Best MBA Colleges in Patna 2026: Fees, Admission, Courses, Placements

You'll find a couple of MBA colleges in Patna without entrance exams, which require graduation marks between 45 to 50% total. The admission and college links are below. 

• Cimage College Patna Admission
• Anugrah Narayan College Patna
• Magadh Professional Institute Patna
• Impact College Patna Admission

Note: All info. is from official sites and can change. 

 

Low-cost MBA Colleges	Total Tuition Fee
Patna University	INR 18,000 - INR 1 lakh
Anugrah Narayan College	INR 2 lakh
IIBM - Indian Institute of Business Management	INR 80,000
Magadh Professional Institute	INR 76,000
B D College Patna	INR 1 lakh

Refer to the table below for a detailed overview of the top private MBA colleges in Bihar along with their tuition fees:

Private Colleges	Total Tuition Fee
VIBRM - Vaishali Institute of Business and Rural Management Admission	INR 3 lakh
IIBM - Indian Institute of Business Management Admission	INR 80,000 – INR 3 lakh
J.D.Women’s College Admission	INR 70,000
Gopal Narayan Singh University Admission	INR 3 lakh
Dr. C.V. Raman University Admission	INR 90,000

The table below shows the top specialisations offered by various MBA colleges in Bihar:

Top Specialisations	No. of Colleges
Finance	14
Sales & Marketing	14
Human Resources	12
Operations	7
IT & Systems	4

Candidates need the following documents while filling the CAT application form:

• A recent passport size photo (color against white background)
• Scanned signature with black pen on white paper
• Any photo ID card like PAN card, Aadhaar Card, Voter ID, Passport 
• Class 10 marksheet 
• Class 12 marksheet 
• Graduation marksheet 
• Permanent address proof 
• Work experience documents Reserved category students need to upload Category Certificate along with the CAT application form. The Certificate is available on the CAT website. Candidates can download, fill it, get it attested by competent authority and upload it as PDF with the CAT application form. 
• The PwD category students also have to fill the PwD form and Scribe affidavit along with the exam application form. This is necessary for getting scribe facility and PwD facility at the test centre. The CAT application form is same for students from all categories. Those belonging to a particular category (SC/ST/PwD) will be required to mention it in the relevant field of the CAT form.

MBA colleges in Patna can provide good placements, between INR 4 to 6+ LPA, regionally and nationally. Below you can check the median packages and recruiters.  

College Name	Annual Median Placement Package	Top Recruiters
Chandragupt Institute of Management	INR 6+ LPA	Hamsafar India, Bajaj HFL, Bajaj Finance, UDPL, Intellipat, Planet Spark, Vodafone Idea Ltd.
Birla Institute of Technology, (BIT) Mesra	INR 5 LPA	Max software, Amdocs, ZS Associates, Vodafone, Reliance Jio, etc.
Patna University	INR 4 LPA	Amazon, HGS, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant, Karvy, etc.

Note: All info. is from official sites. 

MBA Colleges in Patna offer diversified specialisations. The most popular ones are listed in the table below, along with the number of colleges offering it:

Top Specialisations	No. of Colleges
Finance	8 colleges
Sales & Marketing	8 colleges
Human Resources	8 colleges
Operations	4 colleges
Healthcare & Hospital	4 colleges

Disclaimer: This info. is taken from the official website and may differ.

The table below shows the distance MBA colleges in Patna along with their total tuition fees:

Distance MBA Colleges	Total Tuition Fee
Chandragupt Institute of Management	INR 6 Lacs - INR 8 lakh
Patna University	INR 18,000 - INR 2 lakh
BITS Mesra	INR 5 lakh
ISM - International School of Management	INR 3 lakh
Amity University, Patna	INR 7 Lacs - INR 8 lakh

Refer to the table below for a detailed overview of the top government MBA colleges in Bihar along with their tuition fees:

Public/Government Colleges	Total Tuition Fee
IIM Bodh Gaya Admission	INR 10 lakh
Chandragupt Institute of Management Admission	INR 6 lakh - INR 8 lakh
TMBU - Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University Admission	INR 1 lakh
Patna University Admission	INR 18,000 – INR 2 lakh
LNMU - Lalit Narayan Mithila University Admission	INR 1 lakh

CIMAGE college does not offer engineering course but it offers other courses like MBA B.Com PGDM BBA BMS B.Sc etc. and this college NIRF ranking is the categeory of 201-500 you can clearly check what all courses offered and whats the duration of the courses in our Shiksha website and come to a clarity of CIMAGE college

Yes, you can pursue an MBA at Patna University. It offers MBA programs along with other courses in various disciplines. You may want to check their admission criteria, application procedures, and programme offerings.

