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Take a look at some of the popular MBA colleges accepting CAT score 80 - 90 percentile. Final selection of candidates is done on the basis of their performance in CAT exam, academic record and group discussion/personal interview performance. Check details of admissions, CAT cut offs and fees of these MBA colleges.

With a CAT score of in the range of 80 to 90 percentile, candidates have many options. There are a good number of Tier 2 MBA colleges that select candidates having CAT score in this range. Shiksha has listed down top MBA colleges accepting CAT score 80 to 90 percentile in this article. Read on.

CAT 80-90 percentile range

MBA colleges accepting CAT cut offs 80 to 90 percentile – Admission to 2026 batch of full-time MBA programmes are still open at various B-Schools. If you have missed the IIMs due to low CAT score, you should not give up. You can get a good MBA college even if you have scored between 80 to 90 percentile. A large number of MBA colleges, private as well as government, accept CAT score in the range of 80 to 90 percentile. 

Admission process of these colleges also include Group Discussion (GD), Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI); so hard work is still needed.

If you have less than 90 percentile in CAT, you have the option of dropping this year and prepare for CAT 2026. We would, however, like to tell you that there is no need to worry as with 80+ percentile, they can get a good MBA college. Many well reputed B-Schools have CAT cut offs in the range of 80-90 percentile. Admissions are currently open in many of them.

Top MBA Colleges Accepting CAT Score 80 - 90 Percentile

Shiksha has provided below a list of top MBA colleges accepting CAT score 80- 90 percentile. The colleges have been listed alphabetically and not in any order of preference. Check the list and make a choice.

MBA Colleges Accepting CAT Score 80-90 percentile 

MBA/PGDM Fee (approx.)

Amity University, Raipur

INR 5.32 to 8.16 lakh

Amity University, Gurgaon

INR 4.52 to 13.76 lakh

Amity University, Gwalior

INR 6.12 to 10.72 lakh

Amity University, Lucknow

INR 10.40 to 13.76 lakh

Amity University, Noida

INR 6.40 to 15.80 lakh

Amity Business School, Noida

INR 7.14 to 15.80 lakh

Amity International Business School, Noida

INR 13.44 to 15.40 lakh

Altera Institute, Gurgaon

INR 16.44 lakh

Fore School of Management

INR 23.24 lakh

Goa Institute of Management

INR 21.45 lakh

International Management Institute, Delhi

INR 20.64 lakh

Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal

INR 11.80 lakh

Indian Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam

INR 19.81 lakh

Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai

INR 14.47 lakh

Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management

INR 16.50 to 17.25 lakh

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

INR 1.40 lakh

Praxis Business School, Kolkata

INR 11.00 lakh

Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Bangalore

INR 14.00 lakh

Shiva Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad

INR 1.33 to 2.60 lakh

Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education

INR 1.34 to1.53 lakh

S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research

INR 16.00 to 26.10 lakh

TA Pai Management Institute

INR 14.70 to 19.50 lakh

Trinity College for Management and Technology, Ghaziabad

INR 2.12 lakh

*Fees mentioned in the above table is basis previous academic year. It may change in the new academic session.
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The B-schools listed above have same MBA admission process and selection criteria, i.e. GD and PI. Candidates are required the college admission form. If selected, they will be called to participate in GD and PI. Final selection of candidates will be done on the basis of their performance in CAT exam, academic record and group discussion/personal interview performance. 

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