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    NIRF Management 2025: Ranked on placements alone, top 100 list changes drastically

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    Aeshwarya TiwariUpdated on 06 Oct 2025, 03:25 PM IST

    Re-ranking business schools based on just placement data submitted for the purpose of NIRF ranking significantly alters the top 100 ranks.
    Careers360 compiled publicly available raw data from approximately 500 institutes out of the 1,026 that participated in the management category of the National Institutional Ranking Framework’s 2025 edition. From this pool, we focused solely on the placement data to compile a new ranking list. For this, equal weightage was assigned to placement rate and median salary for the most recent placement year, 2023-24. This approach provides a clearer understanding of the most critical factor influencing student decisions when it comes to management courses – jobs.

    NIRF Management 2025: Ranked on placements alone, top 100 list changes drastically
    NIRF Management 2025

    The list of top 100 B-schools drawn up through this process is different from the actual NIRF ranking list. Careers360 even identified 19 institutes that are not in the NIRF rankings but make it into the top 100 when assessed on placements alone.

    The table below shows the top 100 institutions based on placements alone and their corresponding ranks on the actual NIRF Management Ranking 2025. It also shows each MBA college’s placement rate and median salary. "NR" denotes institutions that are not ranked by the NIRF; these have also been highlighted.

    Top 100 B-Schools: NIRF Vs Placements-only Ranks (2023-24)

    Placement Rank

    NIRF Rank 2025

    Institute

    Placed %

    Median salary (Rs Lakh)

