IIM Raipur: Fees, Ranking, Courses, Admissions 2026, Cutoff, Placements

The answer to this question of whether an average student can get into IIM can be both yes and no depending on the definition of an average student.

• Based on Academics (Class 10/ Class 12/ Graduation): While a student with average scores in Class 10, Class 12 and graduation with a good CAT score certainly has good chances of getting a call from IIM-A, chances are less for someone with an average CAT score.
• Based on student category (General or Reserved): While it is tough for a General category average student to grab a seat at IIM due to high score requirements, a reserved category student can get admission being at average scores as well.
• Based on past work experience, diversity and other factors: Gender and academic diversity is also a factor on which students are shortlisted at IIM. IIMs judge the past academic category based on the degree obtained by the students before MBA and then a weightage is allotted based on that. For Engineers, the percentage for scoring the highest marks is higher as compared with other streams
• Performance in selection rounds: Once you make it to the final selection rounds, i.e., AWT/PI process, it can be considered a fresh start. At this stage, students can forget their past average-ness but definitely require good grasp over the past subjects as academics-related questions are asked in the interview.

Based on the above factors, it can be considered that while getting into top Management institutes, such as IIM is extremely tough, the past performance, CAT performance, student category and a lot of factors can be the reasons for a student to receive that final call.

IIM Raipur cutoff 2025 was released for admission to the MBA/PGDM course based on the CAT entrance examination. As per the estimated CAT cutoff for the General AI category, the percentile required was 94 to be eligible for the next rounds of admission, which involve WAT, GD and PI rounds. 

Note: This is the estimated cutoff; the actual cutoff is only visible for the candidates with login credentials. 

FMCG / FMCD emerged as the top recruiting sector that placed 23% of the total students during IIM Raipur MBA summer placements for the 2022-24 batch. The sector-wise placement rate recorded during IIM Raipur MBA summer placements for the 2022-24 batch is presented below:

The sector-wise placement rate recorded during IIM Raipur MBA summer placements for the 2022-24 batch is also presented below:

The key highlights of IIM Raipur MBA placements over the past three years are presented below:

Note: Salary data is the Domestic Maximum Earning Potential