India's private business schools are at the forefront of grooming future leaders and professionals with rigorous academic training, industry orientation and career competencies. These institutions are acclaimed for delivering quality management education with top-notch faculty, state-of-the-art infrastructure and strong corporate connections. 

Overall, these 20 private MBA schools mentioned below offer a vast array of specialisations within fields such as Finance, Marketing, HR, Business Analytics and Entrepreneurship. With their vibrant learning platforms, high industry interaction and robust placement assistance they continue to be the top picks for MBA candidates seeking alternatives outside the government sector.

Top 20 Private MBA Colleges in India

XLRI - Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur 

• Location: Jamshedpur 

• Program Name: PGDM (HRM)

• QS Global MBA Ranking 2025: 201-250

• FT Global MBA Ranking 2025: 83

• NIRF Ranking 2024: 9

• IIRF Ranking 2025: P-2

• Accreditations: AACSB

• Entrance Exam Accepted: XAT

• Fees: ₹30.6 Lakhs

• Average Package: ₹31.08 Lakhs per annum

• Electives: Economics, Finance, General Management, Information System, Marketing, Organisational Behaviour, Human Resource Management, Strategic Management Production, Operation & Decision Science 

• Other Programs Offered: PGDM HRM, PGDM BM, PGDM GM, EDHRM, PGDM IEV, PGDM LCSM

• Location: Mumbai 

• Program Name: PGDM

• QS Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• FT Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• NIRF Ranking 2024: 20

• IIRF Ranking 2025: P-1

• Accreditations: NBA, AACSB

• Entrance Exams Accepted: CAT

• Fees: ₹22.50 Lakhs

• Average Package: ₹32.10 Lakhs per annum

• Electives: Operations and Supply Chain, Information Management, Marketing and Finance 

• Other Programs Offered: PGDM-Business Management, PGPM, Global Management Programme, Post Graduate Management Programme for Women, Post Graduate Executive Management Programme (PGEMP), Post Graduate Programme in General Management, Post Graduate Programme in Marketing & Business Management, Fellow Programme in Management.

• Location: Gurugram 

• Program Name: PGDM 

• QS Global MBA Ranking 2025: 251+

• FT Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• NIRF Ranking 2024:  11

• IIRF Ranking 2025: P-3

• Accreditations: AMBA, AACSB 

• Entrance Exams Accepted: CAT

• Fees: ₹25.99 Lakhs 

• Average Package: ₹25.6 Lakhs per annum

• Electives: Accounting & Finance, Operations Management, Marketing, Strategy, Information Management.

• Other Programs Offered: PGDM-Business Analytics, PGDM-HRM, PGDM-IB, PGDM (Online), PGDM-Business Management, PGDM- Public Policy and Management, PGDM-Business Administration and Ph.D. 

ISB - Indian School of Business, Hyderabad

• Location: Hyderabad

• Program Name: PGP

• QS Global MBA Ranking 2025: 86

• FT Global MBA Ranking 2025: 27

• NIRF Ranking 2024: - 

• IIRF Ranking 2025: - 

• Accreditations: EQUIS, AMBA, AACSB

• Entrance Exams Accepted: GMAT/GRE

• Fees: ₹42.51 Lakhs 

• Average Package: -

• Electives: Entrepreneurship, Finance, Healthcare, Information and Management, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Marketing, Operations, Public Policy, Strategy and Leadership. 

• Other Programs Offered: PGP-MFAB, PGP- YL, PGP-Pro, PGP-Max, Advanced Management Programme in Business Analytics & AI (AMPBA), AMPH, AMPI, AMPOS, AMPPP, Fellow Programme in Management-FPM, Executive Fellow Programme in Management-EFPM.

SIBM - Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune 

• Location: Pune 

• Program Name: MBA 

• QS Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• FT Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• NIRF Ranking 2024: 13

• IIRF Ranking 2025: P-6 

• Accreditations: NAAC

• Entrance Exams Accepted: SNAP

• Fees: ₹27.77 Lakhs 

• Average Package: ₹28.83 Lakhs per annum

• Electives: Marketing, Human Resource Management, Finance, Operations and Supply Chain Management and Data Analytics.

• Other Programs Offered: MBA, MBA (Innovation & Entrepreneurship) and Executive MBA

SCMHRD - Symbiosis Centre For Management & Human Resource Development, Pune

• Location: Pune

• Program Name: MBA

• QS Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• FT Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• NIRF Ranking 2024: - 

• IIRF Ranking 2025: P- 4

• Accreditations: NAAC, AACSB 

• Entrance Exams Accepted: SNAP 

• Fees: ₹27.06 Lakhs per annum

• Average Package: ₹24.28 Lakhs per annum

• Electives: Marketing, Human Resources, Finance, Operations, General Management 

• Other Programs Offered: MBA, MBA in Infrastructure Development and Management (MBA IDM), MBA in Business Data Analytics (MBA BA), Executive MBA.

