Top MBA Colleges in India According to Placements

The top MBA colleges in India, including IIMs, MDI Gurgaon, XLRI Jamshedpur, and SIBM Pune, are known for their placements. IIM Ahmedabad recorded the highest CTC at ₹2.31 Crore, followed by IIM Calcutta at ₹1.45 Crore. Consulting, BFSI, and IT continue to dominate recruitment across institutes, based on the sector-wise breakdowns published in each institute’s official report.

MBA packages in India vary widely, from around ₹18 LPA at some IIMs to over ₹37 LPA at top-tier institutes like IIM Ahmedabad. This gap comes down to an institute’s brand value, recruiter base, and the sectors that dominate its placement drive. This article compares MBA placement data across leading IIMs and other top B-schools in India.

Top MBA Colleges in India: Placement Record 2026

IIM Ahmedabad offered the highest CTC of ₹2.31 Crore per annum, followed by IIM Calcutta with ₹1.45 Crore per annum. The table below summarizes top MBA colleges in India placement-wise, including the highest and average CTCs students received.

College Name	Highest CTC	Average CTC
IIM Ahmedabad	₹ 2.31 Cr	₹ 37.97 LPA
IIM Bangalore	NA	₹ 35.35 LPA
IIM Kozhikode	₹ 81 LPA	₹ 28.18 LPA
IIT Delhi	₹ 43.55 LPA	₹ 22.52 LPA
IIM Lucknow	₹ 1 Cr	₹ 32.2 LPA
IIM Mumbai	₹ 71.4 LPA	₹ 31.4 LPA
IIM Calcutta	₹ 1.45 Cr	₹ 36 LPA
IIM Indore	₹ 82.5 LPA	₹ 27.3 LPA
MDI Gurgaon	₹ 97.5 LPA	₹ 29.5 LPA
Xavier School of Management, XLRI Jamshedpur	₹ 23.7 LPA	₹ 10.5 LPA

Top 10 IIM MBA Placements Stats

IIM Ahmedabad MBA Placements 2026

During the IIM Ahmedabad MBA placement 2026, 151 applications were recorded.

Accenture Strategy offered 36 jobs, followed by BGC with 33, FinIQ Consulting with 24, and McKinsey & Co. with 21. The table below provides a summary of 2026 placement statistics:

Aspect	Details
Companies Participated	182
Students Eligible for Placement	402
Students placed	392
HIghest CTC	₹2.31 Crore Per Annum
Average CTC	₹37.97 LPA
Median CTC	₹37 LPA
Minimum CTC	₹12 LPA
PPOs offered	203
PPOs accepted	135
Top Recruiters	Avendus Capital, Bank of America, Blackstone, Citibank, Deutsche Bank, Elevation Capital, Faering Capital, General Atlantic, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley, and more.

The table below outlines the sector-wise classification of offers received domestically and internationally:

Sectors	Total offers
Automotive	1
BFSI	82
Conglomerate	34
Consulting	155
Consumer Durables	2
Consumer Goods	12
Consumer Services	15
Engineering/ Industrial	3
Engineering/ Technology	14
Environment and Energy	3
IT	34
IT Consulting	1
Logistics	3
Manufacturing	4
Media/ Communications	3
Fintech	1
Pharma/ Healthcare	13
Real Estate	2
Retail	5
Social Enterprises and NGOs	2
Telecommunication	3

IIM Bangalore MBA Placements 2026

The final placements for IIM Bangalore PGP and PGP in Business Analytics for the year 2026 are provided in the table below:

Aspect	Details
Average CTC Offered	₹ 35.35 LPA
Median CTC Offered	₹ 34.75 LPA
Total Offers Made	665
Students Participated	605
Number of Companies Participated	177
PPO offered	283
PPO Accepted	219
Lateral Placement Offer Made	96
Lateral Placement Offer Accepted	88
International Offers	7
Students Opted Out of Placements	9
Top Recruiters for Pre-Placements	Accenture Strategy, Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, Amazon, EY-Parthenon India, Goldman Sachs, Kearney, Aditya Birla Group, Procter & Gamble, and TCS
Top Recruiters for Final Placements	Accenture Strategy, Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, Amazon, EY-Parthenon India, American Express, Kearney, TCS, Deloitte, Fujitsu Consulting, McKinsey & Company, Essar, and Lodha Group

The table below outlines the sector-wise placement percentage of PGP and PGP in Business Analytics students:

