Top MBA Colleges Accepting CAT 2022 Score

Top 100 MBA colleges in India are accepting CAT 2022 score for MBA Admission 2023. There are 20 IIMs and other top CAT MBA colleges in non-IIM category, including FMS Delhi, MDI Gurgaon, SPJIMR Mumbai, SJMSoM IIT Mumbai, DoMS IIT Delhi among others which are CAT score accepting colleges. This article will help you know all about MBA colleges accepting CAT scores. We have segregated the colleges accepting CAT score in different percentile range in descending order. Click on the College Name to get more information. 

Top IIMs Accepting CAT: Cut Offs between 90 and 100 CAT Percentile


IIMs are the foremost among the MBA colleges accepting CAT score since they conduct CAT as their only entrance exam for MBA admission.  There are 20 IIMs at present and all the IIMs will accept only CAT 2021 score for admission 2022. All the IIMs have their sectional and overall CAT score cut offs which go in the range of 80 to 98 percentile. You can check the Fee and placements and other details about the top IIMs below:

Institute NameFee (Rs. in lakhs)Average salary (Rs. in lakhs)
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad2325.83
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta22.5029
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore23.2024.54
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow19.2526
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore16.5023.60
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode1922.50

Read More to know the CAT cut offs at IIMs   

Top MBA Colleges Accepting CAT in Non-IIM Category: 90 to 100 Percentile
Not only the IIMs, there are highly ranked and internationally accredited MBA/ PGDM colleges among the MBA colleges accepting CAT score. Some of the prominent MBA colleges excluding IIMs which will accept CAT 2021 score percentile 90 & above for MBA admission 2022 are:  

MBA CollegeMBA Fee (Rs. in Lakhs)Average salary in Placement  (Rs. in Lakhs)Admission Status
SPJIMR, Mumbai19.0026.06Opening Soon
MDI Gurgaon21.3423.15Opening Soon
FMS New Delhi1.9226.20Opening Soon
IMI New Delhi19.2512.77Opening Soon
IMT Ghaziabad19.5312.42Open | Apply Now
DMS IIT Delhi9.6018.50Opening Soon
SJMSOM IIT Bombay10.0821.96Opening Soon

Top MBA Colleges Accepting CAT: 80-90 Percentile
Top MBA colleges accepting CAT 80 percentile and above are highly ranked and internationally accredited MBA/ PGDM colleges in India. The list is given below with their admission status

B-SchoolProgramme Fee (Rs.in Lakhs)Average Placement (Rs.in lakhs)Admission Status
MICA Ahmedabad2113.9Opening Soon
NITIE Mumbai12.5819.95Opening Soon
Xavier University Bhubaneswar18.915.42Opening Soon
Great Lakes Chennai17.1512.8Open | Apply Now
TAPMI Manipal16.0011.20Opening Soon
IIM Kashipur MBA Analytics15.42Opening Soon
GIM Goa17.2110.71Opening Soon
IRMA Anand15.1710.76Opening Soon
FORE School of Management New Delhi15.9810.7Opening Soon
BIM Tiruchirappalli12.1410.60Opening Soon
K J Somaiya Institute of Management Mumbai18.789.41Opening Soon
LBSIM New Delhi12.99.67Opening Soon
Welingkar Mumbai12.899.2Opening Soon
NIRMA University9.529.00Opening Soon
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani9.00Opening Soon

MBA Colleges Accepting CAT Score: Cut off Percentile – 70-80
Many MBA colleges accepting CAT percentile in the range of 70-80 award greater weightage to the profile of the applicants than only to the CAT exam score. They are good MBA colleges with consistent placements. The list of some of the prominent MBA colleges is shared below:

B-SchoolProgramme Fee (Rs.in Lakhs)Average Placement (Rs.in lakhs)Admission Status
Great Lakes Institute of Management Gurgaon16.6511.00Open | Apply Now
BIMTECH Greater Noida128.2Opening Soon
SDMIMD Mysore11.27.7Opening Soon
SOIL Institute of Management15.30Opening Soon
CIMP Patna7.65Opening Soon
IFMR Graduate School of Business at KREA University14.5610Opening Soon
JAGSOM Bangalore1210Opening Soon
MDI Murshidabad12.1910.5Opening Soon
LIBA Chennai15.389Opening Soon
NIA Pune: National Insurance Academy9.4310.3Opening Soon
SDA Bocconi Asia Center18.611.4Opening Soon
IMI Kolkata: International Management Institute11.510.01Opening Soon
Rajagiri Business School6.007.90Opening Soon
Institute of Management Technology Nagpur12.127.98Opening Soon
BIIB Pune7.85Opening Soon
XIME Bangalore117.73Opening Soon
Indus Business Academy – IBA Bangalore8.516.92Opening Soon
KIIT School of Management  Bhubaneswar14.56.87Opening Soon
IBS Hyderabad: ICFAI Business School16.027.59Opening Soon
SIES College of Management Studies and SIES School of Business Studies , Navi Mumbai97.28Opening Soon
Welingkar Bangalore137.91Opening Soon
SRM University, Delhi-NCR3.506.00Opening Soon
Alliance School of Business148Opening Soon
ISBM Pune11.88.8Opening Soon
Jaipuria Institute of Management Lucknow10.456.73Opening Soon
IMI Bhubaneswar8.07Opening Soon
VIT Business School (VIT) Vellore7.025.1Opening Soon
Amrita School of Business Coimbatore12.66.68Opening Soon

