MBA After CS: Is It the Right Choice or Should You Consider LLB Instead?

MBA After CS: Is It the Right Choice or Should You Consider LLB Instead?

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Himanshu ShekharUpdated on 21 Feb 2025, 03:55 PM IST

MBA after CS - Pursuing an MBA after CS (Company Secretary) is a common dilemma among CS professionals looking to expand their career prospects. While CS focuses on corporate laws, compliance, and governance, an MBA emphasizes business management, leadership, and strategy—two distinct fields with minimal overlap. As a result, many experts argue that LLB after CS is a more logical and rewarding combination, offering enhanced legal expertise and better career opportunities. In this article, we explore whether MBA is the right path after CS, why LLB might be a better choice, and the top law colleges and entrance exams to consider.

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Batch / Year

Highest package

Median Package

Average Package

2023

Rs 1,14,19,300

Rs 31,58,720

Rs 34,45,386

2022

Rs 61,48,640

Rs 31,49,910

Rs 32,79,923





2021

Rs 55,00,000

Rs 27,60,000

Rs 27,54,721

2020

Rs 55,88,000

Rs 25,00,003

Rs 26,12,600

2019

Rs 70,00,000

Rs 24,00,000

Rs 25,83,126

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This Story also Contains

  1. MBA After CS: A Good choice?
  2. Why not MBA after CS?
  3. What after CS: If Not MBA
  4. Top Colleges for LLB after CS
  5. Law Entrance Exams in India
MBA After CS: Is It the Right Choice or Should You Consider LLB Instead?
MBA After CS

Due to these reasons, they constantly struggle finding the best program for themselves and keep on wondering if MBA will be a right option for them or not. Hence,this article will be answering all your queries and will act as a helping hand in concluding your decision.

MBA After CS: A Good choice?

Considering all the factual information regarding MBA and CS, Masters of Business Administration really won’t be a very good option to choose after CS and the reason behind this statement is that in Company secretary they focus more on legal compliance skills and in MBA managerial skills are given more attention. They both somehow contradict each other and do not go hand in hand but LLB after CS seems to be a deadly combination altogether as it provides better understanding of law overall and judicial bodies required in CS.

In contrast to this, if a student has immense interest in developing business and management skills or visions to start his or her venture can definitely take MBA into account. He/she can refer MBA in Corporate communication.

Why not MBA after CS?

  • Completely different fields - CS and MBA are two completely different domains.While the Company secretary course focuses on corporate laws, securities laws & capital market, on the other hand MBA deals with organisational behaviour, planning, business strategy, leadership, and the more human aspects of managing a small or large company. They both are in contrast with each other and does not fit well altogether.
  • Expensive MBA Fee - MBA being the most expensive course in India is not affordable by all sections of society which is a biggest turn off for the students. There are only a few recognised MBA offering institutions that provide good packages, rest are just waste of time and money.
  • No common subjects - CS and MBA do not have a single subject in common, both of them deal in distinct areas thus becoming entirely different.
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What after CS: If Not MBA

Students can consider LLB as an option as CS has vast coverage of Law and LLB deals with Law only, they both together make a good combination. Pursuing LLB can offer several benefits-

  • Strengthens Legal Knowledge - LLB degree provides vast knowledge about rules, regulations and laws which can be highly beneficial for the roles of company secretary which deals with the legal aspects of corporate governance and regulatory matters.
  • Subject Similarity - Students with CS background will definitely go for the Corporate law field of LLB which includes more or less the same topics and subjects regarding the company laws and acts. It will also help the students to pass the LLB exams very easily as they are already familiar with some of the topics while doing CS.
  • Career Opportunities - CS and LLB together open up a lot of career options in front of the students including corporate lawyer, compliance officer, general counsel, legal consultant and law firm associates with good annual packages.
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Top Colleges for LLB after CS

Here’s the list of top colleges offering LLB courses in India.

  1. National Law School of India University, Banglore
  2. National Law University, Delhi
  3. Nalsar University of Law
  4. NLU, Kolkata
  5. Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia
  6. Symbiosis Law School,Pune
  7. GNLU, Gandhinagar
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Law Entrance Exams in India

We have provided the list of top 5 law entrance exams in order to take admission in most recognised law schools of India.

Exam name

Law colleges

CLAT (Common Law Admission Test)

National Law Colleges in India

AILET (All India Law Entrance Test)

National Law University, Delhi

SLAT ( Symbiosis Law Aptitude Test)

Symbiosis Law School

LSAT (Law School Admission Test)

LSAT Affiliated Colleges

MH CET (Maharashtra Common Entrance Test for Law)

Maharashtra State Universities And Colleges

To conclude, pursuing MBA after CS is not the best option excluding those having immense interest in the field of finance and management.Whereas if one chooses to opt LLB after CS could result in opening a number of opportunities for them.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: What is the salary of a Company Secretary with MBA?
A:

Company Secretary (CS) in India varies with a range of Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 15.0 lakhs per year. On an average, a candidates having MBA degree after completing CS can get Rs 7 to 8 lakh per annum. 

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