Master’s In Business Administration (MBA) is one of the top and most sought-after courses in the country today. Lakhs of students dedicate a year’s time or more to crack the MBA entrance exam and get into a prestigious institute. However, a plethora of MBA entrance exams are being conducted in the country every year on a state- and national-level. Notable among them being CAT, XAT, GMAT, SNAP and many more.
Every MBA aspirant out there needs to decide his/her dream college and subsequently, appear for the accepted entrance exams. To give them a direction, here is the list of Top 100 MBA colleges, as per the National Institute of Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2021 rankings –
| Sr. No. | Name of College | City | State | Fees | Entrance Exams Accepted |
| 1 | Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | Rs. 23 lakh | GMAT/CAT |
| 2 | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | Bangalore | Karnataka | Rs. 23 lakh | GMAT/CAT |
| 3 | Indian Institute of Management Calcutta | Calcutta | West Bengal | Rs. 20 lakh | GMAT/CAT |
| 4 | Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode | Kozhikode | Kerala | Rs. 20.50 lakh | GMAT/CAT |
| 5 | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | Rs. 9.89 lakh | CAT |
| 6 | Indian Institute of Management Indore | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | Rs.16.61 lakh | GMAT/CAT |
| 7 | Indian Institute of Management Lucknow | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | Rs. 18.55 lakh | GMAT/CAT |
| 8 | Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI) | Jamshedpur | Jharkhand | Rs. 23.60 lakh | XAT/GMAT/CAT |
| 9 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Kharagpur | West Bengal | Rs. 10.31 lakh | CAT |
| 10 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | Mumbai | Maharashtra | Rs. 8.21 lakh | CAT |
| 11 | Management Development Institute | Gurugram | Haryana | Rs. 21.34 lakh | CAT/GMAT |
| 12 | National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai | Mumbai | Maharashtra | Rs. 11.33 lakh | CAT |
| 13 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | Rs.6.99 lakh | CAT |
| 14 | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | Roorkee | Uttarakhand | Rs. 8.31 lakh | CAT |
| 15 | Indian Institute of Technology Raipur | Raipur | Chhattisgarh | Rs. 14.05 lakh | CAT |
| 16 | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | Rs.3.60 lakh | CAT |
| 17 | Indian Institute of Technology Tiruchirapalli | Tiruchirapalli | Tamil Nadu | Rs. 16.80 lakh | CAT |
| 18 | Indian Institute of Technology Udaipur | Udaipur | Rajasthan | Rs. 16.22 lakh | CAT |
| 19 | S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research | Mumbai | Maharashtra | Rs. 17.50 lakh | GMAT/CAT/XAT |
| 20 | Symbiosis Institute of Business Management | Pune | Maharashtra | Rs. 19.22 lakh | SNAP |
| 21 | Indian Institute of Management Ranchi | Ranchi | Jharkhand | Rs. 4.00 lakh | GMAT/CAT |
| 22 | SVKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies | Mumbai | Maharashtra | Rs. 20.87 lakh | NMAT/GREGMAT |
| 23 | Indian Institute of Management Shillong | Shillong | Meghalaya | Rs. 1.46 lakh | GMAT/CAT |
| 24 | Great Lakes Institute of Management | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | Rs. 15.91 lakh | CAT/GMATXAT/CMAT |
| 25 | Indian Institute of Foreign Trade | New Delhi | Delhi | Rs. 18.24 lakh | IIFT/GMAT |
| 26 | International Management Institute | New Delhi | Delhi | Rs. 17.68 lakh | CAT/GMAT |
| 27 | ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education | Hyderabad | Telangana | Rs. 2.00 lakh | IBSAT/CAT/GMAT/NMAT |
| 28 | Indian Institute of Management Rohtak | Rohtak | Haryana | Rs.17.45 lakh | GMAT/CAT |
| 29 | Amity University | Gautam Budh Nagar | Uttar Pradesh | Rs. 14.12 lakh | CAT/GMAT/XAT/NMAT/CMAT/MAT/Amity written exam |
| 30 | Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) | Dhanbad | Jharkhand | Rs. 3.57 lakh | CAT |
