Tier 1 Colleges MBA, Cutoff, Ranking in India

An aspirant begins looking for colleges to apply to after graduation, they face questions like, "Which Tier 1 Colleges are suitable for me?" This is a challenging issue since what makes one institution ideal for one applicant may be disastrous for another.

Tier 1 MBA Colleges are the top management colleges in India. The Tier 1 MBA colleges offer the best education, faculty, infrastructure, and placements. IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIT Delhi, and XLRI are some top Tier 1 MBA Colleges in India. 

 A good approach for candidates to decide if Tier 1 Colleges for MBA are the best fit for them is to look at the factors like entrance exams like CAT, XAT, SNAP, Fees, cutoff of the Tier 1 MBA Colleges in India, as we have listed below. 

For candidates who are looking for the List of MBA Colleges in India then you need to have a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 50% Marks in any discipline and this article will help you discover the list of Tier 1 Colleges MBA with Cutoff, Ranking. 

• The fees in Tier 1 Government MBA colleges could range from INR 11,75,000 to a massive INR 24,50,000. And on the other hand the MBA Fees in Tier 1 Private Colleges range from INR 5,00,000 to INR 36,29,000. 

Tier 1 Government MBA Colleges in India 2023

Here is a list of top Tier 1 Government MBA Colleges in India 2023 with course fees and cut-off.

S.NO.	College	Fees	Cut Off
1	IIM Ahmedabad	INR 24,61,000	99
2	IIM Bangalore	INR 24,50,000	99
3	IIM Calcutta	INR 27,00,000	99
4	IIT Delhi	INR 10,40,000	90
5	IIM Kozhikode	INR 20,50,000	97
6	IIM Indore	INR 21,14,222	90
7	XLRI Xavier School of Management	INR 12,90,000	92
8	National Institute of Industrial Engineering	INR 7,03,000	97
9	IIT Kharagpur	INR 6,45,000	90
10	IIM Ranchi	INR 8,95,000	94
11	IIM Rohtak	INR 9,90,000	95
12	IIM Trichy	INR 19,50,000	94
13	IIT Roorkee	INR 4,84,500	95
14	IIM Udaipur	INR 9,40,000	92
15	IIM Shillong	INR 14,60,000	94

Tier 1 Private MBA Colleges in India 2023

Check out the top Tier 1 Private MBA Colleges in India 2023 along with their fees and cut-off details.

S.NO.	College	Fees	Cut Off
1	MDI Gurgaon	INR 23,47,400	95
2	SIBM Pune	INR 13,49,000	97
3	IMI Delhi	INR 9,55,290	90
4	Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad	INR 19,53,000	90
5	PSG College of Technology	INR 20,500	98
6	IMT Hyderabad	INR 6,03,000	90
7	Jaipuria Institute of Management, Ghaziabad	INR 4,00,000	90
8	SIBM Bangalore	INR 9,65,000	90
9	Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai	INR 3,50,000	96
10	GIBS Business School, Bangalore	INR 8,25,000	99

Tier 1 Colleges for MBA in India: Eligibility Criteria 2024-2025

All Tier 1 management institutions in India follow the same admissions approach. The following are the entrance requirements for Tier 1 colleges:-

• Aspirants need to have a minimum of 50% in their bachelor’s degree from a recognized university. And additionally, the Aspirants need to take the Common Admission Test (CAT).
• Aspirants with the highest percentiles around 95%+ in entrance tests will be selected for these Tier 1 Institutes and Shortlisted candidates are called for several rounds, such as Personal Interview (PI), Group Discussion (GD), and Counseling.
• Aspirants who passed through all of the rounds will secure a spot to post-graduate programs at tier 1 MBA institutions.

Below in this Article, you can check the Top MBA Colleges in India NIRF Ranking

MBA Ranking NIRF India: NIRF which is also known as the National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India are mainly there to announce the Ranking of various Top MBA Colleges in India along with Management Institutes or NIRF B School Ranking 2023.

The parameters for ranking these MBA Colleges are  “Teaching, Learning and Resources,” “Research and Professional Practices,” “Graduation Outcomes,” “Outreach and Inclusivity,” and “Perception”.

