Return 1.26× — median package divided by total fee. About 10 months of that salary to cover the fee.
CAT 2025, General/EWS category: minimum overall percentile 95, with a sectional minimum of 85 in each of VARC, DILR and QA. The published table lists separate, lower cut-offs for PwD candidates. This is the institute's published minimum to be considered for shortlisting, not the percentile at which candidates were admitted — institutes do not publish the latter.
The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad was set up in 1961 and runs a two-year residential MBA that most aspirants still know by its older name, the PGP. It is one of the few Indian business schools to publish an independently audited placement report each year under the IPRS standard, which makes its salary figures unusually easy to check.
The total fee is ₹27.5L.
IIMA accepts CAT.
The median package is ₹34.6L (average ₹35.5L), for the 2025 placement season.
IIMA lists a minimum 95 percentile to be considered for shortlisting — actual admit percentiles are typically higher and are not published.
About 100% of the 406-strong batch was placed in the 2025 season.
The programme has an approved intake of 410 seats.
IIMA was established in 1961.
Also accepting CAT: Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi · Goa Institute of Management · Indian Institute of Management Bangalore · Indian Institute of Management Calcutta · Indian Institute of Management Lucknow · S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research