40 Popular Tier 2 MBA Colleges in India You Can Apply To
Check the list of 40 popular tier 2 MBA institutes that provide value for money vis-a-vis education, exposure, placements and fees.
Popular Tier 2 MBA Colleges in India
Top Tier 2 MBA Colleges in India: Every management aspirant wish for a top B-School to complete MBA/PGDM. Aspirants must not lose hopes if they do not get a call from their dream b-school. Many reputed MBA colleges in India offer world-class management education with good placements. Candidates must hunt for the next best option to get their MBA admissions. With more than 5,500 MBA colleges in India, selecting the right institute can be daunting. Besides the Tier-1 MBA colleges in India, candidates can also consider tier-2 MBA colleges.
Similar to the tier-1 MBA colleges, tier 2 MBA colleges have modern infrastructure, and some have an economical fee. Additionally, tier 2 MBA colleges also have good faculty and a dedicated placement cell. Some of the private tier 2 MBA institutes also offer exchange programmes with foreign universities. These institutes are also ranked in the top 50, in the MBA institute ranking order. Most of them select candidates based on the common entrance exams like CAT, XAT, CMAT, SNAP, MAT, MAH-CET and GMAT. Therefore, candidates might not have to appear for any additional exam. In other words, tier 2 MBA colleges in India must be among the second preference if you can’t make it to the top 25 institutes.
Candidates can also get tier-wise MBA colleges in India on shiksha.com college listing. Scroll down to know the 40 popular tier 2 MBA colleges and their courses.
Top 40 Tier 2 MBA Institutes
Here's the list of some of the popular MBA colleges to consider while planning a career in management.
| Institute Name |
MBA Course Offered |
Entrance Exam Expected Cut-offs |
|---|---|---|
| K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai |
PGDM |
CAT: 90 percentile, CMAT: 187 marks |
| PGP in Rural Management |
CAT: 80 percentile |
|
| MBA (International Business) |
SNAP: 98 percentile |
|
| PGDM |
CAT: 80 percentile GMAT: 650 marks XAT: 80 percentile |
|
| MBA |
SNAP: 95 percentile |
|
| PGDM |
CAT: 90 percentile |
|
| PGDM |
CAT: 90 percentile CMAT: 90 percentile GMAT: 600 marks XAT: 90 percentile |
|
| PGDM |
CAT: 90 percentile |
|
| MBA |
CAT: 80 percentile |
|
| PGP |
CAT: 90 percentile |
|
| PGP |
CAT: 97.16 percentile |
|
| PGP |
CAT: 85 percentile |
|
| PGP |
CAT: 90 percentile |
|
| PGDM |
CAT: 90 percentile CMAT: 198 percentile XAT: 76.48 percentile |
|
| MBA |
CAT: 96 percentile |
|
| Xavier Institute Of Management & Entrepreneurship, Bangalore |
PGDM |
CAT: 60 percentile CMAT: 85 percentile MAT: 60 percentile XAT: 60 percentile |
| MBA |
SNAP: 97 percentile |
|
| PGDM |
CAT: 87.25 percentile |
|
| PGDM |
CAT: 86 percentile XAT: 80 percentile |
|
| MBA |
CAT: 65 percentile |
|
| PGDM |
CAT: 85 percentile CMAT: 244 marks XAT: 80 percentile |
|
| MBA |
CAT: 95.75 percentile |
|
| Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM), Delhi/NCR |
PGDM |
CAT: 83.21 percentile |
| MBA |
IBSAT: 65 percentile |
|
| PGDM (Rural Management) |
CAT: 80 percentile CMAT: 100 percentile XAT: 60 percentile |
|
| MBA |
SNAP: 60 percentile |
|
| MBA |
CAT: 84 percentile |
|
| Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), Chennai |
PGDM |
CAT: 80 percentile CMAT: 70 percentile XAT: 85 percentile |
| PGDM |
CAT: 90 percentile |
|
| University Business School (UBS), Panjab University, Chandigarh |
MBA |
CAT: 88 percentile |
| PG Diploma (Forest Management) |
CAT: 75.7 percentile |
|
| MBA |
CAT: 83 percentile |
|
| MBA |
SNAP: 95 percentile |
|
| Institute for Future Education, Entrepreneurship and Leadership, Lonavala | PGDM | MAH CET: 85 percentile CAT: 65 percentile |
| MBA (ITBM) |
SNAP: 88 percentile |
|
| MBA (Operations) |
SNAP: 94 percentile |
|
| PGDM |
CAT: 75 percentile |
|
| MBA |
CAT: 94 percentile GMAT: 600 marks |
|
| PGP |
CAT: 80 percentile |
|
| MBA |
CAT: 85 percentile CMAT: 75 percentile XAT: 60 percentile |
*Cutoff percentiles mentioned here are indicative. For the actual cutoff refer to the institute website.
BIMTECH admission to MBA course is based any of the entrance exam scores namely CAT, CMAT, XAT, etc. Candidates who seek to take admission in MBA at BIMTECH must have a valid score in order to be eligible for the further admission process. Going as per the last year trends, it can be estimated that BIMTECH cutoff for MBA admissions stood closed at 75 for CAT, 75 for XAT, and 95 for CMAT for the General category - All India students. For more information regarding BIMTECH cutoff, candidates can click here.
The requirement of entrance exam varies course-wise. Aspirants seeking admission in Executive PGDM do not require passing an entrance test. The selection is based on performance of the candidates in the personal interview round. For MBA courses, candidates do need to pass SNAP. Selected candidates have to futher pass GEPI round for final admission.
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MBA Entrance Exams Accepted by Tier-2 Colleges
Typically MBA colleges accept more than one entrance exam for admissions. Tier-2 colleges listed above have been accepting the following entrance exams for MBA admissions:
- CAT
- XAT
- CMAT
- NMAT
- GMAT
- SNAP
- MAH MBA CET
Besides the above mentioned entrance exams, tier-2 MBA colleges may add any additional entrance exam for admissions.
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2014-12-28 11:28:55
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2014-01-15 14:19:13
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2014-01-02 20:36:56
No, IIMs do not accept MAT score for MBA Admission. They only accept CAT score for admission to their MBA/PGP programmes. However, MAT score is accepted by over 700 MBA colleges in India including: Amity University GL Bajaj Institute of Management & Research Christ University GITAM Institute of Management JIMS Rohini Jain University Taxila Business School, Jaipur SRM University Birla Institute of Management Technology Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University Tezpur University Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India IIFM Bhopal YMCA.