B-school Ranking – Top 50 MBA institutes in India

Cubix B school ranking
India is home to more than 5500 B-schools offering the coveted Masters of Business Administration program. A significant number of those schools boast of offering great quality management education and great placements. The majority of these boastful claims are just limited to being boastful claims having no value to it. However there are a few schools which can offer the correct launchpad for your career into the business world. A proper and unbiased B-school ranking becomes necessary.
MBA aspirants face the unenviable task of choosing the right B-school to apply to prior to enrolling. An MBA benefits the aspirant only if it is pursued from a top management college. Now the definition of a top management college is always subjective and candidates have to rattle their brains and go through several websites in order to arrive at a suitable college.
At Cubix we believe that this B-school ranking research should be left to the experts. We have burned the midnight oil and undergone extensive research prior to compiling a list of top B schools for the candidates. This B-school ranking, featuring the Top 50 B-school ranking has been made by considering the following factors:
Placements:
Reports from the college website as well as having a word with the current/ex students of the colleges gave us insights on the veracity of placement reports. We have filtered that knowledge in this list to aid the students make an informed decision.
Cut off in entrance examinations:
Higher the cut off, better the pedigree of the students, better the peer learning. It all adds up, doesn’t it?
Fees:
Fee should never be the sole deciding factor when selecting a B school but when there are marginal differences between two schools; fees can be used as a qualifier to aid selection. For example DoMS IIT Madras and IIM Raipur have a similar ranking on the table but Madras’ fee is ₹8.1lacs while Raipur’s is ~₹12.6 lacs. This factor can make some inch towards the former since ROI is a critical factor when evaluating colleges outside the Top 20 list.
Location:
Like fees, Location can never be the sole deciding factor when selecting a B school. There are good colleges in remote locations- XLRI is a prime example. The reverse can also be true. However location does play a role when it comes to attracting faculties and industry personnel. A few of the new IIMs suffer because of this.
Faculty:
B schools make claims of a large number of PhD faculties belonging on their roster. This should be taken at face value because a few of the mentioned names might not be teaching there at all. The full time faculty vs part time faculty data can also be a misleading piece of stat.
Infrastructure:
Lack of good infrastructure can be considered a crippling factor when it comes to B schools. Although quite a few colleges have done well at a temporary campus due to the parent brand (IIM Ranchi, Raipur are examples).
Expert Opinion: The brains working behind the scenes at Cubix list IITs, IIMs and a host of elite B schools in India and abroad as their alma mater. The above mentioned factors were consulted with them and the final list was made based on their counsel.
What this list doesn’t have
We have not considered the non-flagship courses: HR programmes of IIM Ranchi, IIT Kharagpur, XIMB; SM programme of IIM Lucknow, Global MBA of XLRI in this B-school ranking. This B-school ranking features only the flagship courses
Categorization
B-School ranking – The superlative category
The crème-de-la-crème colleges are a part of this category. Old IIMs dominate this category as it should. Ahmadabad, Bangalore, Calcutta are at the top of the rankings. FMS, IIM Lucknow, XLRI are of a similar pedigree and one should choose any of these colleges based on one’s preferences. JBIMS and SJSOM have comparatively lower fees and should attract students seeking a high ROI. If the candidate has more than 3 years of work experience then he should choose ISB Hyderabad which is a brilliant option. This portion of the B-school ranking is as follows:
1 | Indian Institute of Management, A | IIM A | Ahmedabad |
2 | Indian Institute of Management, B | IIM B | Bangalore |
3 | Indian Institute of Management, C | IIM C | Kolkata |
4 | Indian Institute of Management, L | IIM L | Lucknow |
5 | Xaviers Labour Research Institute | XLRI | Jamshedpur |
6 | Faculty of Management Studies | FMS | New Delhi |
7 | International School of Business | ISB | Hyderabad |
8 | Indian Institute of Management, K | IIM K | Kozhikode |
9 | S.P.Jain Institute of Management and Research | SPJ | Mumbai |
