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CAT Cut Off 2024: Check Qualifying Cut Off and Final Cut Offs for IIMs and Top Colleges for MBA Admission 2025

Last Updated on November 24, 2024 by Prof. SK Agarwal

CAT 2024 was held successfully on November 24, 2024. CAT 2024 Analysis reveals that difficulty level of exam paper was lower than last year. However, since IIM admissions are based on CAT percentiles which are automatically adjusted for exam difficulty levels, no change in CAT Cut Offs 2024 is expected. CAT Cut Off is the required CAT percentage for admission into IIMs and other top MBA colleges. Check (announced) Qualifying Cut Off and (expected) Final Cut Offs for IIM and Top MBA Colleges including FMS, SPJIMR, MDI and others for different percentile range.

Table of Content

  • 1. What is CAT Cut Offs?

  • 2. Qualifying and Final CAT Cutoffs: Key Difference

  • 3. CAT Cut Off for IIMs Admission 2025

  • 4. CAT Cut Off for CAP 2025 Participating IIM Admission 2025

  • 5. Sectional CAT Cutoff for Top IIMs

  • 6. CAT Cut Off 2024 Category Wise

  • 7. CAT Cut off for Top IITs for MBA Admission

  • 8. CAT Cut Off for Top MBA Colleges (Non-IIMs)

  • 9. CAT Cutoff Score Vs Percentile

  • 10. Factors Determining CAT Cutoff

  • 11. CAT Cut Off 2024 FAQs

1. What is CAT Cut Offs?

CAT Cut Off is the required CAT percentage for admission into IIMs and other top MBA colleges. CAT Cut Offs varies by the ranking and placements of an MBA college. 

  • CAT 2024 Cutoffs for IIM admissions are between 95-100 percentile. 
  • CAT 2024 Exam Cutoff for top non-IIM MBA colleges like FMS, SPJIMR, MDI, IIFT will be in the range of 94-99 percentile.  
  • MBA colleges ranked between 30-50 have CAT Cut Offs between 80-90% 
  • MBA colleges ranked between 50-100 have CAT Cut Offs between 50-80% 
  • Remember, these cut off changes based on many factors as described below. 

2. Qualifying and Final CAT Cutoffs: Key Difference

IIMs release two different types of CAT Cut Offs: Qualifying CAT Cut Off and Final CAT Cut Off.

Qualifying CAT Cut off 2024: The minimum qualifying CAT 2024 cut offs are officially released by the B-schools before the CAT exam. This CAT cut off is the threshold criteria to screen the eligibility of applicants. If the candidates do not clear these CAT cut off, they will not be considered for next admission round. But it does not give any assurance that the candidate will be shortlisted based on qualifying cut off. Qualifying CAT Cut Offs are between 75-85 percent and used only to shortlist candidates for Personal Interview (PI) Round. 

Qualifying CAT Cut Offs for PI round shortlisting have already been announced by IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and IIM Lucknow. 

Final CAT Cut Offs 2024 for IIM admission: The final admission CAT cut off is much higher than qualifying cut off. For example, in its Admission Policy 2025, IIM Bangalore has announced qualifying CAT cut off as 85 percentile, but the actual CAT cut off is expected to go up as high as 98-99 percentile. Final Cut Offs for IIM admission is much higher and between 95-100 percentile. Final Cut Off for IIM admission 2025 will be released only in March/April after admissions are completed.  

4. CAT Cut Off for CAP 2025 Participating IIM Admission 2025

There are 10 IIMs which have common CAT 2024 Exam Cutoff in shortlisting for PI round. While the minimum CAT cut off announced is at lower percentile, the actual cut off remains high. The expected CAT cut off in these IIMs may remain as under:

IIMs
Qualifying CAT Cut off 2024
Final CAT Cut off 2024
94
94-95
IIM Udaipur
94
94-95
IIM Raipur
94
94-95
IIM Kashipur
94
94-95
IIM Ranchi
94
94-95
IIM Nagpur
94
94-95
IIM Bodhgaya
94
93-94
IIM Jammu
94
93-94
IIM Sambalpur
94
93-94
IIM Sirmaur
94
93-94

The two Baby IIMs namely IIM Amritsar and IIM Visakhapatnam will use their shortlist cut offs individually. 

IIMs
Qualifying CAT Cutoff 2024
Final CAT Cutoff 2024
IIM Amritsar
85
91-92
IIM Visakhapatnam
82
92-93

5. Sectional CAT Cutoff for Top IIMs

Apart from the overall CAT Exam cutoff percentile, IIMs have announced sectional CAT cut offs. The candidates have to clear these sectional CAT cut off to qualify for shortlisting process. 

