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Popular Tier 2 MBA Colleges in India
Top Tier 2 MBA Colleges in India: Every student who wants to study management wishes to get into a top business school to complete their MBA/PGDM. But you should not lose hope if you do not get a call from your dream school. Many good MBA colleges in India offer great business education with good job placements. Students should look for the next best option to get their MBA admissions. With more than 5,500 MBA colleges in India, choosing the right school can be very hard. Apart from the topmost Tier 1 MBA colleges in India, students can also look at tier 2 MBA colleges.
Just like the tier 1 schools, tier 2 MBA colleges have modern buildings, and some even have low fees. Also, tier 2 MBA colleges have good teachers and a special team to help students get jobs. Some of these private tier 2 MBA schools also let students study abroad for some time through exchange programs. These schools are also ranked in the top 50 list of all MBA school rankings. Most of them select students using common entrance tests like CAT, XAT, CMAT, SNAP, MAT, MAH-CET, and GMAT. Because of this, students do not have to give any extra exams. Simply put, tier 2 MBA colleges in India should be your second choice if you cannot get into the top 25 schools.
Students can also see the list of colleges divided by tiers on the shiksha.com website. Look below to know about 40 popular tier 2 MBA colleges and the courses they offer.
- Top 40 Tier 2 MBA Institutes
- What is meant by Tier 2 MBA Colleges?
- MBA Entrance Exams Accepted by Tier-2 Colleges
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.
Commonly asked questions
If you have a very good CAT score but poor academic record it is quite likely that you may not be shortlisted for top IIMs as the institutes prefer candidates with overall consistency in academics. Class 12 scores holds a lot of importance in shortlisting of candidates for WAT-PI.
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.
The CAT cut offs for IIM Bangalore hovers between 97-100 percentile. The qualifying CAT cut off required for being eligible for IIM Bangalore's Written Ability test (What) and Personal Interview PI is 85 percentile for General category students, whereas for SC candidates, it is 70 percentile. For ST candidates, it is 65 percentile and for PwD candidates it is 60 percentile. Given below are the sectional and overall qualifying CAT cut offs for IIM Bangalore.
- General category: 80 VARC 75 DILR 75 Quantitative Aptitude 85 (Overall)
- NC-OBC category: 75 VARC 65 DILR 65 Quantitative Aptitude 75 (Overall)
- EWS category: 70 VARC 65 DILR 65 Quantitative Aptitude 75 (Overall)
- SC category: 65 VARC 60 DILR 60 Quantitative Aptitude 70 (Overall)
- ST category: 55 VARC 55 DILR 55 Quantitative Aptitude 65 (Overall)
- PwD category: 50 VARC 50 DILR 50 Quantitative Aptitude 60 (Overall)
What is meant by Tier 2 MBA Colleges?
Besides top MBA colleges, including IIMs, there are several bschools that offer modern infrastructure, experienced faculty, and dedicated placement cells. Some of the b-schools that also provide exchange programmes with international universities without a pedigree of top MBA colleges are also known as tier-2 MBA colleges. Most of the tier 2 MBA colleges accept scores from national level MBA exams, such as XAT, CAT, CMAT, SNAP, NMAT, among others. While IIMs exclusively accept CAT scores, many other Tier 2 colleges accept a variety of entrance exams.
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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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