Top MBA Colleges In India 2024: Top MBA College List State wise

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Top MBA Colleges in India: Whenever we talk about Top management colleges in India then the first name which goes through our mind is IIMs (Indian Institute of Management) whether it is from Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, or any other states of India they are always hot favorites among the aspirants who had a dream in their eyes to be a part of it. If you search about Top MBA Colleges in India; then you will find at least 6 colleges from IIMs in the top 10 categories. And as per the NIRF 2024 ranking, we have seen some strange entries among the Top MBA colleges and they are the Indian Institute of Technology.

This year IIT Delhi was placed at 5th Spot dethroning IIT Kharagpur to 9th Spot in the NIRF ranking whereas 5 other IITs also made their presence in the list of top 15. You need to know that IIT College was always preferred for the technology program but now they are doing well in management courses too. So if you are among the aspirants who had qualified for their CAT/XAT/MAT or any other entrance examination for management courses then do not forget to keep such colleges in your preference list.

Top MBA Colleges In India
Top MBA Colleges In India

About MBA (Master of Business Administration)

Master of Business Administration (MBA) is one of the hottest courses among those who are looking for a Post Graduate program and the good thing about the MBA program is that it doesn’t care the background you came from whether it is Science, Commerce, or any other but to pursue the course it just required your communication skills, leadership quality, how you act swiftly, management skills, ability to handle pressure, and your mindset. Not only freshers students but also those students who had completed their bachelor’s degree or having any kind of experience can also opt for a full-time MBA.

MBA Specialization

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There are some specializations in the MBA program which students can prefer and some of them are given below:

  • Finance
  • Human Resource
  • Marketing
  • Information Business
  • Digital Marketing
  • Logistics & Supply Chain Management
  • International Business
  • Business Analytics
  • Retail management
  • Agri-Business Management
  • Banking and Insurance
  • Hospitality management
  • Branding & Advertisement
  • Event Management and PR

MBA Placement Department

After completing an MBA students can go for the following posts in several companies according to their specialization:

  1. Finance Manager
  2. Operation Manager
  3. Data Analytics Manager
  4. Digital Marketing Manager
  5. Marketing Manager
  6. Sales Manager
  7. Advertising Sales Manager
  8. NGO Manager
  9. Human resources Manager
  10. Product Manager and many others.

Why Students should prefer TOP MBA Colleges in India?

Whenever a student’s looking for a college to get admission they had a few points which they always looking for in their dream college who can tick all the checkboxes. But if you are looking for a top-notch MBA college then for a second you need to keep aside fee checkbox because good things always carry a high price tag.

Below we have shared some points of view from students always lookout for their dream college.

  • One is institutions have the best faculty
  • Having a World-class infrastructure
  • Where students get to know how they can improve their leadership skills.
  • Faculty can inculcate knowledge and may able to develop & sharpen their creativity and innovation.
  • Such institutions produce industry-ready graduates who have the qualities of social responsibility, can handle extreme pressure, and can lead a team easily.
  • Where students can improve their local and global business domain.
  • Where students are ready to explore their world of juncture with their specialized, enriched academic offerings, diverse culture, and a learning environment that empowers them to achieve what they desire and looking for.
  • And the most important thing is job placement after the completion of their course because campus selection is one of the important sections of any college.

Top MBA Colleges in India (Based on NIRF Ranking)

When we talked about the top 10 MBA colleges in India then we need to filter so many colleges and seriously that’s not our cup of tea, because it takes lots of research and parameter in which all such colleges need to be tested but you do not need to worry because this uphill task has been done easily by the National Institutional of Ranking Framework. They have some predefined parameters and based on such parameters, every listed college was tested and one who stands tall at all parameters will be declared as a topper of the list.

So let’s move to the list of Top MBA colleges in India.

NIRF RankingCollege NameLocation
1Indian Institute of Management AhmedabadGujarat (Ahmedabad)/ Govt.
2Indian Institute of Management BangaloreKarnataka (Bengaluru)
3Indian Institute of Management CalcuttaWest Bengal (Kolkata)
4Indian Institute of Management LucknowUttar Pradesh (Lucknow)
5Indian Institute of Management KharagpurWest Bengal (Kharagpur)
6Indian Institute of Management KozhikodeKerala (Kozhikode)
7Indian Institute of Management IndoreMadhya Pradesh (Indore)
8Indian Institute of Management DelhiDelhi (New Delhi)
9Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI)Jharkhand (Jamshedpur)
10Management Development InstituteHaryana (Gurugram)
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Number of Top colleges States Have

TOP Private MBA Colleges in India

Apart from the top 10 MBA colleges in India below, we have piled up the list of some top Private MBA colleges in India, and believe us they are not so far behind from IIMs. They are equally reputed as the IIMs are. You just need to pull down your cursor to check the list of colleges:

