Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Cutoff 2026 : Category-wise, College-wise

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Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Admission & Cutoff Summary

Parameter	Value
Total Admission Exams	4 Exams
Major Exams Accepted	CAT, XAT, CMAT
Total Colleges Covered	70
Government Colleges	3
Private Colleges	67
Latest Round Updated	2024 (Round 1)
Total Cutoff Records	309+
Categories Available	BC, EWS, General, GeneralPH, OBC, SC, ST
Quotas Available	All India, Home State
Closing Rank Range	25 – 99
Fee Range	₹9,000 – ₹56 Lakhs
Top Institutes Included	XLRI, MDI Gurgaon, MICA

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Exam Coverage

Exam	Colleges	Latest Round	Seats
CAT	43	Round 1	8,070
XAT	34	Round 1	5,520
CMAT	39	Round 1	5,520
TANCET	1	Round 1	—

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Overall Statistics

Metric	Value
Total Colleges	70
Total Courses	1
Total Seat Matrix	9,900+
Total Opening Ranks	—
Total Closing Ranks	813+
Conducting Authorities	4
States Covered	17
Private Institutes	67

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Admission Through Different Exams

Exam	Conducting Authority	Colleges	College Categories
CAT	Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)	43	—
XAT	Xavier Labour Relations Institute	34	—
CMAT	National Testing Agency (NTA)	39	—
TANCET	Tamil Nadu Government (Anna University)	1	—

CAT - Quick Summary

The CAT Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Cutoff 2024 has been released by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) after Round 1 of counselling. This page provides the most complete, data-backed analysis of opening and closing percentiles across all categories (General, OBC, EWS, SC, ST), every counselling round, and every participating government and private college.

Use the interactive cutoff finder, rank predictor, and college recommendation engine below to see exactly which Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) colleges you can get into with your CAT percentile.

Conducting bodyIndian Institutes of Management (IIMs)

Latest round releasedRound 1

Total colleges42

Conducting body

Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)

Latest round released

Round 1

Total colleges

Exam

CAT 2024

Counselling round

Round 1

Lowest closing percentile

Highest closing percentile

Cutoff Finder

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College Name	Opening Percentile	Closing Percentile	Seats
MDI Gurgaon	95	95	300
IMT Ghaziabad	90	90	180
IMI Delhi	90	90	300
GIM Goa	90	90	300
IMT Nagpur	90	90	240
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	85	85	—
FORE School of Management	85	85	360
LBSIM	83	83	180
IMDR	80	80	—
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Rohini, Delhi	75	75	180

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CAT Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Cutoff Trend (Year Wise)

Closing percentile trend for MDI Gurgaon (General category) from 2020 to 2024. Historical trends help predict this year's cutoff movement.

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The closing percentile has moved upward by ~1% over 3 years due to rising applications, new colleges and increased seat intake.

Top Colleges — Year-wise Cutoff

Closing percentile for top colleges across the latest 3 years (2024 · 2023 · 2022).

College	2024	2023	2022
MDI Gurgaon	95	95	95
IMT Ghaziabad	90	90	90
IMI Delhi	90	90	90
GIM Goa	90	90	88
IMT Nagpur	90	90	90
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	85	85	85
FORE School of Management	85	85	85
LBSIM	83	83	80
IMDR	80	80	80
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Rohini, Delhi	75	75	75

CAT Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) cutoff for General category in 2024 (Round 1).

College Name	Opening Percentile	Closing Percentile	Seats
MDI Gurgaon	95	95	300
IMT Ghaziabad	90	90	180
IMI Delhi	90	90	300
GIM Goa	90	90	300
IMT Nagpur	90	90	240
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	85	85	—
FORE School of Management	85	85	360
LBSIM	83	83	180
IMDR	80	80	—
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Rohini, Delhi	75	75	180

CAT Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Round-wise Cutoff Analysis

Cutoff shifts across every counselling round for General category in top colleges offering Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) through CAT.

Closing Percentile values for 2024 (All India, All).

College Name	1
MDI Gurgaon	95
IMT Ghaziabad	90
IMI Delhi	90
GIM Goa	90
IMT Nagpur	90
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	85
FORE School of Management	85
LBSIM	83
IMDR	80
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Rohini, Delhi	75

CAT Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) cutoff details for General category in 2024 (Round 1).

