{"id":18683,"date":"2025-10-09T09:26:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/careermantra.net\/blog\/?p=18683"},"modified":"2025-10-15T09:57:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T09:57:26","slug":"top-mba-colleges-accepting-xat-score-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/careermantra.net\/blog\/top-mba-colleges-accepting-xat-score-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Top MBA Colleges Accepting XAT Score (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 160 B-Schools in India accept the results of the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/careermantra.net\/exam\/33\/xat-2025\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is administered by XLRI Jamshedpur. The top universities that accept XAT are listed below, along with information about their fees, rankings, placement statistics, and anticipated cutoffs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Comparison Table: Top XAT-Accepting MBA Colleges<\/b><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>College Name<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>NIRF Rank (2025)<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>XAT Cutoff (Percentile)<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Average Package (2025)<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Fees (2 Years)<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Location<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">XLRI Jamshedpur<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">94-96<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b932.7 LPA<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b924.8 Lakh<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jamshedpur<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">XIM University (XUB) Bhubaneswar<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">46<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">90-92<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b918.0 LPA<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b919.3 Lakh<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bhubaneswar<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/careermantra.net\/college\/1309\/institute-of-management-technology-centre-for-distance-learning-imt-cdl-ghaziabad\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IMT Ghaziabad<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">38<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">90-92<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b917.5 LPA<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b921.5 Lakh<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghaziabad<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TAPMI, Manipal<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">51<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">85-88<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b914.8 LPA<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b917.3 Lakh<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manipal<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GIM Goa<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">52<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">85-87<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b914.6 LPA<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b918.3 Lakh<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goa<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Great Lakes Chennai<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">31<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">80-85<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b914.5 LPA<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b920.0 Lakh<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chennai<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LIBA Chennai<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">65<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">78-80<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b911.0 LPA<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b915.2 Lakh<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chennai<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">K J Somaiya Institute, Mumbai<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">45<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">85-87<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b913.2 LPA<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b918.8 Lakh<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mumbai<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FORE School of Management<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">63<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">82-85<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b912.5 LPA<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b918.0 Lakh<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Delhi<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IFMR GSB at Krea University<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">75-80<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b912.4 LPA<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b914.6 Lakh<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sri City, AP<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><b>XLRI \u2013 Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Programs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <a href=\"https:\/\/careermantra.net\/colleges\/2763\/Pune\/MBA\">PGDM<\/a> (BM), PGDM (HRM)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>XAT Cutoff<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: ~96 percentile (BM), ~93 percentile (HRM)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>NIRF Rank<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: 9<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u20b924.8 Lakh<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Average Package<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u20b932.7 LPA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Top Recruiters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: BCG, McKinsey, Accenture, Deloitte, Amazon<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>XIM University (XUB), Bhubaneswar<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Program<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: MBA-BM, MBA-HRM, MBA-RM<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>XAT Cutoff<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: ~90 percentile<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u20b919.3 Lakh<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Avg. Salary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u20b918.0 LPA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Top Sectors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: BFSI, IT, Consulting<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>\u00a0IMT Ghaziabad<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Program<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: PGDM (Core, Marketing, Finance, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>XAT Cutoff<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: ~90-92 percentile<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u20b921.5 Lakh<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Avg. Salary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u20b917.5 LPA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highlights<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Strong alumni, international immersion<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>GIM Goa (Goa Institute of Management)<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Program<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: PGDM, PGDM-HCM, PGDM-BDA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>XAT Cutoff<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: ~85-87 percentile<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u20b918.3 Lakh<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Avg. Salary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u20b914.6 LPA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Notable Recruiters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: EY, Deloitte, KPMG, Infosys<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>TAPMI, Manipal<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Program<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: PGDM (General, HR, Marketing)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>XAT Cutoff<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: ~85-88 percentile<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u20b917.3 Lakh<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Avg. Salary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u20b914.8 LPA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Key Feature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: AACSB Accredited<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Tips for XAT Aspirants<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>The Decision Making Section<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is unique to XAT\u2014focus on practicing real case scenarios.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>GK section<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> isn\u2019t used for shortlisting but important for final selection rounds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>XLRI &amp; XIMB<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are most competitive; aim for 90+ percentile.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Consider ROI<\/strong>\u2014colleges like LIBA and IFMR offer strong packages with lower fees.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 160 B-Schools in India accept the results of the Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT), which is administered by XLRI Jamshedpur. The top universities that accept XAT are listed below, along with information about their fees, rankings, placement statistics, and anticipated cutoffs. Comparison Table: Top XAT-Accepting MBA Colleges College Name NIRF Rank (2025) XAT Cutoff [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[610,1408,609],"class_list":["post-18683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-mba-colleges","tag-best-mba-colleges","tag-best-mba-colleges-accepting-xat-scores","tag-mba-colleges"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/careermantra.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/careermantra.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/careermantra.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/careermantra.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/careermantra.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18683"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/careermantra.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19265,"href":"https:\/\/careermantra.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18683\/revisions\/19265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/careermantra.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/careermantra.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/careermantra.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}