List of Top 25 MBA Colleges Accepting CAT 2023 Scores

Yes, the application process for Non-IIM colleges is slightly different from IIMs. In order to be admitted to a non-IIM institution for MBA courses, you must apply to each one you’re interested in separately. Most of the top MBA schools that accept the CAT start accepting applications between August and December. Following the CAT results announcement in January, many colleges open their registration periods. Candidates must be aware of the MBA colleges' application deadlines.

Yes, CAT scores are accepted by the Faculty of Management Studies at Delhi University for admission to its MBA program. A 98 percentile cutoff is required for students in the General category to enroll in the management program provided by FMS, Delhi. The annual course cost for the MBA program at FMS Delhi is INR 20,960. The FMS MBA program has the lowest course costs of all the top-ranked MBA programs.

When it comes to top management schools, not many B-schools can match IIMs' aggressive national placement campaign. IIMs are known for promising their MBA students 100% campus placement each year, and for the most part, their placement departments keep this promise. Every year, top domestic and international companies attend the IIM placement drive, including E&Y, Deloitte, Walmart, Accenture, JP Morgan Chase, Barclays, and others.

There are several factors to consider before choosing an MBA college after appearing for the CAT exam. Candidates should take into account their performance in CAT and which colleges will be a good choice for them based on their CAT scores. Candidates should also consider factors like MBA course fees, Return on Investment, placement opportunities, quality of education, qualifications of the teaching staff and faculty, infrastructure, etc.

Scoring 50 percentile in the CAT exam may not be the ideal score, however, it is not a percentile score that will get rejected by every management institute or B-school. Some of the colleges that accept 50 percentile in CAT include 

• Asian Business School
• New Delhi Institute of Management
• Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India
• AIMS Institute Bangalore
• Balaji Institute of Modern Management Pune
• International Institute of Management Studies Pune
• Acharya Business School Bangalore

There are several Non-IIM colleges in India that accept CAT scores for admission to MBA courses. Some of the top Non-IIM colleges in India that accept CAT are as follows:

• FMS Delhi
• MDI Gurgaon
• SPJIMR Mumbai
• SJMSoM IIT Mumbai
•  DoMS IIT Delhi
• IISc, Bangalore
• IIT Kanpur
• SIMSREE, Mumbai
• IIT Roorkee
• Goa Institute of Management

The CAT qualifying cutoff is the minimum score that must be achieved by candidates for IIM MBA admission. The CAT final cutoff typically falls in the 90th percentile or higher for admission to India's top IIMs. Some of the top IIMs, including IIM-A, IIM-B, and IIM-C, were compelled by the intense competition to set their final cutoff well above the 95 percentile.

IITs offer MBA students an excellent learning environment and excellent employment opportunities (with starting salary packages of at least INR 10,00,000). Despite the fact that top IIMs like IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, and Indore, have higher NIRF rankings than IITs, IITs like IIT Bombay, Kharagpur, and Delhi and others are better for MBA than the newest IIMs.

For admission to SPJIMR Mumbai, a CAT score of at least 85 percentile is required. In order to qualify for the GD-PI round of MBA admission, candidates must achieve the qualifying cutoff for the program's flagship MBA, which is the 85 percentile on the CAT. Shortlisting for the GD-PI is not guaranteed by this score. The CAT thresholds for GD-PI shortlisting may be higher. The MBA program at SPJIMR charges a course fee of INR 14.50 lakh.

No, many institutions other than IIMs accept CAT scores. In India, there are more than 1,200 B-Schools that accept the CAT exam for MBA/PGDM admission. Welingkar's, Great Lakes Institute of Management, GIM Goa, IBS Hyderabad, ICFAI, IMT Ghaziabad, IMI Delhi, IMI Bhubaneswar, IMI Kolkata, BIMTech, Amity University, and NITIE are a few of the top business schools that accept CAT.