 |
| IIM Ahmedabad | INR 33,81,865 |
| FMS Delhi** | INR 32,40,000 |
| SPJIMR Mumbai | INR 32,05,000 |
| IIM Lucknow | INR 31,03,000 |
| XLRI Xavier School of Management | INR 30,70,000 |
| IIM Indore | INR 25,01,000 |
| MDI Gurgaon – Management Development Institute | INR 23,80,000 |
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MBA Rankings in India 2023 (Top MBA colleges ranked till #100)
We have ranked the top MBA colleges in India based on the post-MBA salary. The top MBA colleges in India include the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM), XLRI, ISB, IIT, SPJIMR, FMS Delhi University, MDI, IMT, and many more. Here is the list of the top 100 MBA colleges in India in 2023:
| Sr.no | NIRF 2022 Ranking | Top MBA Colleges in India | Location | Program | Average/Mean/Median Salary (INR) | Fees(Domestic) | Accepted Exam |
| 1 | 3 | IIM Calcutta | Kolkata | PGP | 34,20,000 | 24,00,000 | CAT/GMAT |
| 2 | NA | Indian School of Business (ISB) | Hyderabad | PGP | 34,08,000 | 41,98,000 | GMAT/GRE |
| 3 | 2 | IIM Bangalore | Bangalore | PGP | 33,82,000 | 24,50,000 | CAT/GMAT |
| 4 | 1 | IIM Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad | PGP | 33,81,865 | 23,00,000 | CAT/GMAT |
| 5 | NA | FMS Delhi | Delhi | MBA | 32,40,000 | 20,960 | GMAT/CAT |
| 6 | 21 | SPJIMR Mumbai | Mumbai | PGDM | 32,05,000 | 20,42,000 | GMAT/CAT/XAT |
| 7 | 6 | IIM Lucknow | Lucknow | PGP | 31,03,000 | 19,25,000 | CAT/GMAT |
| 8 | 8 | XLRI Xavier School of Management | Jamshedpur | PGDM (Business Management) | 30,70,000 | 23,60,000 | XAT/GMAT/CAT |
| 9 | 5 | IIM Kozhikode | Kozhikode | PGP | 29,50,000 | 20,50,000 | CAT/GMAT |
| 10 | NA | JBIMS | Mumbai | MMS | 27,63,000 | 6,00,500 | MAH CET/CAT/CMAT |
| 11 | 11 | IIT Bombay – Shailesh J Mehta School of Management Mumbai | Mumbai | MBA | 25,90,000 | 9,06,400 | CAT |
| 12 | 24 | Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT Delhi) | Delhi | MBA in International Business | 25,16,000 | 21,77,314 | IIFT/ GMAT |
| 13 | 7 | IIM Indore | Indore | PGP | 25,01,000 | 21,14,222 | CAT/GMAT |
| 14 | 13 | MDI Gurgoan – Management Development Institute | Gurugram | PGDM | 23,80,000 | 28,16,200 | CAT/GMAT |
| 15 | 26 | IIM Shillong | Shilong | PGP | 23,10,000 | 14,60,000 | CAT/GMAT |
| 16 | 25 | Pravin Dalal School of Entrepreneurship and Family business Management (NMIMS) | Mumbai | MBA | 23,07,000 | 17,50,000 | NMAT/GRE/GMAT |
| 17 | 9 | National Institute of Industrial Engineering | Mumbai | PGDM | 22,00,000 | 14,63,000 | CAT |
| 18 | 4 | DMS IIT Delhi | New Delhi | MBA | 21,90,000 | 10,40,000 | CAT |
| 19 | 17 | Symbiosis Institute of Business Management | Pune | SIBM | 20,80,000 | 21,27,950 | SNAP |
| 20 | 12 | IIT Kharagpur | Kharagpur | MBA | 19,36,000 | 11,59,760 | CAT/GMAT |
| 21 | 42 | MICA Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad | MBA | 19,00,897 | 1,25,000 | CAT/XAT/GMAT |
| 22 | 22 | IIM Udaipur | Udaipur | MBA | 17,81,872 | 17,90,000 | CAT |