| 31 | Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | Rs.11.10 lakh | KIITEE/CMAT/ATMA/XAT/MAT/GMAT |
| 32 | T. A. Pai Management Institute Manipal | Manipal | Karnataka | Rs.15.10 lakh | CAT/XAT/GMAT |
| 33 | Indian Institute of Management Kashipur | Kashipur | Uttarakhand | Rs. 12.26 lakh | GMAT/CAT |
| 34 | Xavier University | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | Rs. 20.30 lakh | XAT/GMAT/CAT/x-GMAT/NMAT |
| 35 | Goa Institute of Management | Sanquelim | Goa | Rs. 18.07 lakh | CAT/XAT/GMAT/CMAT |
| 36 | Jamia Millia Islamia | New Delhi | Delhi | Rs.47,000 | JMI Entrance Exam |
| 37 | Lovely Professional University | Phagwara | Punjab | Rs.5.32 lakh | LPU NEST/XAT/MAT/CAT/CMAT |
| 38 | Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University (K L College of Engineering) | Vaddeswaram | Andhra Pradesh | Rs.19.53 lakh | KLUBSAT/ ICET / MAT / CAT / XAT |
| 39 | Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad | Ghaziabad | New Delhi | Rs.5.20 lakh | GMAT/CAT |
| 40 | Indian Institute of Management | Nagpur | Maharashtra | Rs.13.75 lakh | GMAT/CAT |
| 41 | BML Munjal University | Gurgaon | Haryana | Rs.11.00 lakh | CAT/MAT/XAT |
| 42 | Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology | Patiala | Punjab | Rs.8.28 lakh | CAT/GMAT/NMAT/CMAT/XAt/MAT |
| 43 | Fore School of Management | New Delhi | Delhi | Rs.15.98 lakh | CAT/XAT/GMAT |
| 44 | Birla Institute of Management Technology | Greater Noida | Uttar Pradesh | Rs.12.00 lakh | CAT/XAT/GMAT |
| 45 | Chandigarh University | Mohali | Punjab | Rs.3.94 lakh | CUCET/ CAT/ MAT/ GMAT |
| 46 | University of Petroleum and Energy Studies | Dehradun | Uttarakhand | Rs.14.80 lakh | UPESMET/ MAT/ CMAT/ CAT/ XAT/ GMAT/ NMAT |
| 47 | Banaras Hindu University | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | Rs.1.00 lakh | BHU PET |
| 48 | National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | Tiruchirapalli | Tamil Nadu | Rs.2.98 lakh | CAT |
| 49 | Aligarh Muslim University | Aligarh | Uttar Pradesh | Rs.5.87 lakh | AMU Entrance exam |
| 50 | KREA University | Sri City, Chittoor | Andhra Pradesh | Rs.14.56 lakh | NMAT/CAT/XAT/CMAT/GMAT |
| 51 | Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University | New Delhi | Delhi | Rs.1.58 lakh | CAT/ CMAT/ IPU CET |
| 52 | International Management Institute | Kolkata | West Bengal | Rs.13.00 lakh | CAT/XAT/GMAT |
| 53 | PSG College of Technology | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | Rs.1.38 lakh | MAT/CAT/TANCET MBA |
| 54 | Chitkara University | Rajpura | Punjab | Rs.5.66 lakh | MAT/XAT/NMAT/CMAT/CAT |
| 55 | Institute of Rural Management Anand | Anand | Gujarat | Rs.14.01 lakh | CAT/XAT/IRMASAT |
| 56 | K.J.Somaiya Institute Of Management | Mumbai | Maharashtra | Rs.18.78 lakh | CAT/ XAT/ CMAT/ GMAT |
| 57 | Anna University | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | – | |
| 58 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management | Gwalior | Madhya Pradesh | Rs.3.38 lakh | CAT |
| 59 | Jaipuria Institute of Management | Noida | Uttar Pradesh | Rs.10.45 lakh | CAT/ MAT/ XAT/ CMAT/ GMAT |
| 60 | Alliance University | Bengaluru | Karnataka | Rs.13.50 lakh | AMAT/GMAT/CAT/NMAT/XAT/MAT/CMAT/KMAT |
| 61 | Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur | Sambalpur | Odisha | Rs.22.30 lakh | GMAT/CAT |
| 62 | International Management Institute Bhubaneswar | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | Rs.12.47 lakh | XAT/ GMAT/ CAT/ CMAT |
| 63 | Institute of Management Technology | Hyderabad | Telangana | Rs.12.03 lakh | CAT/XAT/GMAT/CMAT |
| 64 | Graphic Era University | Dehradun | Uttarakhand | Rs. 5.26 lakh | CAT/ MAT/ XAT |
| 65 | Loyola Institute of Business Administration | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | Rs. 17.20 lakh | CAT/XAT |
| 66 | Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University | Gandhinagar | Gujarat | Rs. 8.20 lakh | CAT/XAT/NMAT |