NIRF RankingTop MBA College nameState
9Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI)Jharkhand (Jamshedpur)
10Management Development InstituteHaryana (Gurugram)
18S.P Jain Institute of Management & ResearchMaharashtra (Mumbai)
22Great lakes institute of ManagementMaharashtra (Pune)
23Indian Institute of Foreign TradeTamil Nadu (Chennai)
24SVKMs Narsee Monjee Institute of Management StudiesMaharashtra (Mumbai)
25ICFAI Foundation of Higher EducationTelangana (Hyderabad)
26Indian Institute of Foreign tradeDelhi (New Delhi)
27T.A Pai Management InstituteKarnataka (Manipal)
28International Management InstituteDelhi (New Delhi)

Other Popular MBA Colleges in India

We know it’s not ‘everyone’s cup of tea’ to get admission into top MBA colleges of India and if you can’t make it through to top colleges then don’t be disheartened because there are many other colleges too, that are equivalent to them in many ways, and among the number of colleges that are offering MBA courses, we had strained down some MBA colleges, especially for you which are equally popular as the IIMs are.

Top MBA College nameNIRF RankingLocation
BML Munjal University37Haryana (Gurgaon)
Alliance University39Karnataka (Bengaluru)
Amity University Noida41Uttar Pradesh (Gautam Budh Nagar)
Panjab University42Chandigarh
Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology43Delhi (New Delhi)
Nirma University44Gujarat (Ahmedabad)
Loyola Institute of Business Administration50Tamil Nadu (Chennai)
Lovely Professional University49Punjab (Phagwara)
Vellore Institute of Technology54Punjab (Patiala)
Vellore Institute of technology54Tamil Nadu (Vellore)
K.J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research56Maharashtra (Mumbai)
Birla Institute of Technology58Jharkhand (Ranchi)
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies67Uttarakhand (Dehradun)

Top MBA colleges In India State Wise

If you do not want to part with your home state for higher studies and wanted to pursue your MBA in your native state, then no need to be worried because in this section we have listed some top MBA colleges state-wise as per the NIRF ranking. We have listed some colleges in this list who are not holding any rank but as such states don’t have any colleges, so we added names of those colleges that are the participant in the NIRF ranking.

StateTop MBA College nameNIRF Ranking
AssamAssam Don Bosco University
Centre for Management Studies
Assam Downtown University


Andhra PradeshSree Vidyanikethan Institute of Management
Allagadda Institute of Management Science

Arunachal PradeshInstitute for Financial Management and Research Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University53
70
ChandigarhPanjab University42
ChhattisgarhIndian Institute of Management Raipur19
DelhiCareer Point University
Himalayan Institutes of Management Sadhoura road, Sirmour Himachal Pradesh University
8
26
28
34
43
57
GujaratIndian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Nirma University
Institute of Rural Management Anand
Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University
1
44
72
74
GoaGoa Institute of Management48
HaryanaManagement Development Institute
Indian Institute of Management Rohtak
BML Munjal University
10
21
37
Himachal PradeshXavier Institute of Management (XIMB)
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
International Management Institute


Jammu and KashmirCentral University of Jammu
Model Institute of Engineering and Technology University of Jammu
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University



JharkhandXavier Labour Relation Institute
Indian Institute of Management Ranchi
Indian Institute of Technology
Birla Institute of Technology
9
20
29
58
KeralaIndian Institute of Management Kozhikode6
KarnatakaIndian Institute of Management Bangalore
TA Pai Management Institute
Alliance University
Visvesvaraya Technology University
2
27
39
71
Madhya PradeshIndian Institute of Management Indore
Indian Institute of Forest Management
7
62
MaharashtraIndian Institute of Technology Bombay
National Institute of Industrial Engineering
S.P Jain Institute of Business Management
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management
SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
Indian Institute of Management
K.J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research Institute of Management Technology
Bharti Vidyapeeth Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship Development
Principal L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research
11
12
18
22
24
40
56
60
63  
68
MeghalayaIndian Institute of Management Shillong30
OrissaLovely Professional University
Chandigarh University
Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology
Chitkara University
31
32
63
PunjabThe Institute of Chartered Financial Analysis of India University49
51
54
75
RajasthanIndian Institute of Management Udaipur
IIHMR University
17
65
TelanganaICFAI Foundation for Higher Education
Institute of Management technology
25
61
Tamil NaduIndian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli
Great Lakes Institute of Management
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
PSG College of Technology
Loyola Institute of Technology
Vellore Institute of Technology
Anna University
15
23
35
46
50
55
59
TripuraThe Institute of Chartered Financial Analysis if India University
Uttar PradeshIndian Institute of Management (Lucknow)
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Banaras Hindu University
Institute of Management Technology (Ghaziabad)
Amity University (Noida)
Aligarh Muslim University (Aligarh)
Birla Institute of Management Technology (Greater Noida) Jaipuria Institute of Management (Noida)
Jaipuria Institute of Management (Lucknow)
4
16
36
37
41
45
47
69
73
UttarakhandIndian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Indian Institute of Management Kashipur
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
12
33
66
West BengalIndian Institute of Management Calcutta
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
International Management Institute
3
5
52

Eligibility Criteria for Admission in MBA Program

To get admission to a top-class B school you need to first clear one of the entrance exams on behalf of which university grants admission in their colleges if you qualified it successfully. There are so many entrance examinations for MBA but CAT is the only examination that is so popular among the colleges, that’s why around 6000+ colleges in India grant admission based on CAT scorecard.

