MBA Colleges Accepting CAT Cut Off Range of 80-90 Percentile

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MBA Colleges Accepting CAT Cut Off Range of 80-90 Percentile: The CAT score is accepted by 100+ institutions in India, for admission into its MBA programs. A majority of MBA aspirants desire to get admission into the top business schools of India, especially the IIMs. Most of these institutions provide admissions to candidates securing more than 90 percentile in the CAT exam. However, there is a large number of reputed institutions that accept the range 80-90 percentile in the CAT exam.

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What is an MBA?

MBA stands for Master in Business Administration. It is a postgraduate degree program that allows students to enhance their managerial, leadership, and professional skills. This degree helps students to level up their careers with advanced studies and skill training. It is helpful for professionals to climb up the corporate ladder as well as for individuals who want to establish their business ventures. Anyone with a bachelor’s degree can enroll in an MBA program at various colleges and universities in India. In India, CAT is one of the most common entrance exams for getting admission into MBA programs. 

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What is CAT?

CAT stands for Common Admission Test. It is a national-level entrance examination for admission into the top management institutes in India for MBA or PGDM programs. Every year, one of the many IIMs is responsible for conducting the CAT Exam rotationally.  It is a computer-based online examination and the duration of the exam is 120 minutes. The exam is divided into three sections. There are a total of 66 questions which are divided in the following manner.

Section

Number of Questions

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension

24

Quantitative Ability

20

Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning

22

Total66

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Colleges Accepting CAT Cut off Range of 80-90 Percentile

Most of the top business schools in India accept candidates with a score of more than 90 percentile in the CAT exam. There are also several business schools and institutions that accept candidates who score between the 80-90 percentile in the CAT exam by examining the overall profile of the candidates. Below is a list of such MBA colleges. These colleges provide quality education and a lot of placement opportunities hence, taking admission into these institutions will be extremely beneficial for MBA aspirants.

College Name

Location

Courses Offered

Total Fees

Other Entrance Exams Accepted

Great Lakes Institute of Management

Chennai

  • PGDM Course
  • PGPM Course

INR 19,95,000

GMAT Exam , XAT Exam , CMAT Exam

Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM)

Trichy

MBA Course

INR 12,80,000

XAT and GMAT

Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kgp

Kharagpur

MBA

INR 11,59,760

Only CAT

University Business School (UBS)

Chandigarh

  • MBA
  • MBA in HR
  • MBA International Business
  • Executive MBA

MBA: INR 34,730

Only CAT

MBA Entrepreneurship: INR 1,00,000

Executive MBA: INR 96,345

T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI)

Manipal

  • PGDM, PGDM Healthcare
  • PGDM HR, PGDM Banking, and Finance

INR 17,34,000

XAT and GMAT

MICA Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad, Gujarat

PGDM (Communications)

INR 23,00,000

XAT and GMAT

Delhi School of Management (DSM)

Delhi

  • MBA
  • Executive MBA

MBA/PGDM: INR 4,19,000

MAT

Executive MBA/PGDM: INR 4,77,000

Institute of Rural Management (IRMA)

Anand, Gujarat

  • PGDM Rural Management
  • Executive PGDM in Rural Management

INR 16,75,000

XAT, and IRMASAT Exam

Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research

Mumbai

PGDM

INR 14,00,000

XAT, MAT Exam , AIMS Test for Management Admissions (ATMA), CMAT, MAH MBA CET , GMAT

Institute for Financial Management and Research

Chennai

MBA

Rs 14,56,000

XAT, CMAT

Nirma University

Ahmedabad

MBA

INR 6,04,800 per annum

Only CAT

Alliance School of Business

Bangalore

  • MBA
  • PGDM
  • Executive PGDM

INR 15,00,000

GMAT, XAT, MAT, ATMA, CMAT/ NMAC by GMAC

Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship

Bangalore

PGDM

INR 20,90,000

XAT, CMAT, MAT, ATMA, GMAT

Amity Business School

Noida

MBA

INR 14,12,000

GMAT, CMAT

SP Jain Institute of Management and Research

Mumbai

  • PGDM
  • PGDM for Women

INR 24,00,000

XAT, GMAT

FORE School of Management

Delhi

PGDM

INR 18,27,000

XAT, GMAT

Institute of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University

Varanasi

MBA

INR 1,50,000

Only CAT

Institute of Finance and International Management

Bangalore

PGDM

INR 13,93,333

MAT, GMAT

Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education

Mumbai

  • PGDM, Masters in Financial Management (MFM)
  • Masters in Marketing Management (MMM)