Sector	Placement Percentage
Consulting	45%
IT Software/ Analytics/ Product Management	14%
Finance/ Banking/ Investments	11%
Ecommerce/ Payments/ Telecom/ Logistics	10%
Manufacturing/ Construction/ Energy/ Infrastructure	6%
FMCG/Retail	6%
Conglomerates	5%
Healthcare/ Education	3%

IIM Kozhikode MBA Placements 2026

Here’s the IIM Kozhikode PGP final placement report:

Aspect	Details
Total Recruiters Participated	169
New Recruiters	57
Students Participated	561
Highest CTC	₹ 81 LPA
Average CTC	₹ 28.18 LPA
Average CTC (Female)	₹ 31.04 LPA
Median CTC	₹ 27.5 LPA
Top Recruiters	Anakin, Aliaxis, HP, IndianOil, LAVA, Michelin, Vivo, Mother Dairy, Target and Swiggy.

The table below represents sector-wise highest and average CTC offered:

Sector	Highest CTC	Average CTC	Offers (%)	Top Recruiter
Consulting	₹ 45.5 LPA	₹ 33.13 LPA	32%	Bain & Co., BCG, Kearney, Accenture Strategy, EYP, PwC, Deloitte, KPMG, ZoomRx, Indus Insights, and Praxis
Finance	₹ 81 LPA	₹ 24.97 LPA	19.2%	O3 Capital, Ambit Capital, JPMC, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, NSE, CRISIL, and Equirus
IT & Analytics	₹ 71 LPA	₹ 28.54 LPA	13.5%	Microsoft, Walmart, Target, UKG, Ola, HCL Tech, Optum, Cognizant, Flipkart, and Mindsprint
Operations	₹ 53.58 LPA	₹ 28.33 LPA	4.5%	Amazon, Swiggy, Ola, Flipkart, Suzuki, L&T, Tata Steel, and Asian Paints
General Management	₹ 42 LPA	₹ 25.62 LPA	16.4%	ABG, Maruti Suzuki, Zomato, TAS, Godrej Properties, Hinduja Group, JSW, Sobha Realty, CK Birla, and Capgemini
Sales and Marketing	₹ 41.5 LPA	₹ 25.16 LPA	14.4%	PepsiCo, HUL, Kenvue, ITC, HPCL, Reckitt, PhonePe, Godrej Consumer, and Asian Paints

IIM Lucknow MBA Placements 2026

IIM Lucknow concluded placements for the PGP and PGP-ABM batch of 2026, with the highest CTC of ₹1 Crore per annum. The table below highlights the key details of IIM Lucknow PGP Placement 2026:

Aspect	Details
Total Offers Made	580
Students Participated	559
Highest CTC (Domestic)	₹1 Crore per annum
Highest CTC (International)	₹ 65 LPA
Average CTC	₹ 32.2 LPA
Median CTC	₹ 32.9 LPA
Average CTC for Top 5th percentile	₹ 59.7 LPA
Average CTC for Top 10th percentile	₹ 52.6 LPA
Average CTC for Top 20th percentile	₹ 48.7 LPA
Average CTC for Top 50th percentile	₹ 42.2 LPA
Top Recruiters	Accenture, Deloitte, PwC, American Express, Bain & Company, BCG, EY, Navi, McKinsey & Company, and A&M

The placement season recorded strong participation across sectors, such as Finance, General Management, Consulting, Product Management, Operations, Sales & Marketing, Retail and Ecommerce. Check the table for domain-wise placement stats:

Domain	Highest CTC	Mean CTC	Placement Percentage
Consulting	₹ 45.4 LPA	₹ 36.9 LPA	39%
General Management	₹ 56 LPA	₹ 30.9 LPA	20%
Finance	₹ 1 Crore per annum	₹ 34.8 LPA	17%
IT	₹ 80 LPA	₹ 33.2 LPA	13%
Sales and Marketing	₹ 51.6 LPA	₹ 28.5 LPA	8%
Operations	₹ 40 LPA	₹ 30.1 LPA	3%

IIM Mumbai MBA Placements 2026

IIM Mumbai has recorded the highest CTC of ₹71.4 LPA. Check the table below for the IIM Mumbai MBA placement report 2026:

Aspect	Details
Companies Offered Jobs	208
New Companies	66
PPOs Offered	179
Highest CTC	₹ 71.4 LPA
Average CTC	₹ 31.4 LPA
Mean of Top 10%	₹ 47.5 LPA
Mean of Top 20%	₹ 41.4 LPA
Average Median of Past 3 Years	₹ 33 LPA
Top Recruiters	Accenture, Barclays, HSBC, EY Parthenon, CISCO, Amazon, Hero, Michelin, Morgan Stanley, Mahindra and MMT.

