MBA fees and placements
The lowest total fees among the programmes we cover are Panjab University UBS (₹0.48 lakh), BHU FMS Varanasi (₹1.2 lakh), SIMSREE Mumbai (₹1.38 lakh). The highest reported average packages are IIM Ahmedabad (₹37.97 LPA), ISB Hyderabad / Mohali (₹37.29 LPA), IIM Calcutta (₹36 LPA). The table lists total fees, average and median package, and how many times the average package covers the fee for every programme with published figures.
Updated 2 Nov 2026 · Data from official college pages and 2026 IIM disclosures
MBA fees and placements: all 91 programmes
| Programme | Total fees | Avg package | Median | Package ÷ fees | Exam |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IIM Ahmedabad | ₹27.5L | ₹37.97L | ₹37L | 1.4× | CAT |
| ISB Hyderabad / Mohali | ₹38.67L | ₹37.29L | – | 1.0× | GMAT |
| IIM Calcutta | ₹27L | ₹36L | ₹35L | 1.3× | CAT |
| IIM Bangalore | ₹26L | ₹35.35L | ₹34.75L | 1.4× | CAT |
| SPJIMR Mumbai | ₹24.86L | ₹33.6L | ₹32.85L | 1.4× | CAT |
| IIM Lucknow | ₹20.75L | ₹33.2L | ₹32.9L | 1.6× | CAT |
| FMS Delhi | ₹2.43L | ₹32.27L | ₹29.59L | 13.3× | CAT |
| IIM Mumbai | ₹25L | ₹31.4L | – | 1.3× | CAT |
| XLRI Jamshedpur BM | ₹30.5L | ₹31.4L | ₹29L | 1.0× | XAT |
| XLRI Jamshedpur HRM | ₹30.5L | ₹31.4L | ₹29L | 1.0× | XAT |
| IIFT Delhi / Kolkata | ₹19.73L | ₹31.3L | ₹26L | 1.6× | IIFT, CAT |
| MDI Gurgaon | ₹22L | ₹29.5L | ₹29L | 1.3× | CAT |
| IIM Kozhikode | ₹23.5L | ₹28.18L | ₹27.5L | 1.2× | CAT |
| SIBM Pune | ₹26.2L | ₹28.18L | ₹27L | 1.1× | SNAP |
| IIT Bombay | ₹15.56L | ₹28.16L | ₹26L | 1.8× | CAT |
| IIM Indore | ₹24.12L | ₹27.27L | ₹25L | 1.1× | CAT |
| IIM Shillong | ₹26.18L | ₹27.03L | ₹26L | 1.0× | CAT |
| JBIMS Mumbai | ₹8.33L | ₹26.67L | ₹26.15L | 3.2× | MAHCET, CAT |
| NMIMS Mumbai | ₹27L | ₹24.6L | – | 0.9× | NMAT |
| IIT Kharagpur | ₹11.75L | ₹22.75L | ₹22.15L | 1.9× | CAT |
| IIT Delhi | ₹12L | ₹22.52L | ₹22.5L | 1.9× | CAT |
| SCMHRD Pune | ₹25.82L | ₹21.9L | ₹20L | 0.8× | SNAP |
| IIM Raipur | ₹20.08L | ₹20.7L | ₹20.23L | 1.0× | CAT |
| MICA Ahmedabad | ₹29.5L | ₹20.12L | ₹19.57L | 0.7× | CAT, XAT |
| IIM Rohtak | ₹17.9L | ₹20.03L | ₹18L | 1.1× | CAT |
| IIM Tiruchirappalli | ₹19.5L | ₹19.27L | ₹16.75L | 1.0× | CAT |
| IIM Ranchi | ₹19.2L | ₹19.26L | ₹18L | 1.0× | CAT |
| IIM Udaipur | ₹19.26L | ₹18.8L | ₹18L | 1.0× | CAT |
| IIT Madras | ₹12.23L | ₹18.3L | ₹18L | 1.5× | CAT |
