CMAT, commonly known as the Common Management Aptitude Test, is an MBA entrance exam conducted by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Every year around 50,000 MBA aspirants appear in the test. A list of some premier business schools (in no specific order) that accept CMAT scores.
| College Name | Location |
| JBIMS | Mumbai |
| K J Somaiya | Mumbai |
| GIM | Goa |
| SIES | Mumbai |
| N L Dalmia | Mumbai |
| Welingkar | Mumbai |
| IMT | Nagpur |
| Sydenham | Mumbai |
| IBA | Bangalore |
| IHMR | Bangalore |
| ABBS | Bangalore |
| GLIM | Chennai |
| XIME | Bengaluru |
| MICA | Ahmedabad |
| UPES | Dehradun |
| IPE | Hyderabad |
| NIT | Durgapur |
The CMAT cutoff for B-schools ranges from 45 percentile to 90+ percentile. As per as the scores are concerned, the cut-off score range from 160 to 285. Top B-schools accepting CMAT scores in India which also have the highest cutoff percentiles are:
- Goa Institute of Management
- SIMSREE Mumbai
- K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research Mumbai
- XISS Ranchi
Top B-schools Accepting CMAT Scores and Cutoffs
| B-School |
CMAT Cut Off |
| Public B-Schools | |
| Indian School of Mines University, Dhanbad | 60 percentile |
| Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education (SIMSREE), Mumbai |
256 score (MMS) 248 score (PGDBM) |
| Private B-Schools | |
| Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai | 280 score |
| Prin. LN Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai | 244 score |
| KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai | 246 score |
| Goa Instiute of Management, Goa | 260 score |
| Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad | 200 score |
| Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore | 200 score |
| PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore | 250 score |
| Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow | 200 score |
| Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai | 200 score |
| Pune University Department of Management Studies, Pune | 200 score |
| School of Communication and Management Studies, Cochin | 200 score |
| Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Harihar & Pune | 200 score |
| Siva Sivani Institute of Management, Secunderabad | 200 score |
| AIMS Bangalore | 250 score |
| Prin. LN Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Bangalore | 200 score |
| Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida | 170 score |
| MIT School of Business, Pune | 200 score |
| Prestige Institute of Management, Gwalior | 220 score |
| University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun | 213 Score |
| Acharya Bangalore B-School (ABBS), Bangalore | 180 score |
| Doon Business School, Dehradun | 160 score |
| Gian Jyoti Institute of Management and Technology, Mohali | 220 score |
| IES Management College and Research Centre, Mumbai | 100 score |
| Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Nagpur & Hyderabad | 150 percentile |
| Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi | 199 score |
| SIES College of Management Studies, Mumbai | 232 score |
| N L Dalmia Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai | 227 score |
| Singhad Institute, Pune | 200 score |
| Asia Pacific Institute of Management, Delhi | 180 score |
| Acharya School of Management, Bangalore | 150 score |
| Dehradun Institute of Technology (MBA), Dehradun | 100 score |
| ITS Institute of Management, Greater Noida | 100 score |
| Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management, Hyderabad | 250 score |
| Galgotias Business School, Greater Noida | 150 score |
| BIMTECH Greater Noida | 200 score |
| Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi | 160 score |
| Mumbai Educational Trust’s (MET) Institute of Mgmt, Mumbai | 218 score |
| Dr. D Y Patil Institute of Management, Pune | 160 score |
| National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (NIAM), Jaipur | 100 score |
| Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering, Buldana | 140 score |
| Indira School of Business Studies, Pune | 160 score |
| Alliance School of Business, Bangalore | 100+ score |