The table below shows the sector-wise placement statistics:

Sector	Placement Percentage
Consulting	25%
Banking, Financial Services, & Insurance	13%
E-Commerce & Retail	7%
FMCG	12%
IT and Analytics	10%
Manufacturing	16%
Pharma	6%
Others	11%

IIM Calcutta MBA Placements 2026

IIM Calcutta has released the final placement report for its flagship MBA program. The institute achieved 100% placement, with 202 companies offering jobs to 458 students. The table below outlines IIM Calcutta MBA placement 2026:

Aspect	Details
Placement %	100%
Companies Participated	202
Total Jobs Offered	542
Students Placed	458
Highest CTC (Domestic)	₹1.45 Crore per annum
Highest CTC (International)	₹ 1.1 Crore per annum
Average CTC	₹ 36 LPA
Median CTC	₹ 35 LPA
Average CTC of Top 5%	₹ 84.9 LPA
Average CTC of Top 15%	₹ 59.8 LPA
Average CTC of Top 25%	₹ 53.9 LPA
Average CTC of Top 50%	₹ 47 LPA
Top Recruiters	Accenture, Amazon, Aditya Birla Group, Axis Bank, Airtel, Google, HCL, D E Shaw & Co, Capgemini, PwC, Nykaa, Samsung and many more

The table below represents the IIM Mumbai sector-wise placement statistics:

Sector	Placement Percentage
Consulting	38%
Sales and Marketing	9%
General Management	21%
Finance	18.6%
IT and Product Management	13.4%

IIM Indore MBA Placements 2026

During IIM Indore MBA placement 2026, over 240 recruiters participated in campus placement drives, including 70 new recruiters. The table below outlines the placement statistics of the MBA program at IIM Indore:

Aspect	Details
Total Recruiters	240+
New Recruiters	70+
Highest CTC	₹ 82.5 LPA
Average CTC	₹ 27.3 LPA
Median CTC	₹ 25 LPA
Recruiters Offered PPOs	67
PPOs offered	158
PPO percentage	27%

Here’s the domain-wise IIM Indore placement record 2026:

Domain	Placement Percentage	Companies Recruited	Roles Offered
Consulting	41%	Accenture Strategy & Consulting, Bain Capability Network, Boston Consulting Group, Deloitte, EY, Infosys Consulting, KPMG, PwC India, PwC US, Synergy Consulting, and Vector Consulting	Business Valuations & Modelling, Corporate Finance, Deal Strategy, Digital Transformation, Financial Services Transformation, Functional Consultant, Operations Transformation, Project Growth Strategy, Research & Advisory, and Solution Advisor
Finance	20%	Aditya Birla Capital, Bank of America, Barclays, BNY, The D. E. Shaw Group, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Lincoln International, and Nomura	Asset Management, Corporate Banking, Counterparty & Credit Risk, Equity & Derivatives Trading, Equity Research, Financial Advisory, Financial Reporting, Financial Strategy & Operations, and many more
General Management, Operations, and HR	15%	Airtel, Axis Bank, Bajaj Finserv, BSE, Cipla, DCM Shriram, Delhivery, Flipkart, Hinduja Group, Hero Group, ICICI Securities, and more	Chief of Staff, Client Servicing, Commercial Lead, Corporate Strategy, Founder’s Office, Global Business Unit, Head Merchandiser, Supply Chain Manager, etc.
Sales and Marketing	13%	HUL, ITC Limited, Marico, Nivea, PepsiCo, Policybazaar, Samsung, Sony, Tata Consumer Products, and more	Advertising Operations, B2B Sales, Bid Management, Category Lead, Corporate Sales, Digital Marketing, Forecast Analyst, Growth Marketing, etc.
Product and IT/ Analytics	11%	Accenture ATCI, Amazon, American Express, Capgemini Chrysalis, Genpact, Hexaware Technologies, IDFC FIRST Bank, IndiaMART, Microsoft, Motor, Ola Electric, Optum, Walmart, and Wipro	Product Management, Program Management, AI Business Analytics, Enterprise Digital Management, IT Transformation, Project Management, Supply Chain Program Management, and Risk Analytics

IIM Raipur MBA Placements 2026

Here are the IIM Raipur PGP placement statistics for the batch of 2023-25.