INR 1,36,000-1,53,000

MAHCET, CMAT

Loyola Institute of Business Administration

Chennai

PGDM

INR 15,38,000

XAT

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra

Ranchi

MBA

INR 5,64,000

MAT, XAT, GMAT

Institute of Public Enterprise

Hyderabad

  • MBA
  • PGDM
  • Executive MBA

INR 8,15,000

GMAT, CMAT

Balaji Institute of Modern Management

Pune

PGDM

INR 8,90,000

CMAT, MAT

National Institute of Technology

Rourkela

MBA

INR 4,68,000

MAT, XAT, GMAT

SCMS Cochin School of Business

Cochin

PGDM

INR. 7,50,000

CMAT, KMAT

National Institute of Technology

Durgapur

MBA

INR 1,92,000

Only CAT

National Institute of Technology

Tiruchirappalli

MBA

INR 2,97, 850

Only CAT

Department of Management Sciences, University of Pune

Pune

MBA

INR 1,32,000

MAH CET, MAT

Woxsen School of Business

Hyderabad

PGDM

INR 34,60,000

NMAT by GMAC, GMAT

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Usha and Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management

New Delhi

PGDM

INR 12,25,000

MAT and CMAT

DoMS, IISc

Bangalore

MBA

INR 70,000

GMAT

K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research

Mumbai

PGDM

Rs 20,87,096

CMAT, XAT, and GMAT

Goa Institute of Management

Goa

  • PGDM
  • Executive MBA

INR 19,40,000

XAT, GMAT, and CMAT

Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management

New Delhi

PGDM

INR 15,50,000

GMAT

Indian Institute of Forest Management

Bhopal

PGDFM

INR 4,68,000 - INR 7,80,000

XAT

Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research (WIMDR)

Bangalore

PGDM

INR 14,00,000

XAT, ATMA, CMAT, GMAT

Indian Institute of Management

Visakhapatnam

PGP

INR 16,79,920

CAT

Trinity College for Management and Technology

Ghaziabad

PGDM

INR 2,12,000

MAT, ATMA, and XAT

ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management

Gwalior

  • MBA
  • PGDM

INR 3,38,000- Rs 6,70,000

CAT

MNNIT

Allahabad

MBA

INR 91,000 (1st year fees)

CAT

MANAGE

Hyderabad

PGDM

INR 3,75,000

CAT

Other Popular MBA Colleges Accepting CAT 80 - 90 Percentile

Check the popular MBA Colleges accepting the CAT Cutoff between 80 - 90 percentile along with the course offered and the course fees.

Colleges

MBA Course Fees

Apeejay Stya University, Gurgaon

INR 3,60,000 (1st Year Fees)

Jagran Lakecity University, Bhopal

MBA HR / Finance: INR 1,80,000

MBA Business Analytics: INR 2,00,000

Future Group of Institutions, Bareilly

INR 90,000 per annum

Siksha 'O' Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar

MBA: INR 1,75,000 per semester

MBA Hospital Administration: INR 1,20,000 per semester

Integrated MBA: INR 1,17,500 per semester

Rai University, Ahmedabad

INR 32,500 per semester

Graphic Era Hill University Haldwani Campus

INR 7,17,000

Brainware University, Kolkata

INR 4,54,800

Indo Global Group Of Colleges, Mohali

INR 85,500 per semester

Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur

INR 1,50,000 (1st Year Fees)

University of Technology - Sanganer, Jaipur

INR 90,000 per year

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