CMAT Cut off 2025: College-wise Minimum Percentile Score

CMAT Cut off 2025 is announced after the declaration of the result. CMAT-participating colleges separately announce the percentile score for MBA admission.

Nandini TyagiUpdated on : Sep 25 2024 15:28 IST

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CMAT Cut Off 2025

CMAT Cut Off 2025 will be released separately by each participating college after the declaration of the result. CMAT result is released in the form of a scorecard containing the sectional and total NTA score obtained by candidates. The scorecard also contains the All India Rank achieved by candidates. Participating colleges invite students for CMAT counselling based on their performance in the exam.

CMAT cut off is released in the form of a percentile score. To secure MBA admission at top institutes like JBIMS Mumbai, GIM Goa, XISS Ranchi, and others students must have a minimum 98 percentile score. However, this is not the only parameter for admission. Selected candidates have to go through Group Discussion (GD), Personal Interview (PI), and Written Ability Test (WAT) for the college they have cleared the CMAT cut off. The final merit list is prepared by the institute based on the overall performance of the candidate in the CMAT 2025 exam and interview rounds.

Some of the top colleges that accept CMAT 2025 scores are as follows:

JBIMS Mumbai
XISS Ranchi
We School Mumbai
PUMBA DMS
KJSIMSR Mumbai
GIM Goa
BIT Mesra, Ranchi

CMAT Expected Cut Off 2025

Interested candidates can check the CMAT 2025 expected cut off in the table below:

Institute	CMAT Cut Off (Percentile)
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) Mumbai	99.99
Goa Institute of Management, Goa	99.7
K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research (KJSIMSR), Mumbai	99
We School Mumbai	99
MET Institute of Management, Mumbai	97
Pune University Department of Management Sciences (PUMBA DMS)	96
XISS Ranchi	95
Acharya Bangalore Business School (ABBS), Bangalore	90
Asia Pacific Institute of Management, Ahmedabad	85
IFIM Business School, Bangalore	85
Prin. LN Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai	85
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida	83
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi	80-82
Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune	78-80

CMAT Cut off 2025: Section-wise

Students who take the CMAT 2025 exam are also required to clear the section-wise cut off. It is a minimum score that candidates must achieve to secure admission at any AICTE-approved management institute. Interested candidates can check the tentative section-wise percentile cutoff in the table below:

Section	Percentile Cut off
Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation	50-55
Language Comprehension	45-50
Logical Reasoning	40-45
General Awareness	40
Innovation & Entrepreneurship	35-40

CMAT 2025 Score Vs Percentile

The percentile score in the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) reflects how your performance compares to that of all other test takers. It signifies the proportion of candidates who achieved scores equal to or lower than your own. To put it simply, attaining a 90th percentile score implies that your performance outshone that of 90% of CMAT participants.

The percentile score depends upon the marks obtained by candidates. Interested candidates can check the expected score vs percentile table below:

CMAT 2024 Percentile	CMAT 2025 Score
100	345 – 360
90 – 99.99	300-344
80 – 89	250-299
71 – 79	200-249
61 – 70	150-100
51 – 60	120-140
50 and below	Below 120

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Who releases the CMAT cut off?

The cut off for CMAT exam is released separately by each participating college.

How much CMAT percentile required for JBIMS Mumbai?

A student must score above 99 percentile in order to be considered for admission to JBIMS Mumbai.

How much score is required to get 99 percentile in CMAT exam?

Students should try to score more than 340 marks to get above 99 percentile in their CMAT result.

I have achieved 95 percentile in CMAT result. What colleges will I be able to get into?

You can get admission to XISS Ranchi, IFIM Business School, Jaipuria Institute of Management, BIT Mesra, PUMBA DMS, and others with a 99 percentile in CMAT exam.