| XIM Bhubaneswar | ₹25.8L | ₹18.25L | ₹17.82L | 0.7× | XAT |
| Great Lakes Chennai | ₹19.25L | ₹18.1L | ₹16L | 0.9× | CAT, XAT, GMAT |
| IIM Nagpur | ₹21L | ₹18.08L | ₹16.32L | 0.9× | CAT |
| IIT Roorkee | ₹9.7L | ₹17.91L | ₹17.64L | 1.8× | CAT |
| IMI New Delhi | ₹24.03L | ₹17.91L | ₹16.6L | 0.7× | CAT, XAT, GMAT |
| IMT Ghaziabad | ₹22.85L | ₹17.64L | ₹16.5L | 0.8× | CAT, XAT |
| FORE School of Management | ₹23.24L | ₹16.52L | ₹16.2L | 0.7× | CAT, XAT, GMAT |
| IIM Jammu | ₹22.81L | ₹16.47L | ₹15L | 0.7× | CAT |
| Goa Institute of Management | ₹22L | ₹16.27L | ₹15L | 0.7× | CAT, XAT, GMAT |
| IIM Sambalpur | ₹21.13L | ₹15.65L | ₹15.03L | 0.7× | CAT |
| SIIB Pune | ₹20.62L | ₹15.64L | ₹14.4L | 0.8× | SNAP |
| SIOM Nashik | ₹20.52L | ₹15.59L | ₹13.5L | 0.8× | SNAP |
| SIMSREE Mumbai | ₹1.38L | ₹15.1L | ₹14.85L | 10.9× | MAHCET |
| IIM Visakhapatnam | ₹23.59L | ₹15L | ₹14L | 0.6× | CAT |
| IIM Kashipur | ₹20.71L | ₹14.95L | ₹14.46L | 0.7× | CAT |
| IIM Bodh Gaya | ₹17.96L | ₹14.8L | ₹14L | 0.8× | CAT |
| SIBM Bengaluru | ₹21.4L | ₹14.53L | ₹14L | 0.7× | SNAP |
| TAPMI Manipal | ₹21.56L | ₹14.3L | ₹14L | 0.7× | XAT, CAT |
| IMI Bhubaneswar | ₹14.98L | ₹14.01L | – | 0.9× | CAT, XAT, CMAT |
| NMIMS Bengaluru | ₹22L | ₹13.5L | ₹12L | 0.6× | NMAT |
| NIBM Pune | ₹15.48L | ₹13.5L | ₹13L | 0.9× | CAT |
| SIDTM Pune | ₹16.9L | ₹13.32L | – | 0.8× | SNAP |
| IIM Sirmaur | ₹21L | ₹13.3L | ₹14.2L | 0.6× | CAT |
| NMIMS Navi Mumbai | ₹22L | ₹13.07L | ₹12L | 0.6× | NMAT |
| K J Somaiya | ₹23.78L | ₹13.05L | ₹12L | 0.5× | CAT, XAT, CMAT |
| SIBM Nagpur | ₹17.98L | ₹12.84L | ₹12.1L | 0.7× | SNAP |
| IMI Kolkata | ₹14.83L | ₹12.75L | ₹12.54L | 0.9× | CAT, XAT |
| IFMR GSB | ₹16L | ₹12.69L | ₹13L | 0.8× | CAT |
| Panjab University UBS | ₹0.48L | ₹12.5L | ₹12L | 26.0× | CAT |
| LBSIM Delhi | ₹17.25L | ₹12.32L | ₹13.11L | 0.7× | CAT, XAT |
| NIA Pune | ₹12L | ₹12.17L | ₹12.5L | 1.0× | CAT, XAT, CMAT |
| Welingkar | ₹15L | ₹12.01L | ₹11.5L | 0.8× | CAT |
| NMIMS Hyderabad | ₹22L | ₹12L | ₹10.5L | 0.5× | NMAT |
| BIT Mesra MBA | ₹7.34L | ₹11.57L | – | 1.6× | CMAT |
| NMIMS Indore | ₹20L | ₹11.3L | ₹12L | 0.6× | NMAT |
| Nirma Institute of Management | ₹13.18L | ₹11.22L | ₹10.5L | 0.9× | CAT |
| BIMTECH Greater Noida | ₹14L | ₹11.1L | ₹10L | 0.8× | CAT, XAT |
| BHU FMS Varanasi | ₹1.2L | ₹11.1L | ₹9.2L | 9.3× | CAT |
