CMAT Top Colleges with Low Fees in 2026: More than 1000 MBA colleges in India accept CMAT scores to offer admission into management courses. Many of these MBA colleges offer admission at very affordable costs. These CMAT top colleges with low fees offer AICTE-approved PGDM courses, UGC-recognised MBA programmes and are located in various cities across the country. Some of the CMAT top colleges with low fees are SIMSREE, PUMBA, JBIMS, CIMP, and VIT, among many others. CMAT MBA colleges offer good ROI with low fees ranging from Rs 1.35 lakhs to Rs 9 lakhs.
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Even after scoring a decent percentile in the CMAT exam, the next step is to pursue an MBA programme from a top B-school. But the concern is that candidates have to pay high fees to pursue MBA course from top college.
After securing a decent percentile in CMAT 2026, the biggest hurdle to pursuing an MBA programme from a top CMAT college is its high fees. Every MBA aspirant wants to do a 2-year MBA programme by paying less MBA fees and with good placement. On this page, we are going to share the list of CMAT top colleges with low fees and their expected CMAT cutoff.
Many MBA colleges are accepting CMAT scores and asking for low fee for MBA programmes, and these colleges are university-affiliated.
MBA colleges accepting CMAT | Expected CMAT cutoff | MBA fees (In lakh)* |
Department of Management Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University (PUMBA) | 85-90 | 2.45 |
80-85 | 1.36 | |
75-80 | 7.02 | |
99-100 | 6 |
*The mentioned fee structure is on the basis of previous year trends.
Many B-schools are accepting CMAT scores with a cutoff around 60–80 percentile with low fees. Check out the list of colleges offering PGDM programmes by accepting CMAT 2026 scores.
PGDM colleges accepting CMAT score with low fees | Expected CMAT cutoff | MBA Fees (In lakh)* |
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Usha & Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management (BULMIM) | 65-70 | 6 |
70-75 | 5.94 | |
75-80 | 6.5 | |
65-70 | 6.1 | |
75-80 | 7.5 | |
65-70 | 7 | |
75-80 | 7.65 | |
75-80 | 7.6 | |
80-85 | 7.95 | |
65-70 | 7.8 | |
Lexicon Management Institute of Leadership and Excellence (MILE) Pune | 65-70 | 8.3 |
80-85 | 7.95 | |
Adarsh Institute of Management and Information Technology-AIMIT Bangalore | 60-65 | 5 |
75-80 | 8.9 |
*The mentioned fee structure is based on previous year trends.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The top MBA colleges accepting CMAT score are- JBIMS, Mumbai, PUMBA, Pune, SIMSREE, Mumbai, Welingkar WeSchool, Mumbai etc.
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Hello aspirant,
The CMAT 2026 exam is set for January 25, 2026, and registration began in October 2025. In two sessions, the computer-based CMAT 2026 will be administered in more than 120 Indian cities. The CMAT syllabus and exam format have not changed for 2026.
For more information you can
Yes, DSM DTU (Delhi Technological University, Department of Management Studies) does accept CMAT score for admission to its MBA programme. Many management institutes in India use CMAT as one of the valid entrance exams along with CAT, MAT, or GMAT, and DTU’s management department is among those that consider CMAT
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You have scored 92 percentile in CMAT, which is a good score, and you have a higher chance of getting admission into a good college. But, if you're targeting only SVNIT Surat, then it's quite tough because SVNIT usually looks for a higher score for the PG course, like
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The link to the website of careers360, where the preferred colleges and percentiles are mentioned, is attached herewith. You can also get the details of colleges.
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/mba-colleges-accepting-80-90-percentile-in-cmat-exam
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With an 80 percentile in CMAT, you can get admission in decent Tier-2 MBA colleges.
Good options include Jaipuria Institute, IMT Nagpur/Hyderabad, SDMIMD Mysore, and XIME.
Top IIMs are not possible, but these colleges offer reasonable placements and exposure.
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