The top management colleges in India offer various programs like MBA, MMS, BBA, BBM, Executive MBA, MHA and even MPhil and PhD degrees. Some of the best ranked MBA colleges over the years in India are IIM Ahmedabad, FMS Delhi, NITIE Mumbai, Narsee Monjee Mumbai, MDI Gurgaon, Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, New Delhi and XLRI Jamshedpur among plethora of other names. These colleges are ranked by both government and private ranking agencies like NIRF, Outlook, The Week, etc. Read the latest NIRF Ranking 2020 below for these top MBA colleges.
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In this article, you will get all the information about top MBA colleges and other top management colleges in India for BBA, Executive MBA, etc. with their ranking, fees, cutoffs, entrance exams, admission process, ROI, placements and a lot more.Contents
1. Ranking 2020
1.1 NIRF Ranking
1.2 Economic Times Ranking
1.3 Jagran Josh Ranking
1.4 Dalal Street Ranking
2. ROI (Return on Investment)
3. Cutoff
3.1 BBA Cutoff
3.2 MBA Cutoff
3.3 MMS Cutoff
4. Admission Process
4.1 IIM Bangalore Admission
4.2 MDI Gurgaon Admission
4.3 XLRI Jamshedpur Admission
5. Region Wise Management Colleges in India
5.1 Top Management Colleges in Maharashtra
5.2 Top Management Colleges in Delhi NCR
6. Entrance Exam Wise Management Colleges in India
6.1 Management Colleges Accepting AIMA UGAT
6.2 Management Colleges Accepting IPU CET
6.3 Management Colleges Accepting CAT
6.4 Management Colleges Accepting MAT
7. Placements in Management Colleges in India
7.1 Top Management Colleges in India for Finance
7.2 Top Management Colleges in India for Marketing
8. FAQs
Various ranking agencies in India release the lists of ranking of top management colleges in India every year for both under grad and post grad courses. Some of such agencies are NIRF, Economic Times, Outlook and Dalal Street. These agencies consider various parameters to rank the top colleges in India, some of which are Perception of the College, Placement Outcome, Faculty-Student Ratio, Exam Pattern, Outreach and Inclusivity, and Graduation Outcome.
Agencies release multiple lists dividing colleges according to different categories like private and government and also for different zones in India. Some of these lists of ranking of BBA and MBA colleges in India by NIRF, Dalal Street and Jagran Josh are given below.
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COLLEGE NAME | NIRF RANKING 2020 | NIRF RANKING 2019 | CHANGE | AVERAGE ANNUAL FEE |
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IIM Ahmedabad | 1 | 2 | +1 | INR 11,50,000 |
IIM Bangalore | 2 | 1 | -1 | INR 10,70,000 |
IIM Calcutta | 3 | 3 | 0 | INR 27,00,000 |
IIM Lucknow | 4 | 4 | 0 | INR 7,13,000 |
IIT Kharagpur | 5 | 6 | +1 | INR 3,14,000 |
IIM Kozhikode | 6 | 8 | +2 | INR 8,75,000 |
IIM Indore | 7 | 5 | -2 | INR 8,00,000 |
IIT Delhi | 8 | 9 | +1 | INR 5,05,000 |
XLRI Jamshedpur | 9 | 7 | -2 | INR 4,26,000 |
MDI Gurgaon | 10 | 12 | +2 | INR 9,43,000 |
IIT Bombay | 11 | 10 | -1 | INR 2,24,000 |
IIT Roorkee | 12 | 11 | -1 | INR 4,20,500 |
NITIE Mumbai | 12 | 29 | +17 | INR 5,50,000 |
IIT Madras | 14 | 15 | +1 | INR 3,50,000 |
IIM Trichy | 15 | 14 | -1 | INR 2,95,000 |
IIT Kanpur | 16 | 22 | +6 | INR 1,54,000 |
IIM Udaipur | 17 | 13 | -4 | INR 2,03,000 |
SP Jain Mumbai | 18 | 16 | -2 | INR 9,30,000 |
IIM Raipur | 19 | 19 | 0 | INR 7,00,000 |
IIM Ranchi | 20 | 28 | +8 | INR 7,80,000 |
IIM Ahmedabad has been again ranked as the best mangement college in India by NIRF, after a gap of 1 year. The institute ranked at the 2nd position in India in 2019 ranking list.