Institute Type:

College Name	City	Rating	Opening Percentile	Closing Percentile	Fees	Seats
MDI Gurgaon	Gurgaon	4.0	95	95	₹ 26.6 L	300
IMT Ghaziabad	Ghaziabad	4.0	90	90	₹ 23.0 L	180
IMI Delhi	Delhi	4.0	90	90	₹ 23.5 L	300
GIM Goa	Other	4.0	90	90	₹ 21.4 L	300
IMT Nagpur	Nagpur	0.0	90	90	₹ 16.0 L	240
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	Chennai	4.0	85	85	₹ 22.5 L	—
FORE School of Management	Delhi	3.0	85	85	₹ 23.2 L	360
LBSIM	Delhi	4.0	83	83	₹ 17.3 L	180
IMDR	Pune	3.0	80	80	₹ 6.0 L	—
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Rohini, Delhi	Delhi	4.0	75	75	₹ 10.8 L	180

CAT Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) top colleges by category for 2024 (Round 1, All India, All).

General Category

College Name	Opening Percentile	Closing Percentile	Seats
MDI Gurgaon	95	95	300
IMT Ghaziabad	90	90	180
IMI Delhi	90	90	300
GIM Goa	90	90	300
IMT Nagpur	90	90	240
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	85	85	—
FORE School of Management	85	85	360
LBSIM	83	83	180
IMDR	80	80	—
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Rohini, Delhi	75	75	180

SC Category

College Name	Opening Percentile	Closing Percentile	Seats
MDI Gurgaon	95	95	300
IMT Ghaziabad	90	90	180
IMI Delhi	90	90	300
GIM Goa	90	90	300
IMT Nagpur	90	90	240
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	85	85	—
FORE School of Management	85	85	360
IMDR	80	80	—
LBSIM	80	80	180
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Rohini, Delhi	75	75	180

ST Category

College Name	Opening Percentile	Closing Percentile	Seats
MDI Gurgaon	95	95	300
IMT Ghaziabad	90	90	180
IMI Delhi	90	90	300
GIM Goa	90	90	300
IMT Nagpur	90	90	240
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	85	85	—
FORE School of Management	85	85	360
IMDR	80	80	—
LBSIM	80	80	180
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Rohini, Delhi	75	75	180

Others Category

College Name	Opening Percentile	Closing Percentile	Seats
MDI Gurgaon	95	95	300
IMT Ghaziabad	90	90	180
IMI Delhi	90	90	300
GIM Goa	90	90	300
IMT Nagpur	90	90	240
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	85	85	—
FORE School of Management	85	85	360
IMDR	80	80	—
LBSIM	80	80	180
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Rohini, Delhi	75	75	180

CAT Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Counselling Timeline 2026

November 29, 2026
CAT 2026 Exam Date

XAT - Quick Summary

The XAT Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Cutoff 2024 has been released by the Xavier Labour Relations Institute after Round 1 of counselling. This page provides the most complete, data-backed analysis of opening and closing percentiles across all categories (General, OBC, SC, ST), every counselling round, and every participating government and private college.

Conducting bodyXavier Labour Relations Institute

Latest round releasedRound 1

Total colleges31

Conducting body

Xavier Labour Relations Institute

Latest round released

Round 1

Total colleges

Exam

XAT 2024

Counselling round

Round 1

Lowest closing percentile

Highest closing percentile

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College Name	Opening Percentile	Closing Percentile	Seats
XLRI	92	92	—
IMT Ghaziabad	90	90	180
IMT Nagpur	90	90	240
FORE School of Management	87	87	360
GIM Goa	85	85	300
NSB Bangalore	85	85	—
SDMIMD	85	85	240
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	80	80	—
Great Lakes Gurgaon	80	80	360
MICA	80	80	60

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XAT Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Cutoff Trend (Year Wise)

Closing percentile trend for XLRI (General category) from 2020 to 2024. Historical trends help predict this year's cutoff movement.

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The closing percentile has moved downward by ~0% over 2 years due to rising applications, new colleges and increased seat intake.

Top Colleges — Year-wise Cutoff

Closing percentile for top colleges across the latest 3 years (2024 · 2023 · 2022).

College	2024	2023	2022
XLRI	92	92	92
IMT Ghaziabad	90	90	90
IMT Nagpur	90	90	90
FORE School of Management	87	87	87
GIM Goa	85	85	85
NSB Bangalore	85	85	85
SDMIMD	85	85	85
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	80	80	80
Great Lakes Gurgaon	80	80	80
MICA	80	80	80

XAT Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) cutoff for General category in 2024 (Round 1).

College Name	Opening Percentile	Closing Percentile	Seats
XLRI	92	92	—
IMT Ghaziabad	90	90	180
IMT Nagpur	90	90	240
FORE School of Management	87	87	360
GIM Goa	85	85	300
NSB Bangalore	85	85	—
SDMIMD	85	85	240
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	80	80	—
Great Lakes Gurgaon	80	80	360
MICA	80	80	60

XAT Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Round-wise Cutoff Analysis

Cutoff shifts across every counselling round for General category in top colleges offering Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) through XAT.