But there are some other entrance examinations too, on behalf of which college grants admission but they are limited to a few colleges so before making any preference of colleges you need to check that on the grounds of which entrance exam that college is offering admission in MBA.

Below we have mentioned a list of entrance examinations which on clearing students can get admission to the MBA program.

  1. CAT
  2. XAT
  3. GMAT
  4. CMAT
  5. MAT
  6. NMAT
  7. ATMA
  8. MAH CET
  9. SNAP
  10. IBSAT

Other Eligibility Criteria

It’s not enough if you had qualified for the entrance examination because there are other criteria too which you need to be fulfilled in respect to get admission in any college and such criteria are set by the respective colleges and if on not fulfilling such criteria you will not be able to get admission to that college. So before appearing for the entrance examination, you must check the eligibility criteria of the college which you are looking for. Below we have mentioned some common criteria which are required by the colleges:

  • Candidate should hold a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 50% marks but some university percentage criteria are 75%. So, it depends on the university where you are seeking admission.
  • Candidates belong to the reserved category will surely get some relaxation as applicable.
  • Those who are looking for their bachelor exam result can also apply for the program but their admission will only be completed once they submit their mark sheet and certificate.

Some Top Recruiters for MBA Graduates

Before pursuing any courses from any college students always keep an eye on the name of companies that came for campus selection but now it was easy for the candidates because such lists are now available by the university on their website. Below we have mentioned some top recruiters of top colleges:

IIM Calcutta Citibank, Goldman Sachs, Banks of America Merrill Lynch, Gaja Capital, and Barclays, Tata Group, M&M, Aditya Birla Group, HUL, AB InBev, P&G, RB, ITC, Asian Paints, J&J, Hinduja, JSW, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Puma, Cochlear, Emami, McKinsey & Co., Bain & Co., PwC, Kearney, Accenture, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Gaja Capital and others.
IIM Bangalore 03 Capital, 3M India, AT Kearney, Genpact, P&G, Abbott, Accenture, Acura Consulting, HDFC, Amazon India, American Express, Asian Paints, Axis Bank, Hindustan Unilever, Heinz, HDFC Bank, HCL Technologies, Reckitt Benckiser, Reliance industries ltd, Robert Bosch, Samsung, SAP, SBI Caps, Shell RBS, Ranbaxy Pharma and others.
IIM Calcutta Citibank, Goldman Sachs, Banks of America Merrill Lynch, Gaja Capital, Barclays, Tata Group, M&M, Aditya Birla Group, HUL, AB InBev, P&G, RB, ITC, Asian Paints, J&J, Hinduja, JSW, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Puma, Cochlear, Emami, McKinsey & Co., Bain & Co., PwC, Kearney, Accenture, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Gaja Capital and others.
IIM Lucknow 3M India, Adani, Adobe, Airtel, Amazon, American Express, Axis Bank, Asian paints, Axis Capital, Capgemini, Byjus, BCCL, Cipla, Crisil, Colpal, Deutsche Bank, Edelweiss, Dr. Reddy, EXl, Flipkart, Grofers, HCCB, HSBC, Infosys Consulting, ITC, JP Morgan, JSW, Kotak Bank, L&T, Maruti, Myntra, Mondelez and others.

Courses After Completing MBA Programme

There are so many candidates who after completing their MBA went for further certification courses instead of applying for a job. So Below we have mentioned some certification courses which students can opt, for once they complete their MBA:

  • Financial risk management
  • Certification in risk management
  • Chartered Financial Analyst
  • Certification in Risk Management Assurance
  • Project Management Professional

MBA Course Fee in India

If you opt for top MBA colleges in India then definitely ‘it will cost you an arm and a leg’ just joking but yes the course fee in such top-notch colleges is comparatively higher as compared to other colleges and if we roughly estimate MBA course fee in India for an above-average college then it may cost you somewhere between 10 to 25 lakhs.

Have a look at the fee structure of top colleges:

College NameFee (Approx.)
IIM AhmedabadAround 24 lakhs for Indian Candidates
IIM Bangalore18 to 19 lakhs
IIM LucknowAround 20 lakhs
IIM CalcuttaAround 23 lakhs
IIT KharagpurAround 11 to 12 lakh
Other Private collegesAround 10 lakhs
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FAQs

How should know about the Top MBA college in India?

To get the list of Top MBA Colleges in India you can go through the NIRF ranking or it can also be checked from this article.

How many colleges are there in India which are offering MBA courses?

More than 6000+ colleges are there that are offering MBA programs.

How one should get admission to the Top MBA college of India?

For this, you have to first clear the entrance examination because on qualifying for this entrance examination you will be considered for admission in any college whereas you also need to fulfil other criteria for admission whose details can be collected from the college website.

According to NIRF Ranking which college top the chart in management courses?

Indian Institute of Ahmedabad is leading the table chart in NIRF ranking.

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