IIMs
Section-1:
VARC Cut off
Section-2:
DILR Cut off
Section-3:
Quantitative Ability Cut off
IIM Ahmedabad
70
70
70
IIM Bangalore
80
80
80
IIM Calcutta
80
80
75
IIM Kozhikode
75
75
75
IIM Lucknow
85
85
85
IIM Indore
80
80
80
IIM Mumbai
808075
IIM Shillong
75
75
75
IIM Tiruchirappalli
73
73
73
IIM Udaipur
73
73
73
IIM Kashipur
73
73
73
IIM Jammu
73
73
73
IIM Amritsar
75
75
80
IIM Nagpur
73
73
73
IIM Raipur
73
73
73
IIM Ranchi
73
73
73
IIM Bodh Gaya
73
73
73
IIM Sirmaur
73
73
73
IIM Sambalpur
73
73
73
IIM Visakhapatnam
70
70
70

6. CAT Cut Off 2024 Category Wise

CAT cut off 2024 category wise for admission 2025 in top IIMs has been released. Given below are the IIM cut off 2024 category wise including CAT cut off for IIM for General category, CAT cut off for IIM for SC category, CAT Cut off for IIM for OBC NC category, CAT cut off for IIM for EWS and CAT cut off for IIM for ST and PwD category candidates:

IIM
CAT Cut off Category Wise
 
Gen
EWS
OBC-NC
SC
ST
PwD
80
80
75
70
60
70
85
75
75
70
65
60
85
75
75
70
65
55
90
82
82
65
60
60
IIM Mumbai
85
75
75
70
65
55
90
90
80
60
45
45
85
75
75
65
55
55
IIM Rohtak
96
92
82
60
50
86

7. CAT Cut off for Top IITs for MBA Admission

CAT score is accepted by IITs for MBA admission. CAT cutoff for MBA admission in Top IITs is as below 

Top IITs
Qualifying CAT cut off 2024
Final CAT Cut off 2024
IIT Bombay
90
97-98
IIT Delhi
90
97-98
IIT Kharagpur
90
96-97
IIT Madras
90
96-97
IIT Roorkee
90
94-95

8. CAT Cut Off for Top MBA Colleges (Non-IIMs)

Apart from the IIMs and IITs, many top MBA colleges in Non-IIM Category use CAT percentile cut off in their admission process including FMS Delhi, MDI Gurgaon, SPJIMR Mumbai, IIFT Delhi among others. The expected final CAT cut off 2024 in top MBA colleges for admission 2025 is as below: 

 MBA college
Expected CAT Cut off 2024
FMS Delhi
98+
SPJIMR Mumbai
94+
MDI Gurgaon
94+
IIFT Delhi
94+
XIM Bhubaneswar
92+
IMI New Delhi
90
IMT Ghaziabad
90
MICA Ahmedabad
85+
TAPMI Manipal
85+
Great Lakes Chennai
85+
GIM Goa
85+

9. CAT Cutoff Score Vs Percentile

After getting the information on CAT Cut off 2024 for admission 2025 in IIMs and other top MBA colleges, the question arises what CAT score will get the required cut off percentile so that you can clear the cut offs. Without the corresponding raw CAT scores, it is difficult to know the CAT percentile. Based on the previous trends a list of CAT corresponding score to respective percentile is given below. 

CAT Percentile
CAT Exam Raw Score
99.9
110
99.5
95
99
85
95
75
90
65
85
55
80
45
70
35
60
25
50
15

Read the complete process for detailed understanding of what is raw overall and sectional CAT score needed for CAT percentile

10. Factors Determining CAT Cutoff

CAT Cut Offs 2024 for IIMs and other top B-schools are dependent on many factors such as:

  • Total number of applications received
  • Total number of seats available
  • Number of aspirants who appeared for the exam 
  • Difficulty level of the CAT exam

11. CAT Cut Off 2024 FAQs

Q: What is the CAT cut off for 2024?
A:
CAT Cut off for 2024 is applicable for MBA admission 2025. Top MBA Colleges use CAT cut off at the first stage of shortlisting the candidates.   

Q: What is the cut-off for MBA in 2024?
A:
Different IIMs and other MBA colleges have different cut off for MBA in the process of shortlisting. You can refer to above given cut off for MBA in 2024 which will be used to shortlist the candidates

Q: What is the cut off for IIM Results 2024?
A:
The cut off for IIM Results 2024 will be released in January 2025 after release of CAT 2024 result. Based on the qualifying cut off as released by IIMs and expected final cut offs, you can assess your chances of shortlisting by IIMs.

Q: What is the cut off for IIM Calcutta 2024?
A:
IIM Calcutta qualifying cut off 2024 for admission 2025 is 85 percentile for General category. You can check above IIM Calcutta category wise cut off

Q: What is the final admission CAT cutoff 2024 (expected) for top non-IIM colleges?
A:
The final admission CAT cutoff 2024 expected for top non IIM Colleges may remain in the range of 90 to 99 percentile.

Q: What is the minimum qualifying overall CAT cutoff 2024 (expected) for all IIMs?
A:
The minimum qualifying overall CAT cutoff expected for all IIMs is 80 to 90 percentile

Q: What is the minimum qualifying sectional cutoff (expected) for top IIMs?
A:
The minimum qualifying sectional cutoff expected for top IIMs like IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow, IIM Mumbai is between 70 to 80 percentile

To summarize, CAT 2024 Exam Cutoff is the required CAT percentage for admission into top MBA colleges. These cut offs vary by placements of an MBA college. IIMs and other top colleges release two different cut offs: Qualifying Cut Offs and Final Cut Offs. Qualifying Cut Offs are between 75-85 percent only and used to shortlist candidates for Personal Interview (PI) Round. Final Cut Off for IIM admission 2025 will be released only in March/April after admissions are completed. Cutoff do not change significantly for IIMs and other top B-schools. In any given year, the cut offs change by 1-3% only. However, the Cut offs can change significantly in B-schools ranked between 50-100.

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