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IIM Ahmedabad
Gujarat, Ahmedabad
NIRF MBA #1Fees: ~12L - 2View details
IIM Bangalore
Karnataka, Bangalore
NIRF MBA #2Fees: ~4.5LPlacement: INR 32.61 LPA - 3View details
IIM Kozhikode
Kerala, Kozhikode
NIRF MBA #3Fees: ~7.6LPlacement: INR 2.68 lakhs - 4View details
DMS, IIT Delhi
Delhi, New Delhi
NIRF MBA #4Placement: INR 23.4 LPA - 5View details
IIM Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow
NIRF MBA #5Fees: ~14.95LPlacement: INR 33.2 LPA - 6View details
IIM Mumbai
Maharashtra, Mumbai
NIRF MBA #6Fees: ~1.75LPlacement: INR 47.5 lakhs - 7View details
IIM Calcutta
West Bengal, Kolkata
NIRF MBA #7Fees: ~25LPlacement: INR 36 LPA - 8View details
IIM Indore
Madhya Pradesh, Indore
NIRF MBA #8Placement: INR 29.75 LPA - 9View details
MDI Gurgaon
Haryana, Gurgaon
NIRF MBA #9Fees: ~3.6LPlacement: INR 25.6 LPA - 10View details
SJMSOM
Maharashtra, Powai
NIRF MBA #10Fees: ~15.16LPlacement: INR 25.82 LPA - 11View details
XLRI Jamshedpur
Jharkhand, Jamshedpur
NIRF MBA #10Fees: ~12.45L - 12View details
IIM Raipur
Chhattisgarh, Raipur
NIRF MBA #15Placement: INR 18.83 LPA - 13View details
DOMS, IIT Madras
Tamil Nadu, Chennai
NIRF MBA #16Fees: ~1.45LPlacement: INR 17.9 LPA - 14View details
IIM Trichy
Tamil Nadu, Tiruchirappalli
NIRF MBA #16Placement: INR 19.27 LPA - 15View details
DOMS, IIT Roorkee
Uttarakhand, Roorkee
NIRF MBA #18Fees: ~11.68LPlacement: INR 18.34 LPA - 16View details
IIM Ranchi
Jharkhand, Ranchi
NIRF MBA #18Fees: ~12.7LPlacement: INR 19.29 LPA - 17View details
IIM Rohtak
Haryana, Rohtak
NIRF MBA #19Placement: INR 18.73 LPA - 18View details
VGSOM
West Bengal, Kharagpur
NIRF MBA #19Fees: ~1.5LPlacement: INR 22.75 LPA - 19View details
SPJIMR
Maharashtra, Andheri
NIRF MBA #20Fees: ~1.5LPlacement: INR 33.75 LPA - 20View details
IIM Udaipur
Rajasthan, Udaipur
NIRF MBA #21Placement: INR 17.58 LPA - 21View details
IIM Kashipur
Uttarakhand, Kashipur
NIRF MBA #23Placement: 15.21 - 22View details
IIM Nagpur
NIRF MBA #25Placement: INR 18.07 LPA - 23View details
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore
NIRF MBA #26 - 24View details
Department of Management Sciences, IIT Kanpur
Uttar Pradesh, Kanpur
NIRF MBA #29Fees: ~1.01LPlacement: INR 17.2 LPA - 25View details
IIM Visakhapatnam
NIRF MBA #29Fees: ~4.83LPlacement: INR 15.72 LPA
About Colleges (2026)
India has 539 colleges that accept CAT for the 2026 academic session, spanning government institutes, deemed universities and private colleges. The list above is ordered using NIRF, EduNext and other recognised rankings, so the strongest options appear first and you can compare them at a glance.
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There are 539 colleges accepting CAT listed on EduNext for 2026 admissions, ranked using NIRF and EduNext rankings.