College Name	Total Fee / Seat Intake	Eligibility
Patna University	INR 18,000- INR 2 lakh Seats: 435	MAT, CMAT UG with minimum 50%-55% of aggregate

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No, an MBA from colleges in Patna is not necessarily expensive. Students can find a list of the affordable MBA colleges in Patna in the table below:

Low-cost MBA Colleges	Total Tuition Fee
Patna University Fees	INR 18,000- 2.16 Lakh
J.D. Women's College Fees	INR 70,000
Magadh Professional Institute Fees	INR 75,600
Footwear Design and Development Institute Fees	INR 81,000
IIBM-Indian Institute of Business Management Fees	INR 85,700- 2.76 Lakh

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website and may vary.

The eligibility criteria for MBA courses may differ from one college to another. However, the basic MBA eligibility criteria for admission to MBA colleges in Patna are as follows:

• Candidates must have passed graduation in any discipline or equivalent from a recognised university as some basic eligibility criteria for MBA (full-time).
• Most of the institutes follow the minimum score criteria in graduation which is 50% aggregate or equivalent CGPA. For reserved category students, the minimum score is 45% aggregate or equivalent CGPA.
• Final-year graduation candidates are also eligible to apply for MBA, provided they present the proof of completion of graduation degree within the duration specified by the institute.

The table below shows the location-wise distribution of the top MBA college in Bihar list along with their number and names of colleges:

Locations	Number/Names of Colleges
Patna	23 (Chandragupt Institute of Management, ISM - International School of Management, Patna University, etc.)
Muzaffarpur	4 (Institute of Administrative Studies, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University, etc.)
Gaya	4 (IIM Bodh Gaya, Magadh University, Gaya College, etc.)
Nalanda	2 (Nalanda University and KK University)
Vaishali	2 (Dr CV Raman University and Indu Devi Ranjeet Kumar Prakash Professional College)

The median salary for B.Tech students at Birla Institute of Technology Patna is as low as INR 5. 7 LPA only. The leading recruiters are TCS, Wipro, Infosys, and HCL providing packages of INR 3. 5 to 9 LPA. The highest package of INR 9 LPA was up for grabbing through various companies including Microsoft and Amazon. Computer Science and Electronics students gets slightly a better average of around INR 6. 5 LPA while mechanical and civil engineering students get an average of around INR 4. 5 LPA. There can be differences in placement statistics year by year.

Yes, CMAT is much easier that CAT exam. Despite the fact that CMAT and CAT syllabus are same and that CMAT has two more sections than CAT the former is much easier than the latter. The CAT exam is usually of moderate to high difficulty level, whereas the CMAT exam is of easy to moderate difficulty level.

There are key differences between CMAT and CAT which make the former easier. There is no sectional time limit in CMAT so candidates do not face the pressure of completing a given section within certain time limit. In CAT there are 4-5 Reading Comprehension passages which are 500-600 words, and 12-14 question.

In CMAT there is usually, only one Reading Comprehension passage, having 4 questions. The Quantitative Aptitude questions of CMAT are also easier than CAT and so are Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation questions. It is easier to score high percentile in CMAT as the number of applicants is more than one Lacs less in CAT.

It is estimated that enrolling in top MBA colleges in Bihar can be affordable as most colleges have tuition fees in between INR 1-2 lakh. However, listed below are some colleges having fees of less than INR 1 lakh:

Low-cost MBA Colleges	Tuition Fee
Patna University	INR 18,000 - INR 76,000
Mahatma Gandhi Central University	INR 49,000
IIBM - Indian Institute of Business Management	INR 80,000
Magadh Professional Institute	INR 76,000
J.D.Women’s College (JDWC)	INR 70,000

The table below shows the average placement package offered by top recruiters who participated in top MBA colleges in Bihar:

College Names	Annual Average Package	Top Recruiters
IIM Bodh Gaya Placements	INR 16 LPA	BNY Mellon, CRISIL, Adani Group, SBI Capital Markets Limited, etc.
Chandragupt Institute of Management Placements	INR 6 LPA	GYR Capital Advisors, FMGC Sproutlife Foods Pvt. Ltd., ICICI Bank, ITC Ltd., etc.

Joining the top MBA colleges in Bihar can be worthwhile for you. For that, you need to check its ROI. Listed below are some colleges along with their tuition fees and average placement package:

College Name	Total Tuition Fee	Annual Average Package
IIM Bodh Gaya MBA	INR 10 lakh	INR 16 LPA
Chandragupt Institute of Management MBA	INR 6 lakh - INR 8 lakh	INR 6 LPA
Patna University MBA	INR 18,000 – INR 2 lakh	INR 4 LPA
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra MBA	INR 5 lakh	INR 5 LPA
Anugrah Narayan College MBA	INR 2 lakh	INR 3 LPA

Footwear Design and Development Institute, Patna offer courses like B.Des, BBA, MBA/PGDM with the stream of Design, Business & Management Studies. Footwear Design and Development Institute, Patna offers specializations such as B.Des specializations in Footwear Design, Fashion Design, BBA specializations in Retail, MBA/PGDM specializations in Retail.

College of Commerce, Arts, Science has not released a concise report for the MBA placed candidates. Its NIRF 2023 report is available. As per this report, the median package offered to PG (2-year) candidates in 2022 stood at INR 3 LPA. A total of 197 PG candidates were placed.