261 MBA Colleges in Bangalore

 

Bangalore ranks second in terms of popularity as an MBA destination for aspiring students with the city having 17 percent of all MBA colleges there are in India, some of the most prominent ones being IIM Bangalore, Christ University, SIBM and XIME. This number adds up to roughly 233 MBA colleges in Bangalore.

 

How affordable is MBA from Bangalore?

Bangalore continues to live up to its reputation of being a student’s paradise with a large number of MBA colleges offering rather affordable and yet credible programmes; 68 percent of the MBA colleges charge less than Rs 5 lakh as annual course fees with roughly 37 percent having an annual fee under Rs 2 lakh. One-third of the MBA courses come at a cost greater than Rs 5 lakh annual fee. Find out the exact break up of colleges by their annual fees in the chart below.

 

 

Top MBA Specialisations in Bangalore

If it is Bangalore, students are opting mainly for Finance, Sales and Marketing or Human Resource Management over other MBA specialisations with each of these commanding 18 percent of the total MBA course count in Bangalore. Thereafter, one sees a steep drop in number of courses being offered across other MBA specialisations, reflective of student interest in these. Refer to the infographic below for a split of the top 17 MBA specialisations being offered in the silicon city.

 

A majority of the colleges offering MBA in Bangalore are privately owned, affiliated to state universities. Roughly 176 colleges are privately owned and 150 are affiliated to state universities.

While most of the colleges offer full-time programmes, there are some distance and online options as well: Distance MBA is offered by 37 colleges and Part-Time MBA can be done with 32 colleges, 18 course providers offer online classes.

 

Which are the most popular MBA exams in Bangalore?

If you want to crack one of the best MBA colleges in Bangalore, you should be appearing for both the Common Admission Test or CAT and the Management Aptitude Test or MAT. Roughly 22 percent of the colleges accept CAT and 21 percent accept MAT as their qualifying exam.

 

The other prominent MBA exams include XAT, CMAT and UPSEE. Refer to the chart below for the complete list of MBA exams that can be taken for cracking an MBA college in Bangalore.

Find the entire list of colleges offering MBA in Bangalore with their fees, student review ratings, duration of programme and qualifying exam below. You can also find out about admission and placement details of all these MBA courses by clicking on the respective links given under the name of the course.