
The CMAT 2025 toppers list will be released by the NTA along with the result, expected on February 15, 2025 on the official website. The expected CMAT 2025 cutoff based on the previous year trends are: General: 95 - 99.9, OBC/EWS: 85 - 95, SC/ST/Pwd: 50 - 75.
In order to secure admission in the top tier colleges like, JBIMS, SIMSREE, GIM and KJ SIMSR, the candidate needs a 95 - 99 percentile. An average 70 - 85 percentile will only be able to get admissions in lower tier colleges such as: NIA Pune, IMT Hyderabad and IMI Bhubaneswar.
Candidates can view and download the CMAT 2025 topper’s list by visiting the link below:
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Approximately 74,012 candidates appeared for the CMAT 2025 exam held on January 25, 2025. The exam was conducted across 107 cities in 178 exam centres.
A significant increase has been seen in the number of candidates appearing for the CMAT exam since the previous years:
| Previous Years | Number of Candidates |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 74,012 |
| 2024 | 65,127 |
| 2023 | 58,000 |
The CMAT 2025 cutoff will be announced soon and the candidates will be able to select the colleges of their choice based on their CMAT scores. Based on previous year’s trends, the expected cutoff for top MBA institutes accepting CMAT scores is as follows:
| Top Institutes | Expected Percentile | Score Range |
|---|---|---|
| Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai | 99.99+ | 340 - 350+ |
| Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education (SIMSREE), Mumbai | 99.94+ | 330 - 340 |
| KJ Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai | 98 - 99 | 280 - 300 |
| Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai | 95 - 98 | 270 - 290 |
| Department of Management Sciences (PUMBA), University of Pune | 90 - 95 | 260 - 280 |
| Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Mumbai | 85 - 90 | 240 - 260 |
Yes, Goa Institute of Management, Goa accepts CMAT score for admissions in 2025 batch for MBA courses. The institute holds the GIM Analytics Aptitude Test (GAAT) for PGDM, BDA and IDA courses.
Yes, S.P. Jain, Mumbai accepts CMAT scores for admission in its Post Graduate Diploma Course (PGDM) program.
Only NITs accept CMAT scores for admissions in their MBA courses, IITs do not accept CMAT scores.
| Institute Name | Approx. Fees (INR Lakhs) | Average Package (INR LPA) |
|---|---|---|
| NIT Rourkela | 3.5 | 9.00 |
| MNIT Jaipur | 2.9 | 8.00 |
| NIT Trichy | 2.9 | 7.50 |
| NIT Warangal | 2.6 | 7.80 |
| NIT Calicut | 2.6 | 6.50 |
| NIT Silchar | 2.5 | 6.00 |
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CMAT 2024 exam was conducted in 186 cities across India. The exam was reported as highly competitive with the gap between the highest percentile (100) and lowest percentile (97.06) being only 2.94.
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Tabulated below are the CMAT 2024 toppers along with their domicile states:
| Name | Percentile | State |
|---|---|---|
| Abhishek Jha | 100 (AIR 1) | West Bengal |
| Gopaljee Jha | 99.9940243 | Jharkhand |
| Parash Goswami | 99.9148346 | Chandigarh |
| Ayush Juneja | 99.7350408 | Haryana |
| Om Dwivedi | 99.5607876 | Madhya Pradesh |
| Vishal Dangi | 99.3516388 | Uttar Pradesh |
| Prashant Patel | 98.8048642 | Madhya Pradesh |
| Omkar Popatrao Sose | 98.5490332 | Maharashtra |
| Siddharth Vikram | 98.5060803 | Uttar Pradesh |
| Divyanshi Valecha | 98.4493113 | Madhya Pradesh |
Abhishek Jha from West Bengal scored the AIR 1 rank CMAT 2024. He was the only candidate to score the perfect 100 percentile last year.