Closing Percentile values for 2024 (All India, All).

College Name	1
XLRI	92
IMT Ghaziabad	90
IMT Nagpur	90
FORE School of Management	87
GIM Goa	85
NSB Bangalore	85
SDMIMD	85
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	80
Great Lakes Gurgaon	80
MICA	80

XAT Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) cutoff details for General category in 2024 (Round 1).

Institute Type:

College Name	City	Rating	Opening Percentile	Closing Percentile	Fees	Seats
XLRI	Jamshedpur	4.0	92	92	—	—
IMT Ghaziabad	Ghaziabad	4.0	90	90	₹ 23.0 L	180
IMT Nagpur	Nagpur	0.0	90	90	₹ 16.0 L	240
FORE School of Management	Delhi	3.0	87	87	₹ 23.2 L	360
GIM Goa	Other	4.0	85	85	₹ 21.4 L	300
NSB Bangalore	Bangalore	4.0	85	85	₹ 7.9 L	—
SDMIMD	Mysore	4.0	85	85	₹ 14.6 L	240
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	Chennai	4.0	80	80	₹ 22.5 L	—
Great Lakes Gurgaon	Gurgaon	4.0	80	80	₹ 13.3 L	360
MICA	Ahmedabad	4.0	80	80	₹ 28.0 L	60

XAT Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) top colleges by category for 2024 (Round 1, All India, All).

General Category

College Name	Opening Percentile	Closing Percentile	Seats
XLRI	92	92	—
IMT Ghaziabad	90	90	180
IMT Nagpur	90	90	240
FORE School of Management	87	87	360
GIM Goa	85	85	300
NSB Bangalore	85	85	—
SDMIMD	85	85	240
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	80	80	—
Great Lakes Gurgaon	80	80	360
MICA	80	80	60

SC Category

College Name	Opening Percentile	Closing Percentile	Seats
BIMTECH	75	75	300

ST Category

College Name	Opening Percentile	Closing Percentile	Seats
BIMTECH	75	75	300

Others Category

College Name	Opening Percentile	Closing Percentile	Seats
BIMTECH	75	75	300

XAT Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Counselling Timeline 2027

July 15, 2026 – December 6, 2026
XAT 2027 Registration
January 3, 2027
XAT 2027 Exam Date

CMAT - Quick Summary

The CMAT Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Cutoff 2024 has been released by the National Testing Agency (NTA) after Round 1 of counselling. This page provides the most complete, data-backed analysis of opening and closing percentiles across all categories (General, SC, ST, GeneralPH), every counselling round, and every participating government and private college.

Conducting bodyNational Testing Agency (NTA)

Latest round releasedRound 1

Total colleges33

Conducting body

National Testing Agency (NTA)

Latest round released

Round 1

Total colleges

Exam

CMAT 2024

Counselling round

Round 1

Lowest closing percentile

98.5

Highest closing percentile

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College Name	Opening Percentile	Closing Percentile	Seats
GIM Goa	98.5	98.5	300
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	95	95	—
BIMTECH	95	95	300
Great Lakes Gurgaon	85	85	360
ISMS Pune	85	85	180
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Rohini, Delhi	85	85	180
Apeejay School of Management	85	85	180
IPE Hyderabad	80	80	180
Praxis Business School	80	80	—
Chetana's Institute of Management and Research	80	80	240

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CMAT Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Cutoff Trend (Year Wise)

Closing percentile trend for Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai (General category) from 2020 to 2024. Historical trends help predict this year's cutoff movement.

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The closing percentile has moved upward by ~6% over 4 years due to rising applications, new colleges and increased seat intake.

Top Colleges — Year-wise Cutoff

Closing percentile for top colleges across the latest 3 years (2024 · 2023 · 2022).

College	2024	2023	2022
GIM Goa	98.5	98.5	98.5
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	95	95	95
BIMTECH	95	95	95
Great Lakes Gurgaon	85	85	85
ISMS Pune	85	85	85
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Rohini, Delhi	85	85	80
Apeejay School of Management	85	85	85
IPE Hyderabad	80	80	80
Praxis Business School	80	80	80
Chetana's Institute of Management and Research	80	80	80

CMAT Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) cutoff for General category in 2024 (Round 1).

