Top 10 MBA Colleges: Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a popular course in India. It is offered in over 6,500 colleges across the country. Common Admission Test (CAT), which is one of the most popular MBA entrance exams in India, sees over 2 lakh aspirants every year. And there are many more who have aspirations to join MBA courses through many other exams that are conducted for MBA admissions in India.
While the high number of MBA colleges in India do offer variety, not all maintain the same quality of teaching, campus facilities and placements. In these and many other factors, some colleges emerge better than the others and simply offer a higher quality of education and related services. It is evident in the fact that the alumni of top Indian MBA colleges can be found in leadership roles across the world.
Top 10 Govt MBA Colleges in India 2021
If we see the past trends, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have always crowned the list of top MBA colleges in India with IIM Ahmedabad leading the pack. The trend has continued in NIRF 2020 rankings and government colleges including IIMs still occupy the top spots in NIRF rankings.
One major shift, however, that was seen this year was of more Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) climbing the ranks of top MBA colleges. The BTech + MBA combination does work, apparently. Jokes apart, here are the top 10 government b-schools in India.
|
College |
Location |
NIRF 2020 Ranking |
Fee (approx. in Rs.) |
|
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) |
Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
1 |
23,00,000 |
|
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) |
Bangalore, Karnataka |
2 |
23,00,000 |
|
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) |
Kolkata, West Bengal |
3 |
23,00,000 |
|
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIML) |
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
4 |
19,00,000 |
|
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IITK) |
Kharagpur, West Bengal |
5 |
9,22,400 |
|
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) |
Kozhikode, Kerala |
6 |
19,00,000 |
|
Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIMIDR) |
Indore, Madhya Pradesh |
7 |
17,07,000 |
|
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) |
Delhi |
8 |
3,13,500 |
|
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) |
Mumbai, Maharashtra |
11 |
5,31,000 |
|
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR) |
Roorkee, Uttarakhand |
12 |
5,41,000 |
Top 10 Private MBA Colleges in India 2021
While government colleges do lead the ranks of the top business schools in India, private MBA colleges are also not far behind. Many reputed private colleges in India have a global reputation that is at par with the IIMs. Take a look at the top private MBA colleges in India, given in the table below.
|
College |
Location |
NIRF 2020 Ranking |
PGP / MBA Fee (approx. in Rs.) |
|
Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI) |
Jamshedpur, Jharkhand |
9 |
20,95,000 – 23,60,000 |
|
Management Development Institute (MDI) |
Gurugram, Haryana |
10 |
21,34,000 – 25,00,000 |
|
S P Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) |
Mumbai, Maharashtra |
18 |
17,87,500 |
|
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) |
Pune, Maharashtra |
22 |
20,72,200 |
|
Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM) |
Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
23 |
11,76,000 |
|
SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) |
Mumbai, Maharashtra |
24 |
10,50,000 – 18,00,000 |
|
T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) |
Manipal, Karnataka |
27 |
14,30,000 |
|
International Management Institute (IMI) |
New Delhi |
28 |
17,15,000 |
|
Xavier Institute of Management (XIMB) |
Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
31 |
12,00,000 – 16,90,000 |
|
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) |
Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
32 |
13,60,000 |
