Top Colleges That Accept XAT Score

AT 2024 is just around the corner. That is why many students eagerly await the exam and prepare hard for it. XAT was a particular exam, and only some colleges accepted XAT scores. But now, more than 150 MBA colleges in India accept XAT scores. The students within this Cutoff are further called for personal interviews, WAT, and group discussions.


Knowing the cut-off for colleges that accept XAT scores is essential. However, only some colleges that accept the score are top colleges. Some of them are in the top 50 best colleges in India. Below is the list of top colleges that accept your XAT scores.

XLRI Jamshedpur

This college is one of the top 10 colleges in India regarding MBA. Many students apply for XAT with the sole purpose of getting admission to this college. This college has the highest XAT cut-off among the other colleges. XLRI provides an MBA in business management (BM) and human resource management (HRM) courses.

For BM, the cut-off for VA-LR is 70, 80 in decision-making, and 90 in quantitative aptitude. The overall amount off is 95 for the college. While for the other course, i.e., HRM, the amount off is 93. This college's human resource management program is considered the best in India. This college provides excellent opportunities for students aspiring to enter the human resource field.

XIMB, Bhubaneswar

The Xavier Institute of MManagement is situated in Bhubaneswar. It is the second-best college after XLRI regarding the XAT cut-off. This college has three programs: core MBA, HRM, rural Management, and sustainability management. The overall cut-off for these programs is 93, 87, and 70, respectively.

Goa Institute of Management (GIM)

Unlike other colleges, this college does not have any sectional cutoff. In this college, there is only an overall cutoff for XAT. There are two programs offered by GIM. They are PGDM full-time and PGDM in health care.

For full-time PGDM, the overall Cutoff is 85 percentile in XAT. While PGDM in healthcare has no specified cutoff.

SP Jain, Mumbai

This is another good college that offers admission based on your XAT scores. This college provides three programs for the students. They are PGDM, PGPM, and GMP. The Cutoff in all these programs is 85 percentile, with 70 being in every section.

Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM)

Great Lakes Institute of Management is situated in Chennai. It offers a postgraduate diploma program in many specializations. PGPM, shown in GLIM, is a 1-year program, while the PGDM program is 2 years. For PGDM, the candidates can have work experience of 0-2 years. For PGPM, the eligibility is to have work experience greater than 2 years. Both programs offer admission through XAT scores. The minimum Cutoff for each program is 85 percentile in XAT.

Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad (IMT)

IMT offers 2 programs to the students through XAT. One is PGDM, and the other is PGDM DCP. The latter is the dual country program where a student studies one year in India and the other year in another country. The XAT cutoff for both programs is 90 percentile. There is no sectional cut-off in IMT for XAT.


Besides these above colleges, a few more top colleges accept the XAT scores. These are:

• KJ Somaiya, Mumbai 
• Mudra Institute of Communications, MICA 
• FORE, Delhi 
• IMT Nagpur and Hyderabad 
• IRMA, Anand 
• TAPMI, Manipal