    1

    6

    IIM Mumbai

    100

    33

    2

    2

    IIM Bangalore

    100

    32.50

    3

    20

    SPJIMR, Mumbai

    100

    31.50

    4

    1

    IIM Ahmedabad

    100

    31

    5

    5

    IIM Lucknow

    100

    30

    5

    7

    IIM Calcutta

    100

    30

    7

    10

    XLRI Jamshedpur

    99.74

    28

    8

    3

    IIM Kozhikode

    100

    27

    9

    14

    IIT Bombay

    97.37

    26.73

    10

    38

    IIM Shillong

    100

    25.67

    11

    9

    MDI Gurgaon

    98.38

    26.13

    12

    8

    IIM Indore

    100

    25.50

    13

    17

    IIFT Delhi

    100

    25

    14

    11

    SIBM Pune

    96.76

    25

    15

    4

    IIT Delhi

    100

    22.05

    16

    12

    IIT Kharagpur

    99.20

    20.65

    17

    24

    NMIMS Mumbai

    100

    20

    18

    27

    IIT Kanpur

    100

    19.90

    19

    45

    XIM University Bhubaneswar

    99.43

    19.53

    20

    19

    IIM Rohtak

    100

    19.27

    21

    22

    IIT Roorkee

    100

    18.50

    22

    16

    IIM Tiruchirappalli

    100

    18.10

    23

    18

    IIM Ranchi

    100

    18

    23

    21

    IIM Udaipur

    100

    18

    23

    33

    MICA Ahmedabad

    100

    18

    26

    15

    IIM Raipur

    100

    17.50

    27

    13

    IIT Madras

    100

    16.78

    28

    NR

    Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata

    100

    16.40

    29

    40

    International Management Institute, Delhi

    99.26

    16.60

    30

    25

    IIM Nagpur

    100

    16

    31

    64

    IIM Amritsar

    100

    15.60

    32

    59

    FORE School of Management, Delhi

    98.92

    15.52

    33

    101-125

    National Institute of Bank Management, Pune

    100

    15

    33

    35

    IIM Jammu

    100

    15

    33

    54

    Institute of Rural Management, Anand

    100

    15

    36

    30

    Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad

    96.38

    15.86

    37

    29

    IIM Visakhapatnam

    95.86

    15.50

    38

    NR

    Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education, Mumbai

    97.18

    14.95

    39

    23

    IIM Kashipur

    96.86

    15.03

    40

    43

    Goa Institute of Management, Goa

    97.69

    14.40

    41

    34

    IIM Sambalpur

    100

    13.15

    42

    39

    T A Pai Management Institute, Manipal

    100

    13.09

    43

    31

    IIM Bodh Gaya

    100

    13

    44

    83

    Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur

    100

    13

    45

    51

    IIM Sirmaur

    100

    12.98

    46

    79

    Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow

    100

    12.78

    47

    28

    Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

    100

    12.60

    48

    42

    International Management Institute, Kolkata

    100

    12.48

    49

    60

    Institute of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

    100

    12.10

    50

    94

    International Management Institute, Bhubaneswar

    100

    12

    51

    NR

    National Insurance Academy, Pune

    100

    11.70

    52

    95

    National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Hyderabad

    100

    11.60

    53

    NR

    FOSTIIMA Business School, Delhi

    100

    11.50

    54

    99

    Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur

    100

    11.07

    55

    55

    Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai

    100

    11

    56

    75

    Prin LN Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai

    97.24

    11.50

    57

    61

    Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida

    100

    10.50

    58

    101-125

    Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi

    95.02

    12.05

    59

    101-125

    Sri Balaji University, Pune

    100

    10

    59

    NR

    Indus Business School, Pune

    100

    10

    59

    98

    IIT Jodhpur

    100

    10

    62

    101-125

    University of Allahabad Allahabad

    100

    9.80

    63

    48

    IIT Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

    100

    9.55

    64

    65

    K J Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai

    92.53

    12

    65

    86

    New Delhi Institute of Management, Delhi

    100

    9.50

    66

    72

    Institute of Management Technology, Hyderabad

    95.31

    10.75

    67

    90

    Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Rohini, Delhi

    100

    9.05

    68

    92

    Panjab University, Chandigarh

    96.00

    10

    69

    50

    Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon

    95.83

    10

    70

    41

    Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida

    99.13

    8.85

    71

    74

    Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur

    99.15

    8.79

    72

    NR

    Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan College of Engineering, Coimbatore

    100

    8.50

    72

    NR

    Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad

    100

    8.50

    72

    84

    PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore

    100

    8.50

    75

    NR

    Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore

    97.40

    9.34

    76

    96

    Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli

    94.92

    10

    77

    100

    University of Lucknow, Lucknow

    99.36

    8.45

    78

    67

    Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow

    98.25

    8.79

    79

    32

    Chandigarh University, Chandigarh

    100

    8

    79

    101-125

    Pune Institute of Business Management, Pune

    100

    8

    79

    NR

    Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management, Pune

    100

    8

    82

    73

    Jain University, Bangalore

    98.16

    8.50

    83

    NR

    Chandigarh School of Business, Jhanjeri

    100

    7.80

    84

    101-125

    Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Development, Pune

    100

    7.65

    85

    101-125

    Jaipuria Institute of Management, Indore

    97.63

    8.40

    86

    56

    SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai

    96.82

    8.65

    87

    NR

    Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Gandhinagar

    98.59

    8

    88

    53

    Nirma University, Ahmedabad

    91.01

    10.50

    89

    NR

    Chandragupt Institute of Management, Patna

    100

    7.50

    89

    NR

    IES's Management College and Research Centre, Mumbai

    100

    7.50

    91

    NR

    Matoshri College of Management and Research Centre, Eklahare

    100

    7.42

    92

    85

    NIT Calicut

    97.73

    8.07

    93

    NR

    Asian Business School, Noida

    100

    7.30

    94

    57

    Department of Management Studies, NIT, Tiruchirappalli

    95.18

    8.70

    95

    NR

    IILM Institute for Business and Management, Gurgaon

    100

    7.10

    96

    NR

    Prin LN Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Bangalore

    91.13

    10

    97

    NR

    Army Institute of Management and Technology, Greater Noida

    100

    6.91

    98

    101-125

    Amity University, Patna

    100

    6.75

    99

    NR

    Chetana's Ramprasad Khandelwal Institute of Management and Research, Bandra

    99.16

    7

    100

    26

    Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore

    97.25

    7.60

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