| LIBA Chennai | ₹18.9L | ₹11L | ₹11.4L | 0.6× | CAT, XAT |
| XIME Bangalore | ₹13.9L | ₹10.87L | ₹10.5L | 0.8× | XAT, CMAT |
| JIMS Rohini | ₹10.75L | ₹10.67L | ₹10.5L | 1.0× | CAT, CMAT, MAT |
| IFIM Business School | ₹16L | ₹10.32L | ₹10L | 0.6× | XAT, CMAT, MAT |
| DTU Delhi School of Management | ₹4.93L | ₹10.3L | – | 2.1× | CAT |
| SSBF Pune | ₹18.7L | ₹10.25L | – | 0.5× | SNAP |
| SDMIMD Mysuru | ₹14.1L | ₹10.1L | ₹9.8L | 0.7× | CMAT |
| Woxsen School of Business | ₹15.66L | ₹10.1L | ₹9.2L | 0.6× | CAT, XAT |
| NL Dalmia Mumbai | ₹16.5L | ₹10L | ₹9.52L | 0.6× | MAHCET |
| IBS Hyderabad | ₹17.01L | ₹9.82L | ₹9L | 0.6× | CAT, XAT, GMAT |
| Jaipuria Jaipur | ₹14.75L | ₹9.5L | ₹9.02L | 0.6× | CMAT |
| KIIT School of Management | ₹12.9L | ₹9.5L | – | 0.7× | CAT, XAT, CMAT, MAT |
| XISS Ranchi | ₹11.13L | ₹9.36L | ₹8.95L | 0.8× | XAT, CAT, CMAT |
| Jaipuria Noida | ₹16.5L | ₹9.05L | ₹9.25L | 0.5× | CMAT, XAT |
| SIES College of Management | ₹4.96L | ₹8.9L | ₹8.7L | 1.8× | MAHCET |
| MET Institute of Management | ₹4.92L | ₹8.5L | ₹6.88L | 1.7× | MAHCET |
| IISWBM Kolkata | ₹8.2L | ₹8L | ₹9L | 1.0× | CAT |
| Christ University | ₹11.4L | ₹7.9L | – | 0.7× | CAT, XAT, CMAT |
| Alliance School of Business | ₹16L | ₹7.8L | ₹7.2L | 0.5× | CAT, XAT, CMAT, MAT |
| IPE Hyderabad | ₹9.15L | ₹7.41L | ₹6.3L | 0.8× | CAT, MAT, CMAT |
| Amity Business School | ₹16.56L | ₹7.35L | ₹6.5L | 0.4× | CAT |
| Chetana's Institute | ₹9.5L | ₹7L | ₹7L | 0.7× | CMAT |
| VESIM Mumbai | ₹6.4L | ₹6.39L | – | 1.0× | MAHCET |
| DYPIMS Pune | ₹2.95L | ₹4.5L | ₹3.79L | 1.5× | MAHCET |
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Common questions
Which MBA colleges have the lowest fees?
Lowest total fees: Panjab University UBS (₹0.48 lakh), BHU FMS Varanasi (₹1.2 lakh), SIMSREE Mumbai (₹1.38 lakh), Tezpur University MBA (₹1.62 lakh), FMS Delhi (₹2.43 lakh). Government and IIT programmes cost far less than private ones, but are also more competitive.
Which MBA colleges have the highest average packages?
Highest average packages: IIM Ahmedabad (₹37.97 LPA), ISB Hyderabad / Mohali (₹37.29 LPA), IIM Calcutta (₹36 LPA), IIM Bangalore (₹35.35 LPA), SPJIMR Mumbai (₹33.6 LPA), IIM Lucknow (₹33.2 LPA). Check the median and the fee too.
Is an MBA worth it?
It depends on the college, your career goal and how you pay for it. Compare total fees with average and median packages.