Aspect	Details
Students Registered for Placement	347
Students Accepted Offers	328
Total Recruiters Participated	132
Highest CTC	₹ 31.12 LPA
Median CTC	₹ 18.4 LPA
Average CTC	₹ 18.83 LPA
Top Recruiters	AB InBev, BlueStar, Amazon, Bank of America, HDFC Ergo, HP, IBM, KPMG, Reliance, TVS and Titan.

The table below provides IIM Raipur domain-wise placement statistics:

Domain	Students Placed	Highest CTC	Average CTC	Top Recruiters
Analytics and Consulting	52	₹ 22 LPA	₹ 18.98 LPA	Accenture Technology, Accenture ATCI, LatentView, Hexaware, Pattern, Hashedin by Deloitte, Virtusa
Financial Management	70	₹ 27.3 LPA	₹ 17.66 LPA	Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, TresVista, Aditya Birla Capital, Kotak, Axis Bank, HDFC Ergo, Anand Rathi
General Management	44	₹ 33.12 LPA	₹ 23.69 LPA	Himalaya Wellness, Piramal Pharma, Titan, AB inBev, GMR, Berger Paints, Amazon
Operations and IT	57	₹ 32.76 LPA	₹ 19.9 LPA	LTTS, ServiceNow, Capgemini, Pattern, Hashedin by Deloitte, Accenture Technology, Mindsprint
Sales and Marketing	105	₹ 20.01 LPA	₹ 16.91 LPA	Times Group, Vivo, IndiaMart, Blue Star, Greenply, Morepen Laboratories, Channel Play, Keya Foods

IIM Trichy MBA Placements 2026

IIM Trichy MBA final placement report has not been released yet. However, the institute has released the interim placement report for the 2024-26 batch. Check the table below for IIM Trichy MBA placement statistics as of April 2026:

Aspect	Details
Total Offers Made	405
Total Students Placed	387
Companies Offered Jobs	303
Highest CTC PGPM	₹ 44.98 LPA
Highest CTC PGPM HR	₹ 20 LPA
Mean CTC PGPM	₹ 18 LPA
Mean CTC PGPM HR	₹ 15.18 LPA
Minimum CTC PGPM	₹ 9 LPA
Minimum CTC PGPM HR	₹ 10 LPA
Median CTC PGPM	₹ 16.75 LPA
Median CTC PGPM HR	₹ 14.5 LPA

The table below highlights the sector-wise offers made, including PPOs and campus offers for PGPM and PGPM HR graduates:

Sector	No. of Offers in PGPM	No. of Offers in PGPM HR
BFSI	96	6
Consulting	64	8
FMCG	33	5
IT and Analytics	102	1
Manufacturing, Pharma, Logistics, and Hospitality	78	12

IIM Ranchi MBA Placements 2026

IIM Ranchi 2026 placement statistics for MBA, MBA-HRM, and MBA-BA have been released. Check the table for IIM Ranchi MBA placement records:

Aspect	MBA Placement	MBA-HRM Placement	MBA-BA Placement
Total Recruiters	77	28	25
PPO %	21.74	41%	13.16%
PPOs Average CTC	₹ 19.28 LPA	₹ 21.52 LPA	₹ 20.46 LPA
Highest CTC	₹ 52.5 LPA	₹ 41.4 LPA	₹ 36.35 LPA
Average CTC	₹ 19.26 LPA	₹ 18.86 LPA	₹ 21.07 LPA
Median CTC	₹ 18 LPA	₹ 18 LPA	₹ 19.13 LPA
Average CTC of Top 25th percentile	₹ 24.9 LPA	₹ 24.63 LPA	₹ 28.02 LPA
Average CTC of Top 80th percentile	₹ 20.4 LPA	₹ 20.08 LPA	₹ 22.78 LPA

The table below provides a summary of domain-wise placement stats:

Domain	Highest CTC	Average CTC
Strategy and Consulting	₹ 36.35 LPA	₹ 22.91 LPA
Finance	₹ 32.5 LPA	₹ 23.4 LPA
IT Analytics	₹ 22 LPA	₹ 18.64 LPA
Operations Management	₹ 22 LPA	₹ 18.43 LPA
Sales and Marketing	₹ 52.5 LPA	₹ 18.09 LPA

Conclusion

MBA packages in India vary sharply by institute, with average CTCs ranging from around ₹18 LPA to over ₹37 LPA at top-tier IIMs. When evaluating top MBA colleges in India for placements, look beyond the highest packages and consider median salary, placement percentage, and sector-wise offers, since these give more accurate details of what most graduates actually receive after completing the program. A strong MBA placement record combined with a reasonable fee structure often results in a better return on investment than chasing brand value alone.