Top MBA Colleges in India NIRF Ranking 2023 

Top 10 NIRF	Ranking MBA Universities and Institutions	State	Score
1.	Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad	Gujarat	83.20
2.	IIMB Indian Institute of Management Bangalore	Karnataka	80.89
3.	IIMK- Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode	Kerala	76.48
4.	Indian Institute of Management Calcutta		75.53
5.	Indian Institute of Technology	Delhi	74.14
6.	Indian Institute of Management Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	74.11
7.	National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai	Maharashtra	71.99
8.	Indian Institute of Management Indore	Madhya Pradesh	71.95
9.	XLRI-Xavier School of Management	Jharkhand	70.75
10.	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Maharashtra	68.11

Find 20 Rank High in NIRF Management Colleges in India

Top 20 NIRF	Ranking MBA Universities and Institutions	State	Score
11.	Indian Institute of Management Raipur	Chhattisgarh	66.18
12.	Indian Institute of Management Rohtak	Haryana	65.88
13.	Management Development Institute	Haryana	64.88
14.	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	West Bengal	63.92
15.	Indian Institute of Technology Madras	Tamil Nadu	62.83
16.	Indian Institute of Management Udaipur	Rajasthan	62.78
17.	Symbiosis Institute of Business Management	Maharashtra	62.74
18.	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Uttarakhand	62.14
19.	Indian Institute of Management Kashipur	Uttarakhand	61.07
20.	S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research	Maharashtra	60.91

Find 30 Rank Top MBA Colleges in India NIRF Ranking 

Top 30 NIRF	Ranking MBA Universities and Institutions	State	Score
21.	SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	Maharashtra	60.84
22.	Indian Institute of Management	Tamil Nadu	60.83
23.	IIT Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	60.63
24.	Indian Institute of Management Ranchi	Jharkhand	59.99
25.	Jamia Millia Islamia,New Delhi	Delhi	59.78
26.	Indian Institute of Management Shillong	Meghalaya	59.12
27.	Indian Institute of Foreign Trade	Delhi	58.60
28.	Amity University Noida	Uttar Pradesh	58.56
29.	Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	57.57
30.	Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham	Tamil Nadu	57.02

Find 40 Top MBA Colleges in India NIRF Ranking

Top 40 NIRF	Ranking MBA Universities and Institutions	State India	Score
31.	Great Lakes Institute of Management	Tamil Nadu	56.62
32.	Lovely Professional University	Punjab	56.44
33.	Goa Institute of Management	Goa	56.28
34.	International Management Institute	Delhi	56.05
35.	National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	56.01
36.	Chandigarh University	Punjab	55.98
37.	MICA	Gujarat	55.47
38.	Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad	Uttar Pradesh	55.26
39.	UPES	Uttarakhand	54.83
40.	ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education	Telangana	54.29

Find 50 Top MBA Colleges in India NIRF Ranking

Top 50 NIRF	Ranking MBA Universities and Institutions	State India	Score
41.	University of Petroleum and Energy Studies	Uttarakhand	54.17
42.	T. A. Pai Management Institute Manipal	Karnataka	53.48
43.	Indian Institute of Management	Maharashtra	53.41
44.	Indian Institute of Technology	Jharkhand	52.64
45.	K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research	Maharashtra	52.14
46.	XIIM University	Odisha	52.09
47.	Jaipuria Institute of Management	Uttar Pradesh	51.81
48.	Birla Institute of Management Technology	Uttar Pradesh	51.74
49.	Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology	Punjab	51.67
50.	Anna University	Tamil Nadu	51.67

Find 60 Top MBA Colleges in India NIRF Ranking

Top 51-60NIRF	Ranking MBA Universities and Institutions	State	Score
51.	Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar	Punjab	51.30
52.	Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University	Andhra Pradesh	51.29
53.	Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya	Bihar	51.28
54.	Institute of Rural Management Anand	Gujarat	51.19
55.	Aligarh Muslim University	Uttar Pradesh	51.18
56.	Banaras Hindu University	Uttar Pradesh	51.07
57.	Siksha `O` Anusandhan	Odisha	51.03
58.	Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur	Odisha	50.90
59.	Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology	Odisha	50.78
60.	Christ University	Karnataka	50.69

Find 70 Top MBA Colleges in India NIRF Ranking

Top 61-70NIRF	Ranking MBA Universities and Institutions	State	Score
61.	Nirma University	Gujarat	50.04
62.	Great Lakes Institute of Management	Haryana	49.95
63.	Fore School of Management	Delhi	49.85
64.	Chitkara University	Punjab	49.80
65.	Graphic Era University	Dehradun	49.77
66.	Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University	Delhi	49.71
67.	International Management Institute	Odisha	49.30
68.	Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management	Madhya Pradesh	49.13
69.	Malaviya National Institute of Technology	Rajasthan	48.98
70.	International Management Institute	West Bengal	48.43