College Name	Opening Percentile	Closing Percentile	Seats
GIM Goa	98.5	98.5	300
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	95	95	—
BIMTECH	95	95	300
Great Lakes Gurgaon	85	85	360
ISMS Pune	85	85	180
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Rohini, Delhi	85	85	180
Apeejay School of Management	85	85	180
IPE Hyderabad	80	80	180
Praxis Business School	80	80	—
Chetana's Institute of Management and Research	80	80	240

CMAT Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Round-wise Cutoff Analysis

Cutoff shifts across every counselling round for General category in top colleges offering Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) through CMAT.

Closing Percentile values for 2024 (All India, All).

College Name	1
GIM Goa	98.5
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	95
BIMTECH	95
Great Lakes Gurgaon	85
ISMS Pune	85
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Rohini, Delhi	85
Apeejay School of Management	85
IPE Hyderabad	80
Praxis Business School	80
Chetana's Institute of Management and Research	80

CMAT Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) cutoff details for General category in 2024 (Round 1).

Institute Type:

College Name	City	Rating	Opening Percentile	Closing Percentile	Fees	Seats
GIM Goa	Other	4.0	98.5	98.5	₹ 21.4 L	300
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	Chennai	4.0	95	95	₹ 22.5 L	—
BIMTECH	Greater Noida	3.0	95	95	₹ 14.0 L	300
Great Lakes Gurgaon	Gurgaon	4.0	85	85	₹ 13.3 L	360
ISMS Pune	Pune	4.0	85	85	₹ 10.4 L	180
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Rohini, Delhi	Delhi	4.0	85	85	₹ 10.8 L	180
Apeejay School of Management	Delhi	4.0	85	85	₹ 10.5 L	180
IPE Hyderabad	Hyderabad	4.0	80	80	₹ 9.2 L	180
Praxis Business School	Kolkata	4.0	80	80	₹ 11.3 L	—
Chetana's Institute of Management and Research	Mumbai	4.0	80	80	₹ 9.4 L	240

CMAT Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) top colleges by category for 2024 (Round 1, All India, All).

General Category

College Name	Opening Percentile	Closing Percentile	Seats
GIM Goa	98.5	98.5	300
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	95	95	—
BIMTECH	95	95	300
Great Lakes Gurgaon	85	85	360
ISMS Pune	85	85	180
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Rohini, Delhi	85	85	180
Apeejay School of Management	85	85	180
IPE Hyderabad	80	80	180
Praxis Business School	80	80	—
Chetana's Institute of Management and Research	80	80	240

SC Category

College Name	Opening Percentile	Closing Percentile	Seats
BIMTECH	95	95	300

ST Category

College Name	Opening Percentile	Closing Percentile	Seats
BIMTECH	95	95	300

Others Category

College Name	Opening Percentile	Closing Percentile	Seats
BIMTECH	95	95	300

CMAT Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Counselling Timeline 2027

October 10, 2026 – November 10, 2026
CMAT 2027 Registration (Tentative)
January 25, 2027
CMAT 2027 Exam (Tentative)
February 10, 2027
CMAT 2027 Result (Tentative)

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CAT Cutoff

CAT - Round and Last Round Closing Ranks

College Name	City	2024	2023
MDI Gurgaon	Gurgaon	95	95
IMT Ghaziabad	Ghaziabad	90	90
IMI Delhi	Delhi	90	90
IMT Nagpur	Nagpur	90	90
GIM Goa	Other	90	90
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	Chennai	85	85
FORE School of Management	Delhi	85	85
LBSIM	Delhi	83	83
IMDR	Pune	80	80
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Rohini, Delhi	Delhi	75	75

XAT Cutoff

XAT - Round and Last Round Closing Ranks

College Name	City	2024	2023
XLRI	Jamshedpur	92	92
IMT Ghaziabad	Ghaziabad	90	90
IMT Nagpur	Nagpur	90	90
FORE School of Management	Delhi	87	87
GIM Goa	Other	85	85
NSB Bangalore	Bangalore	85	85
SDMIMD	Mysore	85	85
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	Chennai	80	80
Great Lakes Gurgaon	Gurgaon	80	80
MICA	Ahmedabad	80	80

CMAT Cutoff

CMAT - Round and Last Round Closing Ranks

College Name	City	2024	2023
GIM Goa	Other	98.5	98.5
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	Chennai	95	95
BIMTECH	Greater Noida	95	95
Great Lakes Gurgaon	Gurgaon	85	85
ISMS Pune	Pune	85	85
Apeejay School of Management	Delhi	85	85
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Rohini, Delhi	Delhi	85	85
IPE Hyderabad	Hyderabad	80	80
Praxis Business School	Kolkata	80	80