The following chart shows the NIRF Ranking Parameters and the weightage they have.
Source: nirfindia.org
COLLEGE NAME | MBA RANKING BY ECONOMIC TIMES 2020 | MBA RANKING BY ECONOMIC TIMES 2019 | CHANGE | AVERAGE ANNUAL FEE |
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IIM Ahmedabad | 1 | 1 | 0 | INR 11,50,000 |
XLRI Jamshedpur | 2 | 2 | 0 | INR 4,26,000 |
IIM Bangalore | 3 | 3 | 0 | INR 10,70,000 |
Symbiosis Pune | 4 | 4 | 0 | INR 5,90,000 |
IIM Calcutta | 5 | 5 | 0 | INR 27,00,000 |
NMIMS Mumbai | 6 | 6 | 0 | INR 9,25,000 |
IMT Ghaziabad | 7 | 7 | 0 | INR 10,35,000 |
IIM Lucknow | 8 | 8 | 0 | INR 7,13,000 |
MDI Gurgaon | 9 | 9 | 0 | INR 9,43,000 |
JBIMS Mumbai | 10 | 14 | +4 | INR 50,000 |
IIM Kozhikode | 11 | 11 | 0 | INR 8,75,000 |
ISB Hyderabad | 12 | 12 | 0 | INR 34,64,000 |
SPJIMR Mumbai | 13 | 13 | 0 | INR 9,30,000 |
Amity Business School Noida | 14 | 10 | -4 | INR 6,40,000 |
FMS Delhi | 15 | 15 | 0 | INR 96,000 |
The ranking from the Economic Times remains is the same as that in 2019, apart from 2 colleges interchangine their positions.
The Economic Times ranking process saw 253 responses divided into different functional heads. The list this year has been curated by 31 IT Heads, 38 Finance Heads, 97 HR Heads, 34 Production Heads, and 52 Manufacturing Heads. Their percentage-wise division is shown below.
Jagran Josh has released its ranking for the top management colleges in India in 2020. However, the agency has released separate lists for Government and Private Colleges, the details for which are given below.
COLLEGE NAME | RANKING 2020 (GOVERNMENT) | RANKING 2019 (OVERALL) | AVERAGE ANNUAL FEES |
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IIM Bangalore | 1 | 1 | INR 10,70,000 |
IIM Ahmedabad | 2 | 2 | INR 11,50,000 |
IIM Calcutta | 3 | 3 | INR 27,00,000 |
IIM Kozhikode | 4 | 8 | INR 8,75,000 |
IIM Lucknow | 5 | 4 | INR 7,13,000 |
IIM Indore | 6 | 5 | INR 8,00,000 |
IIT Bombay | 7 | 9 | INR 2,24,000 |
IIM Trichy | 8 | 17 | INR 2,95,000 |
FMS Delhi | 9 | 7 | INR 96,000 |
IIM Udaipur | 10 | 18 | INR 2,03,000 |
COLLEGE NAME | RANKING 2020 (PRIVATE) | RANKING 2019 (OVERALL) | AVERAGE ANNUAL FEES |
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XLRI Jamshedpur | 1 | 6 | INR 4,26,000 |
SPJIMR Mumbai | 2 | 10 | INR 9,30,000 |
MDI Gurgaon | 3 | 12 | INR 9,43,000 |
TAPMI Manipal | 4 | 19 | INR 3,50,000 |
Narsee Monjee Mumbai | 5 | 21 | INR 9,25,000 |
IMI New Delhi | 6 | 13 | INR 4,08,000 |
Symbiosis Pune | 7 | 16 | INR 5,90,000 |
IMT Ghaziabad | 8 | 15 | INR 10,35,000 |
BITS Pilani | 9 | 20 | INR 4,24,000 |
MIT Pune | 10 | NP | INR 3,75,000 |
The often-talked-about top 3 IIMs, IIM A, B, and C have maintained their top ranks this year too in the ranking list released by Jagran Josh agency. The agency’s surveys are conducted by industry leaders and are based on the following eligibility criteria.