| 23 | 14 | IIM Raipur | Raipur | PGP | 17,73,124 | 15,49,360 | CAT |
| 24 | 35 | Xavier Institute of Management | Bhubaneswar | MBA-BM | 17,54,000 | 19,90,000 | XAT/GMAT/CAT/x-GMAT/NMAT |
| 25 | 44 | IMT Ghaziabad | Ghaziabad | PGDM | 17,35,000 | 19,53,000 | CAT/GMAT/XAT |
| 26 | 18 | IIM Trichy | Trichy | PGP | 17,01,000 | 18,00,000 | CAT |
| 27 | 10 | DoMS IIT Madras | Chennai | MBA | 16,66,000 | 9,14,000 | CAT |
| 28 | 20 | IIT Kanpur | Kanpur | MBA | 16,61,000 | 10,97,600 | CAT |
| 29 | 15 | IIM Ranchi | Ranchi | PGDM | 16,17,000 | 15,30,000 | CAT |
| 30 | 30 | IMI Delhi – International Management Institute | New Delhi | PGDM | 15,28,000 | 20,19,060 | CAT/GMAT |
| 31 | 23 | IIM Kashipur | Kashipur | MBA | 15,21,000 | 17,30,000 | CAT |
| 32 | 43 | IIM Nagpur | Nagpur | PGP | 15,21,000 | 18,00,000 | CAT |
| 33 | 33 | Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam | Visakhapatnam | MBA | 15,06,000 | 16,79,920 | CAT |
| 34 | 60 | FORE School of Management | New Delhi | PGDM | 14,04,000 | 16,98,000 | CAT/XAT/GMAT |
| 35 | 16 | IIM Rohtak | Rohtak | PGP | 13,74,000 | 16,10,000 | CAT/ GMAT |
| 36 | 36 | IIM Jammu – Indian Institute of Management | Jammu | MBA | 13,53,000 | 17,15,000 | CAT |
| 37 | 69 | IIM Sirmaur – Indian Institute of Management | Sirmour | MBA | 12,74,000 | 15,75,000 | CAT |
| 38 | 55 | IIM Amritsar | Amritsar | MBA | 12,67,947 | 13,20,000 | CAT |
| 39 | 66 | IIM Sambalpur – Indian Institute of Management | Sambalpur | PGP | 12,64,000 | 13,03,000 | CAT |
| 40 | 31 | Great Lakes Institute of Management | Chennai | PGDM | 12,50,000 | 18,75,000 | CAT/GMAT/XAT/CMAT |
| 41 | 38 | TAPMI Manipal – T A Pai Management Institute | Manipal | PGDM | 12,50,000 | 16,50,000 | CAT/XAT/GMAT |
| 42 | 68 | Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research – Online Distance Learning Center | Mumbai | PGDM | 12,25,000 | 13,00,000 | CAT/MAT/XAT/CMAT/ATMA |
| 43 | 36 | GIM – Goa Institute of Management | Goa | PGDM | 12,14,534 | 18,31,200 | CAT/XAT/GMAT/CMAT |
| 44 | 51 | Jaipuria Institute of Management | Jaipur | PGDM | 11,49,000 | 11,25,000 | CAT/ MAT/ XAT/ CMAT/ GMAT |
| 45 | 58 | IRMA – Institute of Rural Management Anand | Anand | PGDRM | 11,39,000 | 10,10,000 | CAT/XAT/IRMASAT |
| 46 | NA | LBSIM – Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management | Delhi | PGDM | 11,30,000 | 13,90,000 | GMAT/CAT |
| 47 | 76-100 | LIBA – Loyola Institute of Business Administration | Chennai | PGDM | 11,00,000 | 16,99,500 | CAT/XAT |
| 48 | 19 | IIT Roorkee – Indian Institute of Technology | Roorkee | MBA | 10,58,000 | 16,80,000 | CAT |
| 49 | 45 | Institute of Management Nirma University | Ahmedabad | MBA | 10,50,000 | 10,04,000 | CAT |
| 50 | 59 | IMI Kolkata – International Management Institution | Kolkata | PGDM | 10,03,000 | 13,00,000 | CAT/XAT/GMAT |
| 51 | 60 | IFMR Graduate school of Business KREA University (IFMR GSB) | Andhra Pradesh | MBA | 10,00,000 | 18,71,000 | NMAT/CAT/XAT/CMAT/GMAT |
