Top 20 MBA Colleges in India: Flagship Programmes and Fees

Akansha Sirohi

Updated On: July 14, 2023 03:31 AM

Top 20 MBA colleges in India offer courses like MBA and PGDM. Admission is based on entrance exam scores. For detailed information on fees and colleges, please check the article below.
Top 20 MBA Colleges in India: Flagship Programmes and Fees

Fees of Top 20 MBA Colleges in India: Appearing for b-school entrances this year? One of the best ways to target the right top 20 MBA colleges in India or popular b-schools of the country is to check out the MBA or PGDM courses, how are they different from each other and fees of the MBA/PGDM course offered by the respective institute. As most of the MBA and all the PGDM programmes are expensive courses which usually cost above Rs. 5 lakh for the entire course, it becomes mandatory to take an education loan in order to pay the tuition fee.

To help you choose the right MBA courses and MBA colleges in India, following table comprises some of the top business schools in India, the flagship programmes offered by them as well as the total fees for that programme.

Top 20 MBA Colleges in India - Fees of Flagship Courses Offered:

Below mentioned is the fees of the Top 20 MBA College in India offering their Flagship Courses -

Name of Institute

Flagship Programme

Fees (Approx.)

Exam Accepted

Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIM-I)

Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM)

Rs. 18 lakh

CAT

Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM-K)

Post Graduate Programme (PGP)

Rs. 16 lakh

CAT

Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi University

Master of Business Administration - MBA (Full Time)

Rs. 20,960

CAT

SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR)

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)

Rs. 16.25 lakh

CAT , XAT , GMAT

Management Development Institute (MDI)

Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM)

Rs. 18.87 lakh

CAT

National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE)

Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Management (PGDIM)

Rs. 6.26 lakh

CAT

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)

Two-year MBA (International Business)

Rs. 7 lakh

IIFT Entrance Exam

Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS)

Masters in Management Studies (MMS) Programme

Rs. 15 lakh

CAT , MAH-CET

Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)

Management and Labour Studies

Rs. 2.50 lakh

TISSNET

Institute of Rural Management (IRMA)

Post Graduate Programme in Rural Management

Rs. 4 lakh

Indian Nationals: CAT , XAT

Foreign Nationals: GMAT , GRE

Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad (MICA)

PGDM in Communications

Rs. 13.50 lakh

CAT , XAT , GMAT , MICAT

Indian Institute of Technology - Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management

Master of Management Programme (M.Mgmt)

Rs. 8 lakh

CAT , GMAT

Indian Institute of Technology - Department of Management Studies

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Rs. 8 lakh

CAT , GMAT

Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM)

Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM)

Rs. 10.46 lakh

CAT , GMAT

Institute of Management Technology (IMT)

Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Programme

Rs. 19 lakh

CAT , XAT , CMAT, GMAT

Symbiosis Institute of Business Management

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Rs. 15 lakh

SNAP

TA Pai Management Institute (TAPMI)

Post Graduate Diploma in management (PGDM)

Rs. 14 lakh

CAT , XAT , MAT , GMAT

International Management Institute (IMI)

Post Graduate Diploma in management (PGDM)

Rs. 15.41 lakh

CAT , GMAT

Xavier Institute of Management (XIM)

MBA – Business Management (BM)

Rs. 13.5 lakh

CAT , XAT , GMAT , X-GMAT

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Rs. 13.25 lakh

NMAT

Goa Institute of Management (GIM)

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)

Rs. 16 lakh

CAT , XAT , CMAT

Admission to all the b-schools mentioned above is done on the basis of MBA entrance exams which are currently underway. While choosing the top MBA colleges in India, it also helps to consider the placement records of the MBA colleges of the country .

You can also target multiple colleges in the same fee range. Apart from the above mentioned top 20 MBA colleges in India, also explore other popular MBA colleges and their fee structure here. Write to us on our QnA section if you still have any further queries with regard to MBA admission for the next academic year.

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