CMAT 2023 was conducted in 248 exam centers in 126 cities. 75,209 candidates had registered for the exam, of which 58,035 appeared.
| CMAT 2023 Toppers | Percentile |
|---|---|
| Kumar Gaurav | 100 |
| Jivtesh Singh | 100 |
| Jugad Singh Grewal | 99.99 |
Tabulated below are the CMAT 2021 Toppers along with their percentile:
| Name | Percentile |
|---|---|
| Sanket Khandare | 99.73 |
| Sumit Kumar | 99.86 |
| Shivam Kumar | 99.058 |
| Kinjal Shah | 98.67 |
| Karan Kumar | 98.27 |
| Yash Bajpai | 97.98 |
| Aishwarya Nandedkar | 93 |
| Hardik Ajay Nigam | 91.55 |
| Aparna Sign | 90.4 |
The CMAT 2020 toppers along with their percentiles are tabulated below:
| CMAT 2020 Topper Name | CMAT 2020 Percentile | CMAT 2020 Score |
|---|---|---|
| Gopaljee Jha | 347 | 100 |
| Fahad Nizam | 342 | 99.9984201 |
| Jeet Mukherjee | 340 | 99.9968403 |
| Hautam Bhugra | 340 | 99.9968403 |
| Tushant Kumar | 338 | 99.9936806 |
| Kalisetty Udaya Sandhya Lakshmi Devi | 338 | 99.9936806 |
| Nidshish Deshpande | 335 | 99.9905209 |
| Archit Kottapalli | 335 | 99.9905209 |
| Divyansh Tiwari | 330 | 99.9873612 |
| Abhishek Jha | 329 | 99.9857813 |
The CMAT score vs percentile gives the candidate an idea of the maximum marks they need to score in order to obtain an appropriate percentile to apply to the colleges of their choice.
The CMAT 2025 scorecard hasn’t been released yet, but the CMAT 2024 highest score was 345 out of the total of 400 i.e. AIR rank 1.
A score of 230 - 279 is considered a good score in CMAT. This score corresponds to a 85 - 94 percentile, making the candidates eligible for admissions into the mid range institutes such as: NL Dalmia and BIMTECH.
Tabulated below is the CMAT expected Score vs Percentile in accordance to the previous year trends:
| CMAT Score Range (Out of 400) | CMAT 2025 Expected Percentile |
|---|---|
| 305 and above | 99.5+ |
| 290 - 304 | 99 |
| 265 - 289 | 95 |
| 245 - 264 | 90 |
| 230 -244 | 85 |
| 220 - 229 | 80 |
| 200 -219 | 70 |
CMAT serves as a gateway for the students to get admissions in the top MBA institutes in India, providing an access to a wide range of career opportunities in some of the best companies in the world.
Although the placement packages vary every year, JBIMS, Mumbai has the highest package placements of approximately 28 LPA.
Tabulated below are the placement statistics of some of the top MBA institutes in India:
| Institute Name | Program Fees (INR Lakhs) | Average Package (INR LPA) | ROI (Package ÷ Fees) |
|---|---|---|---|
| JBIMS, Mumbai | 6.00 | 28.02 | 4.67 |
| SIMSREE, Mumbai | 1.34 | 15.19 | 11.34 |
| Great Lakes, Chennai | 21.80 | 18.10 | 0.83 |
| K J Somaiya, Mumbai | 20.80 | 12.32 | 0.59 |
| Welingkar, Mumbai | 9.80 | 12.88 | 1.31 |
| NIBM, Pune | 16.00 | 14.16 | 0.89 |
| Welingkar, Bangalore | 14.00 | 12.94 | 0.92 |
| GIM, Goa | 17.21 | 15.00 | 0.87 |
| BIMTECH, Noida | 14.00 | 11.10 | 0.79 |
| IFMR, KREA University | 15.00 | 13.06 | 0.87 |
*The article might have information for the previous academic years, please refer the official website of the exam.
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