| 52 | 76 -100 | IMT Nagpur – Institute of Management Technology | Nagpur | PGDM | 10,00,000 | 12,04,000 | CAT/ XAT/ GMAT/ CMAT |
| 53 | 50 | BHU – Banaras Hindu University | Varanasi | MBA | 9,70,000 | 1,50,000 | BHU PET |
| 54 | 75 | IMT Hyderabad – Institute of Management Technology | Hyderabad | PGDM | 9,65,000 | 14,50,000 | CAT XAT GMAT CMAT |
| 55 | 56 | BIMTECH – Birla Institute of Management Technology | Great Noida | PGDM | 9,38,000 | 13,00,000 | CAT/XAT/GMAT |
| 56 | 54 | BML Munjal University | Gurgaon | MBA | 8,77,000 | 12,35,000 | CAT/MAT/XAT |
| 57 | 70 | IMI Bhubaneswar – International Management Institute | Bhubaneswar | MBA | 8,75,000 | 12,99,000 | XAT/ GMAT/ CAT/ CMAT |
| 58 | 32 | IFHE Hyderabad – ICFAI Foundation For Higher Education | Hyderabad | MBA | 8,71,000 | 16,02,000 | IBSAT/CAT/GMAT/NMAT |
| 59 | 39 | NIT Trichy | Tiruchirappalli | MBA | 7,90,000 | 2,73,900 | CAT |
| 60 | 48 | KIIT School of Management | Bhubaneswar | MBA | 7,50,000 | 14,90,000 | KIITEE/CMAT/ATMA/XAT/MAT/GMAT |
| 61 | NA | Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Development Bharati Vidyapeeth | Pune | MBA | 7,00,000 | 4,50,000 | BMAT |
| 62 | 27 | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | Coimbatore | MBA | 6,53,000 | 12,86,000 | CAT/ XAT/ MAT/ CMAT/ GMAT/ GRE/ KMAT |
| 63 | 76 -100 | Manipal University Jaipur | Jaipur | MBA | 6,50,000 | 7,89,000 | CAT MAT CMAT XAT GMAT |
| 64 | 53 | Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology | Patiala | MBA | 6,21,000 | 8,28,360 | CAT GMAT NMAT CMAT XAT MAT |
| 65 | 28 | Amity University | Gautam Buddh Nagar | MBA | 6,00,000 | 10,58,000 | CAT/GMAT/XAT/NMAT/CMAT/MAT/Amity written exam |
| 66 | 66 | School of Petroleum Management Pandit Deendayal Energy University | Gandhinagar | MBA | 6,00,000 | 8,20,000 | CAT XAT NMAT |
| 67 | 67 | Punjab University | Chandigarh | MBA | 6,00,000 | 8,00,000 | MAT XAT NMAT CMAT CAT |
| 68 | 63 | PSG College of Technology – PSGCT | Coimbatore | MBA | 5,80,000 | 1,48,000 | MAT CAT TANCET MBA |
| 69 | 41 | University of Petroleum and Energy Studies | Dehradun | MBA | 5,70,000 | 15,26,000 | UPESMET/ MAT/ CMAT/ CAT/ XAT/ GMAT/ NMAT |
| 70 | 76 -100 | Visvesvaraya Technological University [VTU] | Belgaum | MBA | 5,60,000 | 5,00,000 | MAT CAT CMAT KMAT Karnataka PGCET |
| 71 | 46 | Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) | Dhanbad | MBA | 5,50,000 | 3,00,000 | CAT |
| 72 | 76 -100 | Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU) | Lucknow | MBA | 5,50,000 | 1,81,000 | Written exam by the institute |
| 73 | 47 | KL College of Engineering | Vaddeswaram | 5,21,000 | 6,00,000 | CAT/ MAT/ XAT/ NMAT/ ICET/ KL Business School Aptitude Test (KLUBSAT) | |
| 74 | 76-100 | IIHMR University | Jaipur | MBA – HM | 5,10,000 | 9,60,000 | MAT/ CAT/ CMAT/ ATMA/ XAT/ GMAT/ IIHMR-U |