BITSoM – BITS School of Management 

• Location: Mumbai 

• Program Name: MBA 

• QS Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• FT Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• NIRF Ranking 2024: - 

• IIRF Ranking 2025: - 

• Accreditations: - 

• Entrance Exams Accepted: CAT/GMAT/GMAT FOCUS/GRE 

• Fees: ₹28.55 Lakhs 

• Average Package: ₹23.41 Lakhs per annum

• Electives: Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Finance and Investing, E-commerce and Digital Leadership, Leadership and Strategy, Marketing and Consumer Insights, Operations and Supply Chain Management. 

Other Programs Offered: -

NMIMS - SVKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai 

• Location: Mumbai 

• Program Name: MBA 

• QS Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• FT Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• NIRF Ranking 2024: 21 

• IIRF Ranking 2025: P-5

• Accreditations: NAAC 

• Entrance Exams Accepted: NMAT

• Fees: ₹24.00 Lakhs

• Average Package: ₹25.13 Lakhs per annum

• Electives: -

• Other Programs Offereded: MBA (Human Resource), MBA (Pharmaceutical Management), MBA (Business Analytics), MBA (HealthCare Management), MBA- (Social Entrepreneurship), Diploma in Social Entrepreneurship, Ph.D

IMT - Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad

• Location: Ghaziabad 

• Program Name: PGDM 

• QS Global MBA Ranking 2025: 251+ 

• FT Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• NIRF Ranking 2024: 35

• IIRF Ranking 2025: P-8 

• Accreditations: AACSB, NBA

• Entrance Exams Accepted: CAT/XAT/GMAT 

• Fees: ₹21.53 Lakhs 

• Average Package: ₹17.35 Lakhs per annum 

• Electives: Marketing Management, Operation Management, Financial Management, Human Resource Management

• Other Programs Offered: PGDM in Marketing, PGDM in Financial Management, PGDM-Dual Country Program (DCP), PGDM-Banking and Financial Services (BFS), PGDM ExP program, Fellow Program in Management (FPM)

XIMB - Xavier Institute of Management, XIM University, Bhubaneswar

• Location: Bhubaneswar 

• Program Name: MBA-BM 

• QS Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• FT Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• NIRF Ranking 2024: 43

• IIRF Ranking 2025: P- 10

• Accreditations: AACSB

• Entrance Exams Accepted: CAT, XAT, GMAT, XGMT

• Fees: ₹24.20 Lakhs 

• Average Package: ₹19.53 Lakhs per annum 

• Electives: Accounting and Finance, Information Systems, Marketing, Operations Management and Decision Sciences, Economics, Strategy and General Management. 

• Other Programs Offered: EMBA-BM, MBA-HRM, MBA-RM, MBA-SM, MBA - Urban Management & Governance, MBA - Public Policy & Management Master of Management Studies ( Business Finance )

MICA - Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad

• Location: Ahmedabad 

• Program Name: Post Graduate Diploma in Management – Communications (PGDM-C)

• QS Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• FT Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• NIRF Ranking 2024: 32

• IIRF Ranking 2025: P-11

• Accreditations: - 

• Entrance Exams Accepted: MICAT/CAY/XAT/GMAT

• Fees: ₹28.00 Lakhs 

• Average Package: ₹19.21 Lakhs per annum 

• Electives: Product Management, Sales and CRM, Brand Management and Business Analysis and Consulting

• Other Programs Offered: Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), Fellow Programme in Management (FPM). 

Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai

• Location: Chennai 

• Program Name: PGPM 

• QS Global MBA Ranking 2025: -

• FT Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• NIRF Ranking 2024: 34

• IIRF Ranking 2025: P-11

• Accreditations: AMBA, AACSB 

• Entrance Exams Accepted: GMAT, CAT, XAT, NMAT

• Fees: ₹22.65 Lakhs 

• Average Package: ₹17.3 Lakhs per annum 

• Electives: Marketing, Finance, Operations, Consulting, Product Management, Data Science, Analytics

• Other Programs Offered: PGPM - Family Business & Entrepreneurship, PGXPM, PGPM -Flex, Fellow Programme in Management (FPM), PGDM (online)

IMI - International Management Institute, New Delhi 

• Location: New Delhi 

• Program Name: PGDM 

• QS Global MBA Ranking 2025: 251+

• FT Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• NIRF Ranking 2024: 40 

• IIRF Ranking 2025: P-7

• Accreditations: AMBA, AACSB 

• Entrance Exams Accepted: CAT/XAT/GMAT 

• Fees: ₹29.47 Lakhs 

• Average Package: ₹16.71 Lakhs per annum 

• Electives: Marketing, Finance, Operations, Strategy, Information Systems, Analytics

• Other Programs Offered: PGDM-HRM, PGDM-B& FS, PGDM - executive, PGDM (online), FPM (Fellow Program In Management)

NIRMA University, Ahmedabad 

• Location: Ahmedabad

• Program Name: MBA 

• QS Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• FT Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• NIRF Ranking 2024: 55

• IIRF Ranking 2025: P-10

• Accreditations: NBA, NAAC 

• Entrance Exams Accepted: CAT 

• Fees: ₹14.90 Lakhs

• Average Package: ₹11.22 Lakhs per annum

• Electives: Finance, Marketing, Operations Management, International Business, Digital Transformation and Analytics 