10 | Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies | JBIMS | Mumbai |
The AAA+ category
Several IIMs and non IIMs are a part of this category. The list shows that a lot of non IIM B schools can provide a better trajectory for your career as compared to several IIMs. IIT Bombay beats IIM Indore here and the IIM Ranchi catches up with IIM Shillong due to proximity to major cities. Specialist colleges like NITIE (for Operations), TISS (for HR) occupy a spot in this category. In terms of this specialization these 2 colleges are among the top 2 in the country, if not the best. The B-school ranking for the AAA+ institutes is as follows:
11 | Shailesh J Mehta School of Management | IIT-B/SJSOM | Mumbai |
12 | Management Development Institute | MDI | Gurgaon |
13 | Indian Institute of Management, I | IIM I | Indore |
14 | Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, D | IIFT-D | New Delhi |
15 | National Institute of Industrial Engineering | NITIE | Mumbai |
16 | Tata Institute of Social Sciences | TISS | Mumbai |
17 | Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies | NMIMS | Mumbai |
18 | Symbiosis Institute of Business Management | Symbi | Pune |
19 | Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi | IIM Ra | Ranchi |
20 | Indian Institute of Management, Shillong | IIM S | Shillong |
21 | Symbiosis Centre of Management and HRD | SCMHRD | Pune |
22 | Indian Institute of Foreign Trade,Kolkata | IIFT-K | Kolkata |
The AA Category
The IITs, new IIMs dominate this category apart from more specialist colleges like MICA and IRMA. MICA is the very best in Advertisement and amongst the best in Marketing, while IRMA’s rural management programme is unparalleled. Candidates may choose IITs if they are into studying Operations or Analytics. However, they should choose IIMs for Finance or Marketing. The better private colleges of the country like XIMB, IMT-G, Tapmi, IMI Delhi (as per rank) should be alternatives. The B-school ranking for the AA institutes is as follows:
23 | DMS, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | IIT-D | New Delhi |
24 | Indian Institute of Management Udaipur | IIM U | Udaipur |
25 | Vinod Gupta School of Management, Kharapur | IIT Kgp-VGSOM | Kharagpur |
26 | DoMS,Indian Institute of Technology Madras | IIT M | Chennai |
27 | Indian Institute of Management Raipur | IIM Raipur | Raipur |
28 | Indian Institute of Management Trichy | IIM Trichy | Trichy |
29 | Indian Institute of Management Rohtak | IIM Rohtak | Rohtak |
30 | Mudra Institute of Communications | MICA | Ahmedabad |
31 | Indian Institute of Management Kashipur | IIM Kashipur | Kashipur |
32 | Institute of Rural Management | IRMA | Anand |
33 | Xaviers Institute of Management | XIMB | Bhubaneshwar |
34 | Institute of Management Technology | IMT-G | Ghaziabad |
35 | Great Lakes Institute of Management | GLIM | Chennai |
36 | International Management Institute | IMI-D | New Delhi |
37 | T.A.Pai Management Institute | TAPMI | Manipal |
The A Category
This category has the bulk of the baby IIMs and other private B schools. IIM Brand is the only thing pushing several of these colleges. However, they struggle to paper over the lack of proper amenities and permanent faculties available. If you’re brand conscious and have been unable to convert your other calls, these can be an alternative for you. MFC DU, SIMSREE and IISc are good colleges in terms of ROI. Other colleges like KJSom and Fore have the location factor working in their favour apart from a history of quality opportunities afforded to the students. The B-school ranking for the A ranked institutes is as follows:
38 | Indian Institute of Management, Nagpur | IIM Nagpur | Vishakapatnam |
39 | Indian Institute of Management, Vizag | IIM Vizag | Nagpur |
40 | Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar | IIM Amritsar | Amritsar |
41 | Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepeneurship Education | SIMSREE | Mumbai |
42 | FORE School of Management | FORE | New Delhi |
43 | DMS, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | IIT Kanpur | Kanpur |
44 | Master of Finance and Control, DU | DU | New Delhi |
45 | Indian Institute of Science | IISc | Bangalore |
46 | KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research | KJSom | Mumbai |
47 | Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur | IIM Sirmaur | Sirmaur |
48 | Indian Institute of Management Jammu | IIM Jammu | Jammu |
49 | Symbiosis Institute of International Business | SIIB | Pune |
50 | Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur | IIM Sambalpur | Sambalpur |
All the very best!!
-Team Cubix
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