| 75 | 74 | Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies – RCBS | Kochi | PGDM | 5,00,000 | 7,00,000 | CAT/ CMAT/ KMAT/ KERALA MAT |
| 76 | 57 | AMU – Aligarh Muslim University | Aligarh | MBA | 4,80,000 | 5,87,000 | AMU Entrance exam |
| 77 | 34 | LPU – Lovely Professional University | Phagwara | MBA | 4,32,000 | 5,32,000 | LPU NEST/XAT/MAT/CAT/CMAT |
| 78 | 76-100 | Birla Institute of Technology Mesra | Ranchi | MBA | 4,12,000 | 5,89,000 | CAT/ MAT/ XAT/ CMAT |
| 79 | 76 -100 | University of Jammu | Jammu | MBA | 4,00,000 | 3,85,000 | CMAT/ MAT/ CAT |
| 80 | 76 -100 | Dayalbagh Educational Institute | Agra | MBA | 3,50,000 | 22,050 | Written exam by the institute |
| 81 | 76 -100 | Galgotias University | Gautam Buddh Nagar | MBA | 3,00,000 | 3,08,000 | CMAT/ MAT/ CAT/ NMAT |
| 82 | 76 -100 | Christ University | Bangalore | MBA | NA | NA | CAT/ CMAT/ MAT/ XAT/ ATMA/ GMAT |
| 83 | 40 | Chandigarh University | Mohali | MBA | NA | 5,82,000 | CUCET/ CAT/ MAT/ GMAT |
| 84 | 76-100 | Alliance School of Business Alliance University | Bangalore | MBA | NA | 14,00,000 | AMAT/GMAT/CAT/NMAT/XAT/MAT/CMAT/KMAT |
| 85 | 29 | Jamia Millia Islamia | New Delhi | MBA | NA | 47,000 | JMI Entrance |
| 86 | 62 | GGSIPU – Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University | Delhi | MBA | NA | 2,42,000 | CAT/ CMAT/ IPU CET |
| 87 | 64 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management | Gwalior | MBA | NA | 3,38,000 | CAT |
| 88 | 65 | Graphic Era University – GEU | Dehradun | MBA | NA | 5,26,000 | CAT/ MAT/ XAT |
| 89 | 71 | K J Somaiya Institute of Management | Mumbai | MBA | NA | 16,29,279 | CAT/ XAT/ CMAT/ GMAT |
| 90 | 76 -100 | School of Management Studies – University of Hyderabad (SMS Hyderabad) | Hyderabad | MBA | NA | 2,02,000 | CAT |
| 91 | 76 -100 | Pune Institute of Business Management | Pune | MBA | NA | NA | MAT/ XAT/ GMAT/ CAT/ CMAT/ ATMA/ MAH CET |
| 92 | 76-100 | Jaipuria Lucknow – Jaipuria Institute of Management | Lucknow | PGDM | NA | 10,45,000 | CAT MAT XAT CMAT GMAT |
| 93 | 76-100 | Jagan Institute of Management Studies | Delhi | PGDM | NA | 8,00,000 | GMAT MAT CAT XAT CMAT ATMA |
| 94 | NA | IIFM – Indian Institute of Forest Management | Bhopal | Post Graduate Diploma in Forestry Management | NA | 5,39,000 | XAT/CAT |
| 95 | NA | Chandragupt Institute of Management | Patna | PGDM | NA | 765000 | CAT/ XAT/ CMAT |
| 96 | NA | IPE Hyderabad – Institute of Public Enterprise | Hyderabad | PGDM -IB | NA | 815000 | CAT/ MAT/ XAT/ CMAT/ ATMA GMAT |
| 97 | NA | IIITM Gwalior – Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management | Gwalior | MBA | NA | 338000 | CAT |
| 98 | NA | Shoolini University | Solan | MBA | NA | 488000 | MAT GMAT CAT SAT India HPCET |
| 99 | NA | J. C. Bose University of Science and Technology YMCA | Faridabad | MBA | NA | 197000 | CAT MAT XAT |
| 100 | NA | Faculty of Social Science Dayalbagh Educational Institute | Agra | MBA | NA | 22050 | Written exam by the institute |