COLLEGE NAME | DALAL STREET RANKING 2019 | DALAL STREET RANKING 2018 | CHANGE | AVERAGE ANNUAL FEE |
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XLRI Jamshedpur | 1 | 1 | 0 | INR 4,26,000 |
MDI Gurgaon | 2 | 3 | +1 | INR 9,43,000 |
SP Jain Mumbai | 3 | 2 | -1 | INR 9,30,000 |
IIT Delhi | 4 | 6 | +2 | INR 5,05,000 |
FMS Delhi | 5 | 3 | -2 | INR 96,000 |
IIFT Delhi | 6 | 8 | +2 | INR 7,85,000 |
IIT Bombay | 7 | 12 | +5 | INR 4,24,000 |
NMIMS Mumbai | 8 | 4 | -4 | INR 9,25,000 |
SIBM Pune | 9 | 9 | 0 | INR 5,90,000 |
NITIE Mumbai | 10 | 7 | -3 | INR 3,50,000 |
Dalal Street ranks XLRI Jamshedpur as the best management college in India. XLRI (Xavier Labour Relations Institute), also known as Xavier School of Management, offers multiple management courses to students. Check the complete list of courses here.
The following graph shows the division of these institutes by zones:
Source: dsij.in
COLLEGE NAME | AVERAGE ANNUAL FEE | AVERAGE SALARY PACKAGE | ROI RANK* |
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XLRI Jamshedpur | INR 4,26,000 | INR 22,35,000 | 1 |
SIBM Pune | INR 5,90,000 | INR 17,48,000 | 2 |
SPJIMR Mumbai | INR 9,30,000 | INR 22,90,000 | 3 |
MDI Gurgaon | INR 9,43,000 | INR 20,13,000 | 4 |
Lovely Professional University [LPU] | INR 2,90,000 | INR 6,00,000 | 5 |
IMT Ghaziabad | INR 10,35,000 | INR 12,50,000 | 6 |
SIBM Bangalore | INR 8,20,000 | INR 9,79,000 | 7 |
ISB Hyderabad | INR 34,63,000 | INR 25,06,000 | 8 |
Great Lakes Chennai | INR 16,00,000 | INR 11,00,000 | 9 |
*ROI={(Average Salary Package)/(Average Annual Fee)}*100%
ROI or Return on Investment shows how fruitful it is to pursue a management course from a particular institute. ROI gives an idea of how many years it would take to recover the money invested in an MBA or BBA course. It matters more in the case of a career oriented course like MBA as compared to BBA. Therefore, the following table lists the top private MBA colleges in India ROI wise.
FMS Delhi is the best management institute in India when it comes to ROI.Based on the basic calculation of money invested and the returns received, ROI compares the average fees of a college and the average salary received by students.
Colleges release cutoff lists of top management exams to admit students in their programs, while some also give admission on the basis of merit list. Mostly BBA admissions are done directly through merit on the basis of class 12 scores.
We have made some lists below of the cutoff score lists released by top colleges in India.
As mentioned before, BBA admissions are mainly done through merit lists but some colleges conduct exam. Listed below are 2 such colleges which release cutoff lists for BBA entrance exams in India.
COLLEGE NAME | EXAM NAME | CUTOFF |
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Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies (SSCBS), New Delhi | DU JAT | 2-140 |
New Delhi Institute of Management (NDIM), New Delhi | IPU CET | 1800-7894 |
This cutoff data in the table above is just about the General category students. To know what score students of other categories need to achieve, click on the links below.
COLLEGE NAME | EXAM NAME | CUTOFF |
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IIM Ahmedabad | CAT | 90 |
IIM Bangalore | CAT | 99 |
IIM Lucknow | CAT | 97 |
XLRI Jamshedpur | XAT | 96 |
NMIMS Mumbai | NMAT | 209 |
Symbiosis Pune | SNAP | 96 |
MDI Gurgaon | CAT | 94 |
FMS Delhi | CAT | 98 |
SP Jain Mumbai | XAT | 85 |
To know more details of these cutoffs, check the links below.
IIM Ahmedabad Cutoff | IIM Bangalore Cutoff |
IIM Lucknow Cutoff | XLRI Jamshedpur Cutoff |
Symbiosis Pune Cutoff | NMIMS Mumbai Cutoff |
Very few people know about Master in Management Studies (MMS), a good alternative to the quite usual MBA course. The MMS course is offered by many top management colleges in India, some of which also offer MBA. Listed below are the cutoffs of top MMS colleges in India.