Find 80 Top MBA Colleges in India NIRF Ranking

Top 71-80 NIRF	Ranking MBA Universities and Institutions	State	Score
71.	Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences	Tamil Nadu	48.34
72.	BML Munjal University	Haryana	48.27
73.	Principal L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research	Maharashtra	48.21
74.	Krea University	Andhra Pradesh	48.00
75.	National Institute of Technology Calicut	Kerala	47.99
76.	National Institute of Bank Management	Maharashtra	47.08
77.	Birla Institute of Technology	Jharkhand	46.96
78.	Babasheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University	Uttar Pradesh	46.61
79.	Manipal University Jaipur	Rajasthan	46.23
80.	Jaipuria Institute of Management	Rajasthan	46.15

Find 90 Top MBA Colleges in India NIRF Ranking

Top 90 NIRF	Ranking MBA Universities and Institutions	State	Score
81.	Amity University	Haryana	46.07
82.	Panjab University	Chandigarh	46.05
83.	Rajagiri Business School	Kerala	46.03
84.	Institute of Management Technology	Telangana	45.78
85.	Jain university,Bangalore	Karnataka	45.63
86.	Bharathidasan Institute of Management	Tamil Nadu	45.59
87.	Alliance University	Karnataka	45.55
88.	Jagan Institute of Management Studies	Delhi	45.54
89.	PSG College of Technology	Tamil Nadu	45.44
90.	Thiagarajar School of Management	Tamil Nadu	44.79

Find 100 Top MBA Colleges in India NIRF Ranking

Top 100 NIRF	Ranking MBA Universities and Institutions	State India	Score
91.	Galgotias University	Uttar Pradesh	44.30
92.	Jaipuria Institute of Management	Uttar Pradesh	44.22
93.	Tezpur University	Assam	44.01
94.	Pandit Deendayal Energy University	Gujarat	43.92
95.	Visvesvaraya Technological University	Karnataka	43.84
96.	Jamia Hamdard	Delhi	43.74
97.	National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management	Telangana	43.47
98.	Indian Institute of Management	Himachal Pradesh	43.26
99.	New Delhi Institute Of Management	Delhi	42.61
100.	Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology	Haryana	42.13

CAT Participating Institutes 2023-2024

Admission to the Indian Institutes of Management is conducted by the Common Admission Test (CAT). The exam this year is scheduled for November 26.

 We know that CAT Top Colleges like IIMs have a higher percentile but hat should stop you from studying in the Best BSchools in India as apart from IIMs,more than 900 Colleges Accepting CAT Score, including some of the very well recognised institutions like the 

1. IITs, IIMs
2. FMS Delhi
3. KJ Somaiya Mumbai
4. Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai
5. ICFAI Hyderabad
6. IMS Ghaziabad, and many more.

 Below our experts at Formfees have made a list of CAT Top Colleges In  India. Read to know about the details of Colleges Accepting CAT Score eligibility, cut-off, fees structure, courses offered and many more.

The Indian Institute of Management conducts CAT exam for MBA admission at IIMs. Apart from IIMs, some of the most prestigious B-Schools in India accept CAT 2023 scores. 

SP Jain, Loyola Institute of Business are some of the popular CAT 2023 participating colleges. Fees of IIMs start from 10 lakhs to 23 Lakhs. Some top institutes whose fees are lower than other expensive colleges are Delhi school of Economics, Bits Pilani, FMS, Delhi. There are alot of colleges in the list as the CAT Participating Institutes, Also Check: Top MBA Colleges Accepting CAT Score: Location-Wise

IIM’s CAT Participating Institutes 2023

There are 21 participating IIMs including the newest addition NITIE (Now IIM Mumbai) and you can take admission on the basis of CAT 2023 scorecard. And candidates should know that apart from CAT scores, the CAT Participating Institutes will take into consideration the academic performance of the candidates as well. The participating IIMs are:

CAT 2023 IIM: CAT Participating Institutes List

IIM Name	Seat intake	IIM Name	Seat intake
IIM Ahmedabad	385	IIM Kashipur	210
IIM Kolkata	462	IIM Nagpur	60
IIM Bangalore	412	IIM Ranchi	155
IIM Udaipur	180	IIM Kozhikode	353
IIM Shillong	120	IIM Vishakhapatnam	60
IIM Bodhgaya	60	IIM Raipur	210
IIM Sirmaur	60	IIM Rohtak	180
IIM Indore	550	IIM Amritsar	60
IIM Sambalpur	140	IIM Trichy	180
IIM Lucknow	436	IIM Jammu	45

List of IIT’s Accepting CAT Score 2023

Apart from the IIMs there are various IITs across the country that are going to accept CAT scores for the admissions process in the program. Check the CAT Participating Institutes that will accept CAT 2023 scores are:

