Every year lakhs of aspirants appear for the CAT exam with a dream to study at an IIM college. However, studying at an IIM is not that easy and the cutoff usually goes above 95 percentile. Now, a common question for students is - “Which colleges accept the CAT percentile of less than 95 or 80-90 percentile?”
There are over 1,300 MBA colleges in India which accept CAT score for admission. A large number of these colleges, private as well as government, accept CAT score in the range of 80 to 90 percentile. Aspirants who score 90 percentile and above in CAT have greater chances of getting shortlisted for the Group Discussion (GD), Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI) round of top B-schools. But those who score less than 90 percentile in CAT, should not feel disheartened.
Even if your CAT result is 90 percentile or lower than that, you can secure a seat at a top MBA/PGDM college. Many well reputed MBA colleges have CAT cut offs in the range of 80-90 percentile.CAT exam, aspirants must check what are the CAT cut offs and admission criteria of their target colleges so that they can prepare accordingly.
Top MBA Colleges Accepting CAT Score 80 - 90 Percentile
Given below is the list of MBA colleges accepting CAT score in 80 to 90 percentile range for admission to their MBA/PGDM courses. The colleges have been listed alphabetically and not in any order of preference. Check the list and make a choice.
MBA Colleges Accepting CAT Score 80-90 percentile | MBA/PGDM Fee (approx.) |
Amity University, Raipur | INR 4.40 to 7.76 lakh |
Amity University, Gurgaon | INR 6.84 to 17.10 lakh |
Amity University, Gwalior | INR 1.20 to 10.72 lakh |
Amity University, Lucknow | INR 9.04 to 13.08 lakh |
Amity University, Noida | INR 6.00 to 26.36 lakh |
Amity Business School, Noida | INR 7.14 to 15.56 lakh |
Amity International Business School, Noida | INR 6.72 to 23.50 lakh |
Fore School of Management | INR 18.27 lakh |
Goa Institute of Management | INR 5.35 to 19.40 lakh |
International Management Institute, Delhi | INR 22.00 lakh |
Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal | INR 11.80 lakh |
Indian Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam | INR 16.10 to 16.50 lakh |
Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai | INR 18.89 lakh |
Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management | INR 16.50 lakh |
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli | INR 1.40 lakh |
Praxis Business School, Kolkata | INR 7.80 to 9.50 lakh |
Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Bangalore | INR 14.00 lakh |
Shiva Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad | INR 1.33 to 2.60 lakh |
Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education | INR 1.34 to1.53 lakh |
S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research | INR 24.00 lakh |
TA Pai Management Institute | INR 7.2 to 17.34 lakh |
Trinity College for Management and Technology, Ghaziabad | INR 2.12 lakh |