| 67 | Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar | Amritsar | Punjab | Rs. 13.20 lakh | GMAT/CAT |
| 68 | Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | Rs. 10.45 lakh | CAT/MAT/XAT/CMAT/GMAT |
| 69 | Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Development | Pune | Maharashtra | Rs.4.50 lakh | BMAT |
| 70 | Birla Institute of Technology | Ranchi | Jharkhand | Rs.5.89 lakh | CAT/ MAT/ XAT/ CMAT |
| 71 | Jagan Institute of Management Studies | Delhi | Delhi | Rs.8.00 lakh | GMAT/MAT/CAT/XAT/CMAT/ATMA |
| 72 | Principal L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research | Mumbai | Maharashtra | Rs.17,250 | CAT/MAT/XAT/CMAT/ATMA |
| 73 | IIHMR University | Jaipur | Rajasthan | Rs.9.60 lakh | MAT/ CAT/ CMAT/ ATMA/ XAT/ GMAT/ IIHMR-U |
| 74 | Jaipuria Institute of Management | Jaipur | Rajasthan | – | |
| 75 | Indian Institute of Forest Management | Bhopal | Madhya | Rs.5.39 lakh | XAT/CAT |
| 76 | Babasheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | Rs.1.81 lakh | Written exam by the institute |
| 77 | Balaji Institute of Management and HRD | Pune | Maharashtra | Rs.8.45 lakh | CAT/ MAT/ XAT/ CMAT/ MAH CET |
| 78 | Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna | Patna | Bihar | Rs.7.65 lakh | CAT/ XAT/ CMAT |
| 79 | Christ University | Bengaluru | Karnataka | – | CAT/ CMAT/ MAT/ XAT/ ATMA/ GMAT |
| 80 | Dayalbagh Educational Institute | Agra | Uttar Pradesh | Rs.8.20 lakh | Written exam by the institute |
| 81 | Galgotias University | Gautam Budh Nagar | Uttar Pradesh | Rs.3.08 lakh | CMAT/ MAT/ CAT/ NMAT |
| 82 | Indian Institute of Management Jammu (IIMJ) | Jammu | Jammu & Kashmir | Rs.14.82 lakh | GMAT/CAT |
| 83 | Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur | Sirmaur | Himachal Pradesh | Rs.15.75 lakh | GMAT/CAT |
| 84 | Institute of Business Management and Research | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | Rs.2.30 lakh | CMAT |
| 85 | Institute Of Management Technology, Nagpur | Nagpur | Maharashtra | Rs.12.04 lakh | CAT |
| 86 | Institute of Public Enterprise | Hyderabad | Telangana | Rs.8.15 lakh | CAT/ MAT/ XAT/ CMAT/ ATMA GMAT |
| 87 | Jagannath International Management School | Delhi | Delhi | Rs.7.95 lakh | MAT/XAT/CMAT/ATMA/CAT |
| 88 | Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management | Delhi | Delhi | Rs.11.65 lakh | GMAT/CAT |
| 89 | Manipal University Jaipur | Jaipur | Rajasthan | Rs.7.89 lakh | CAT/MAT/CMAT/XAT/GMAT |
| 90 | New Delhi Institute Of Management | Delhi | Delhi | Rs.9.70 lakh | CAT/ MAT/ XAT/ ATMA/ GMAT/ CMAT |
| 91 | Nirma University | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | Rs. 10.04 lakh | CAT |
| 92 | Pune Institute of Business Management | Pune | Maharashtra | Rs.7.95 lakh | MAT/ XAT/ GMAT/ CAT/ CMAT/ ATMA/ MAH CET |
| 93 | Rajagiri Business School | Cochin | Kerala | Rs.1.84 lakh | CAT/ CMAT/ KMAT/ KERALA MAT |
| 94 | Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences | Solan | Himachal Pradesh | Rs.4.88 lakh | MAT/GMAT/CAT/SAT/India HPCET |
| 95 | Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University | Katra | Jammu & Kashmir | Rs.3.85 lakh | CMAT/ MAT/ CAT |
| 96 | University of Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana | Rs.2.06 lakh | CAT |
| 97 | University of Jammu | Jammu | Jammu & Kashmir | Rs.4.80 lakh | CAT/MAT |
| 98 | Visvesvaraya Technological University | Belgaum | Karnataka | Rs.48,000 | MAT/CAT/CMAT/KMAT/Karnataka PGCET |
| 99 | Vivekanand Education Society`s Institute of Management Studies and Research | Mumbai | Maharashtra | – | |
| 100 | YMCA University of Science & Tech (Formerely YMCA Institute of Engineering) | Faridabad | Haryana | Rs.197 lakh | CAT/MAT/XAT |
(Candidates must note that the colleges ranked from 76-100 have been arranged in the alphabetical order, as done by the Education Ministry.)