IITs who Accept CAT 2023 Score

IITs	Name of the Department
IIT Delhi	Department of Management Studies
IIT Bombay	Shailesh Jha Mehta School of Business
IIT Kharagpur	Vinod Gupta School of Management
IIT Madras	Department of Management Studies
IIT Roorkee	Department of Management Studies
IIT Dhanbad	Department of Management Studies
IIT Kanpur	Department of Management Studies

Other B-Schools Accepting CAT 2023 Score 

Now apart from IIMs, IITs there are other prestigious government and private colleges that accept the CAT 2023 score. Check the top colleges accepting the CAT 2023 score given below:

CAT Government Colleges in India

S.No	List of Government B-School
1	Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi
2	Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar
3	NITIE Mumbai
4	Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics , University of Delhi
5	MNNIT Allahabad
6	Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal
7	Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (DMS, Delhi)
8	National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE, Hyderabad)
9	Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management, Kolkata

Top Private Colleges Accepting CAT 2023 Scores

Apart from IIMs, there are some top private colleges accepting CAT 2023 scores. To know more, refer to the information given below:

Private Top CAT Colleges in India 2023

S.No	List of Private B-School
1	Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad
2	SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJMIR), Mumbai
3	TAPMI Manipal
4	Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon
5	Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB)
6	KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai
7	LIBA, Chennai
8	Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
9	Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development, Mysore
10	Prin Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai

State-Wise CAT 2023 Participating Institutes

There are various state- wise institutes that accept CAT scores. They grant admissions on the basis of a candidate’s CAT scores. Given below are some colleges that will be accepting CAT 2023 scores. 

Name of the state	Name of the institute
CAT Colleges in Andhra Pradesh	GITAM School of International Business
CAT Colleges in Chandigarh	Chitkara Business School
	University Business School, Chandigarh
CAT Colleges in Gujarat	Entrepreneurship and  Development Institute of India
	Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar
	School of Petroleum Management, PDPU
	Institute of Management, Nirma University
	Institute of Rural Management, Anand
	Amrut Mody School of Management
	MICA
CAT Colleges in Jharkhand	Xavier Institute of Social Service
CAT Colleges Madhya Pradesh	Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior
	Indian Institute of Forest Management
CAT colleges in Odisha	Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH)
	KIIT School of Management, KIIT University
	Xavier Institute of Management (XIMB), Xavier University
	Asian School of Business Management
CAT colleges in Hyderabad	Hyderabad School of Business Management
	Institute of Management Technology, Hyderabad
	Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad
	University of Hyderabad (School of Management Studies), Hyderabad
CAT colleges in Kolkata	Army Institute of Management, Kolkata
	International Management Institute, Alipore
	Institute of Engineering and Management
	Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management (IISWBM)
	Eastern Institute of Integrated Learning in Management (EIILM)
	National Institute of Technology – Durgapur
	Praxis Business School
CAT colleges in Assam	Department of Business Administration, Tezpur
	Jawaharlal Nehru School of Management Studies
CAT colleges in Delhi	Fore School of Management
	Faculty of Management Studies
	Lal Bhadur Shastri Institute of Management
	Vivekanand Institute of Professional Studies, Technical Campus
	Jawaharlal Nehru University (School of Management and Entrepreneurship), New Delhi
	National Power Training Institute
	BML Munjal University
	Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon
Panjab	LM Thapar School of Management
	University Business School
Bihar	Development Management Institute
	Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna (CIMP)
Jammu & Kashmir	The Business School, Jammu
Goa	Goa Institute of Management
Kerala	Rajagiri Business School
New Delhi	Fortune Institute Of International Business
	Asia-Pacific Institute of Management
	New Delhi Institute of Management
	International Management Institute
	Apeejay School of Management

Frequently Asked Questions about Tier 1 Colleges MBA, Cutoff, Ranking in India

Q. What can be the minimum CAT percentile required for a decent placement opportunity? 

Ans. Well there are some the Best Tier 2 Colleges in India often have CAT cut offs of 70-80 percentiles or higher, whereas Tier 3 colleges typically have CAT cut offs of 50 percentiles or higher. For the CAT 2023 test, these institutions have comparable cut-offs. To apply for admission to MBA programs, you must first verify CAT cut offs.

 Q. What Are the CAT Colleges Accepting scores around 70 percentile or higher?

Ans. Here are some of the Top private MBA Colleges in India accepting a CAT score of 70% or above. We have highlighted some of the colleges where admission with a 70 percentile is attainable. 

1. Amity University
2. AIMS Institutes (AIMS), Bangalore
3. Amrita School of Business - Bangalore
4. Acharya Bangalore B-School Asian Business School (ABS), Noida
5. Amrita School of Business, Kochi Bengal Institute of Business Studies (BIBS), Kolkata
6. Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
7. Christ Institute of Management, Pune, are to name a few.