COLLEGE NAME | CUTOFF |
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JBIMS Mumbai | CAT, MAHCET and CMAT Cutoff |
SIMSREE Mumbai | MAHCET, MAT and CMAT Cutoff |
SIESCOMS Mumbai | CMAT, MAT, MAHCET, and ATMA Cutoff |
IISc Bangalore | CAT Cutoff |
Bharati Vidyapeeth, Navi Mumbai | ATMA and MAHCET Cutoff |
XIMR Mumbai | MAHCET Cutoff |
There are 6231 top management colleges in India providing quality education to students. These include 5142 private and 1080 public-funded management colleges. The following bar shows their ratio.
Source: Official Survey
Admissions to these colleges in India are done through top management entrance exams.
One of the 3 topmost IIMs A, B, and C, IIM Bangalore is the second best college according to the latest NIRF ranking 2020 in the list of top management colleges in India.
The 2-year long management course at IIM Bangalore offers students a minimum of 94.5 credits. The institute has one of the most diverse batches in the country.
The following chart shows the batch division industry-wise, excluding the engineering students.
Source: IIM Bangalore Official Website
The institute received 488 offers for its 411 students in the final placements 2017-19.
Read everything about IIM Bangalore Placement 2020
The following graph shows offer from various companies.
Source: IIM Bangalore Official Website
MDI Gurgaon is one of the most popular MBA colleges in Delhi NCR.
The batch 2017-19 of MDI Gurgaon had 342 students as compared to the 299 in the batch 2018-20.
The average work experience is 21 months. The following graph gives more insights into this.
Source: MDI Gurgaon Official Website
MDI Gurgaon Batch 2017-19 saw 106 companies visiting this year for MBA placements, with 36 new recruiters.
Given below is a sector-wise division of the recruiters this year.
Source: MDI Gurgaon Official Website
XLRI Jamshedpur is one of the top management colleges in India located in the eastern state of Jharkhand.
XLRI Jamshedpur also offers executive management education to the students. XLRI Jamshedpur placements stats are given below.
No. of Recruiters | 104 |
Offers | 358 |
Average Package | INR 22.35 lakh |
Highest Package | INR 50 lakh |
There are many scholarships offered by the institute to students. Read what students have to say about XLRI Jamshedpur Scholarships.
There is a long list of top management colleges in India.
Maharashtra boasts some of the top management colleges in India.
Some of the top management colleges in Maharashtra are:
The national capital hosts some of the premier institutes in India.
Some of the top management colleges in Delhi NCR are:
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Management colleges in India accept different exams for different courses. For BBA, top exams include AIMA UGAT and IPU CET, where as, for MBA, top exams include, CAT. MAT, and CMAT. Categorized below are some of these best colleges according to entrance exam score they accept.
AIMA UGAT is conducted by AIMA (All India Management Association) for admission in BBA courses of top colleges in India. Some of the best colleges accepting AIMA UGAT are:
IPU CET is conducted by GGSIPU for BBA admissions in colleges affiliated to the university. It is a 2.5 hour long exam and the fees is INR 1200 for candidates. Some of the top management colleges in India accepting IPU CET are:
CAT is the most popular MBA entrance exam and is considered by almost every top MBA college in India. Some of the best b schools in India asking for CAT are:
MAT or Management Admission Test is also conducted by AIMA for MBA admissions in the top management colleges in India. Some of the top MBA colleges in India accepting MAT scores are:
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Management colleges in India offer students some of the best placement opportunities.
Source: Official Institute Websites
Top Management recruiters include:
CRISIL | CISCO | |
Barclays Capital | Bisleri | Gartner |
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) | Amazon | BYJU’s |
Morgan Stanley | Bain & Company | TCS |
National Stock Exchange | Accenture Strategy | Infosys |
Placements also depend on the stream you choose. Check top management colleges in India streamwise.
India’s finance industry is growing at a rate faster than ever.
Given below are some of the top management colleges in India for Finance:
The average salary for finance in India is INR 7-9 lakh after postgraduation.
Many management courses emphasize most on the aspects of marketing.
Some of the top management colleges in India for Marketing are:
The average salary for marketing in India is INR 6-8 lakh after post-graduation.
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