CAT 2021 Result: Top B-schools accepting 80+ percentile

The CAT result has been declared, many candidates will now know the status of their MBA dream. Getting 100 percentile in CAT is the first dream of any management aspirant. However, there are a huge number of candidates who secures 80+ percentile in CAT. Take a look at the list of top B-schools that accept CAT scores of 80+ for admission to MBA/PGDM program.

Nidhi Gupta

Updated: Jan 4, 2022 16:27 IST

B schools accepting 80+ CAT percentile

MBA Colleges Accepting 80+ Percentile in CAT 2021: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad has released the CAT result in online mode. With the declaration of the CAT 2021 result, the candidates who meet the minimum cutoff score will further have to go for the admission procedure. Candidates will also be looking for the best B-schools depending upon the percentile secured in the CAT 2021 exam. Candidates get a call from various B-schools depending upon the CAT scores and the eligibility cut-off released by each B-school. In this entire process, the candidates might find it hard to shortlist the best colleges for getting admission. The majority of top B-schools will require more than 90 percentile in CAT which makes it difficult for those scoring between 80 to 90 percentile.

However, those who score less than 90 percentile in CAT, must not feel dejected. Even they can secure a seat at a top MBA/PGDM college. To make the selection process simple for candidates, we have listed down top MBA colleges accepting CAT scores of 80+ percentile. Now, let's take a look at some of the top MBA colleges in India accepting CAT score of 80+ percentile.

Also Read: Top B-schools accepting 90+ percentile CAT Score

Jagranjosh.com brings for you a list of top B-schools that accept 80+ percentile for granting admission in the MBA/PGDM course. We have bifurcated the list of these colleges on the basis of the percentile below 85 and 85+ scores.

Institutes accepting 85+ CAT percentile

A score of 85+ in CAT doesn’t guarantee a call from the IIM but there are other reputed MBA colleges from where aspirants will surely get a call for admission. These institutes are popular and have also got a good ranking in the ‘NIRF ranking’ which is released annually by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. Take a look at the MBA institutes and find which one is the best for you:

Top B-schools	Location	Minimum Cut-off to expect a call
Institute of Rural Management Anand	Gujarat	89+
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research	Mumbai	85+
Prin. L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research	Mumbai	85+
FORE School of Management	New Delhi	85+
Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship	Bangalore	85+
Lal Bahadur Shashtri Institute of Management	New Delhi	85+
Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT	Kharagpur	85+
T A Pai Management Institute	Manipal	85+
International Management Institute (IMI)	New Delhi	85+

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Institutes accepting 80+ CAT percentile

CAT aspirants who have secured between 80 to 85 percentile, also have bright chances to get admission in the top B-schools. However, the chances of getting a call from the IIMs are bleak in this scenario especially for those belonging to the ‘General’ quota. In addition, there are many other Tier 1 B-schools that you can apply to for admission. List of other B-schools in which you can apply to get admission are as under:

Top B-schools	Location	Minimum Cut-off to expect a call
Goa Institute of Management	Goa	80+
National Institute of Technology	Durgapur	80+
BIMTECH	Greater Noida	80+
Amity University	Noida	80+
BITS (Dept. of Management Studies)	Pilani	80+
Institute of Management, Banaras Hindu University	Banaras	80+
Institute of financial Management & Research	Chennai	80+
Trinity College for Management and Technology	Ghaziabad	80+