• Other Programs Offered: BBA-Honours, MBA-HRM, MBA-(Family Business & Entrepreneurship), Integrated BBA – MBA, Integrated BTech – MBA (Five Year), Full-Time Ph.D, Part-Time Ph.D, EDP in Business Analytics, EDP in Marketing, EDP in Operations Management

Amity Business School, Noida 

• Location: Noida 

• Program Name: MBA 

• QS Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• FT Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• NIRF Ranking 2024: 29

• IIRF Ranking 2025: P-24

• Accreditations: NAAC

• Entrance Exams Accepted: MAT/GMAT/CAT/XAT/NMAT

• Fees: 23.7 Lakhs per annum 

• Average Package: ₹7.35 Lakhs per annum

• Electives: Marketing & Sales, Finance, Operations, Entrepreneurship, Agriculture Management, IT Management etc. 

• Other Programs Offered: MBA(BA), MBA(Digital Market), MBA(Entrep), MBA(Finance), MBA(HR), MBA(M&S), Integrated BBA - MBA, Integrated BBA - MBA (International Business).

Chandigarh Univerity, Mohali 

• Location: Mohali

• Program Name: MBA 

• QS Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• FT Global MBA Ranking 2025: - 

• NIRF Ranking 2024: 36

• IIRF Ranking 2025: -

• Accreditations: NAAC, NBA

• Entrance Exams Accepted: CUCET

• Fees: ₹6.28 Lakhs 

• Average Package: -

• Electives: Entrepreneurship, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Business, Intelligence & Marketing Analytics, International Business, Finance

• Other Programs Offered: Integrated MBA, MBA-Applied Finance, MBA-Healthcare & Hospitality and Aviation, Ph.D etc. 

Woxsen University, Hyderabad

• Location: Hyderabad 

• Program Name: MBA (General)

• QS Global MBA Ranking 2025: -

• FT Global MBA Ranking 2025: -

• NIRF Ranking 2024: -

• IIRF Ranking 2025: P-9

• Accreditations: AMBA, AACSB

• Entrance Exams Accepted: WAT (Woxsen Aptitude Test), CAT, NMAT, XAT, GMAT, GRE

• Fees: ₹21.81 Lakhs

• Average Package: ₹9.90 Lakhs per annum

• Electives: Marketing, Finance, Operations, HR, Data Science & Artificial Intelligence

• Other Programs Offered: MBA-(Business Analytics), MBA (Financial Services), MBA (GENERAL) - For Experience Professional, PhD, BBA(Hons.)+MBA

Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida 

• Location: Noida 

• Program Name: PGDM 

• QS Global MBA Ranking 2025: -

• FT Global MBA Ranking 2025: -

• NIRF Ranking 2024: 45

• IIRF Ranking 2025: P-29

• Accreditations: NAAC, NBA, AACSB

• Entrance Exams Accepted: CAT/CMAT/XAT/MAT/GMAT

• Fees: ₹18.75 Lakhs 

• Average Package: ₹9.05 Lakhs per annum

• Electives: Marketing, Finance, HR, Operations Management, Business Analytics, Family Business, Entrepreneurship

• Other Programs Offered: PGDM Marketing, PGDM Service Management, Fellow Programme In Management, Online PGDM/MBA

Goa Institute of Management, Goa

• Location: Sanquelim

• Program Name: PGDM 

• QS Global MBA Ranking 2025: -

• FT Global MBA Ranking 2025: -

• NIRF Ranking 2024: 37

• IIRF Ranking 2025: P-12

• Accreditations: AACSB, NBA, AMBA, SAQS

• Entrance Exams Accepted: CAT/XAT/GMAT

• Fees: ₹20.40 Lakhs

• Average Package: ₹14.9 Lakhs per annum

• Electives: Finance & Accounting, General Management & Economics, IT & Operations, Marketing, OB & HRM

• Other Programs Offered: PGDM (Healthcare Management), PGDM (Big Data Analytics), PGDM (Banking, Insurance & Financial Services), Hybrid PGDM, FPM, International Double Degree in Analytics

T. A. Pai Management Institute - TAPMI, Manipal 

• Location: Manipal 

• Program Name: MBA 

• QS Global MBA Ranking 2025: -

• FT Global MBA Ranking 2025: -

• NIRF Ranking 2024: 58

• IIRF Ranking 2025: P-12

• Accreditations: AMBA, AACSB 

• Entrance Exams Accepted: CAT, XAT, GMAT, NMAT by GMAC

• Fees: ₹18.20 Lakhs

• Average Package: ₹13.84 Lakhs per annum 

• Electives: Accounting, Finance & Economics; Human Resources, Organisational Behaviour & Communications; Information Systems & Technology; Marketing Management; Operations; Strategy; Analytics. 

• Other Programs Offered: MBA-BKFS, MBA-HRM, MBA-IB, MBA-Marketing, MBA-Tech, MBA-AI & DS, Online MBA, Ph.D, Executive-PGPM.