Top MBA Colleges Accepting CMAT Score 70-80 Percentile
Common Management Admission Test 2026 ( CMAT )
Exam On - 25 Jan '26
Check here top MBA colleges accepting CMAT score 70-80 percentile. Admission process of CMAT accepting colleges include Personal Interview and/or Group Discussion. Read more.
MBA colleges accepting CMAT score 70-80 percentile.
CMAT score accepting colleges have a fixed cut off for selection of candidates for MBA admission. Candidate's CMAT 2026 score should match the CMAT cut off percentile of the colleges they are targeting. CMAT 2026 exam is scheduled on January 25, 2026 and the result will be announced mid-February. Once the CMAT 2026 result is announced, candidates will need to start searching for a suitable MBA college in their budget. CMAT cut offs will be crucial to shortlisting MBA colleges.
CMAT is a pan-India exam and the score is accepted by over 1300 MBA colleges which includes both government as well as private colleges. While top tier colleges select candidates who scored 95+ percentile, Tier 2 and 3 colleges accept candidates with lower scores. If your CMAT 2026 falls in the range of 70 to 80 percentile, you must target B-Schools in that cut off range only. In this article, get the list of some of the popular MBA colleges that accept CMAT scores in 70-80 percentile range.
Top MBA Colleges Accepting CMAT Scores 70-80 Percentile
Some of the MBA colleges accepting CMAT score in 70-80 percentile range and their MBA/PGDM course fees are listed below. If you score in this range, you should apply to these colleges.
| MBA Colleges Accepting CMAT Score |
Fees (approx.) |
|---|---|
| INR 11.5 to 12.5 lakh |
|
| INR 112.04 lakh |
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| INR 10.95 lakh |
|
| INR 9.00 lakh |
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| INR 6.75 to 25.15 lakh |
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| INR 7.95 lakh |
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| INR 8.25 lakh |
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| INR 9.45 lakh |
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| INR 12.8 lakh |
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| INR 7.65 lakh |
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| INR 5.2 to 7.0 lakh |
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| INR 6.52 to 8.75 lakh |
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| INR 7.15 to 7.85 lakh |
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| INR 15 to 18 lakh |
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| INR 8 to 20 lakh |
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| INR 10.6 lakh |
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| INR 12.00 lakh |
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| INR 5.55 lakh |
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| INR 10.6 lakh |
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| INR 5 to 6.8 lakh |
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| INR 7.45 lakh |
|
| INR 8.9 lakh |
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Meeting CMAT cut off is the first stage of MBA admission. Candidates need to clear the Personal Interview/Group Discussion/Written Ability Test round too. Some institutes conduct only Personal Interview, some conduct Personal Interview/Group Discussion and some conduct all three, Personal Interview/Group Discussion/Written Ability Test. Apart from that, candidates must also meet the academic criteria for selection.
It is quite unlikely that you can get admission if you do not meet the academic eligibility criteria for MBA. The basic criteria of selection are CMAT score and academic score. As per the AICTE, the minimum score required in graduation to qualify for MBA programme is 50 % (for SC/ST/PwD category, the minimum score requirement is 45%. So, MBA aspirants must ensure that they have scored at least 50 percent in their Bachelor's degree programme.
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