MBA Colleges Accepting CAT Score: Cut off Percentile – 60-70
A good number of MBA colleges accepting CAT percentile in the range of 60-70 offer number of MBA/PGDM programmes and award greater weightage to the profile of the applicants than only to the CAT exam score. Some of them are highly ranked and good MBA colleges with consistent placements. The list of some of the prominent MBA colleges is shared below:

B-SchoolCat Cut offAdmission Status
Shiv Nadar University Greater Noida60-70Opening Soon
New Delhi Institute of Management – NDIM New Delhi60-70Opening Soon
Jindal Global Business School60-70Opening Soon
Institute of Management Technology, Hyderabad60-70Opening Soon
Chetana’s Institute of Management and Research – CIMR Mumbai60-70Opening Soon
Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida60-70Opening Soon
NTPC School of Business – NSB Noida60-70Opening Soon
Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management – VJIM Hyderabad60-70Opening Soon
Praxis Business School60-70Opening Soon
Birla Global University, Bhubaneswar60-70Opening Soon
Jaipuria Jaipur: Jaipuria Institute of Management60-70Opening Soon
Delhi School of Business60-70Opening Soon
EDII Ahmedabad60-70Opening Soon
IIMS Pune: International Institute of Management Studies60-70Opening Soon
IPE Hyderabad: Institute of Public Enterprise60-70Opening Soon
JIMS Rohini Delhi60-70Opening Soon
PSGIM Coimbatore60-70Opening Soon

MBA Colleges Accepting CAT Score: Cut off Percentile – 50-60


MBA colleges accepting CAT percentile in the range of 50-60 have moderate fee structure and good placements. These colleges have deliberately have kept the CAT cut off moderate as they award greater weightage to the profile of the applicants than only to the CAT percentile. The list of some of the prominent MBA colleges is shared below:

B-SchoolCat Cut offAdmission Status
FIIB Delhi: Fortune Institute of International Business50-60Opening Soon
Jaypee Business School Noida50-60Opening Soon
Sir Padampat Singhania University Udaipur50-60Opening Soon
Firebird Institute of Research in Management50-60Opening Soon
GBS Kolkata: Globsyn Business School, Kolkata50-60Opening Soon
IMS Ghaziabad: Institute of Management Studies50-60Opening Soon
Jaipuria Institute of Management (Jaipuria) Indore50-60Opening Soon
NSB Academy50-60Opening Soon
XIME Chennai: Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship50-60Opening Soon
XIME Kochi: Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship50-60Opening Soon
Jaipuria Ghaziabad50-60Opening Soon
RSB Chennai50-60Opening Soon
Apeejay School of Management, Dwarka, New Delhi50-60Opening Soon
Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication50-60Opening Soon
Pune Business School50-60Opening Soon
BULMIM New Delhi50-60Opening Soon
SJIM Bangalore50-60Opening Soon
IES Management College And Research Centre, Mumbai50-60Opening Soon
IMS Unison University Dehradun50-60Opening Soon
ITM Navi Mumbai: ITM Group of Institutions50-60Opening Soon
MET Mumbai50-60Opening Soon
RV Institute of Management50-60Opening Soon
SCMS Cochin: SCMS Cochin School of Business50-60Opening Soon
UPES School of Business: UPES University50-60Opening Soon
AIMS School of Business50-60Opening Soon
SRM School of Management Chennai50-60Opening Soon
Vivekanand Business School (VBS)50-60Opening Soon

All these MBA colleges in India will accept the CAT scores for MBA admission 2022. Although a few highly ranked MBA colleges also accept other exam scores like XAT, the scores of the largest MBA entrance exam CAT 2021 is the gateway to top MBA colleges in India. It must be noted that the MBA colleges accepting CAT exam scores are not only 20 IIMs but also include top MBA colleges in India as shared above and hundreds of others.

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