CAT 2024 Cutoff - Check Category-wise (General, OBC, SC, ST) Qualifying Cutoff Score

Updated By Tiyasa Khanra on 12 May, 2025 18:21

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CAT 2025 cutoffs for MBA admissions in some of the top institutes such as IIMs, FMS Delhi, MDI Gurgaon, and TISS will be provided here. Old IIMs and top colleges will have 98-99+ cutoffs while new and baby IIMs will have between 85-99+ cutoffs. Section-wise cutoffs will also be provided. The results will be declared by IIM Kozhikode in December 2025. Continue reading for complete cutoff details for General, EWS, SC, ST, OBC categories, and others.

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CAT 2024 Cutoff Overview

The CAT 2024 Cutoff at IIMs ranged from 95 to 100 percentile, with the cutoffs for General and NC-OBC category students varying from 98 to 100 percentile. For top IIMs like IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, and IIM Calcutta, the CAT cutoff 2024 ranged from 99 to 100 percentile. For IIM Lucknow, IIM Indore, IIM Kozhikode, it varied from 97 to 98 percentile, and for IIM Amritsar, IIM Nagpur, and IIM Sambalpur, the cutoff stood above 95 percentile.

The cutoffs were lower for SC/ST/PwD category candidates. The minimum required CAT 2024 cut-off for non-IIMs ranged from 94-100 percentile. The CAT 2024 cutoff was determined based on the difficulty level of the CAT 2024 exam, number of people appearing for the CAT 2024 exam, number of people who qualified the CAT exam, number of seats available at a given institute, and the ranking of the particular institute. Find the CAT cutoffs 2024 for various participating institutes here!

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Table of Contents

CAT 2024 Cutoff Overview
CAT 2024 Qualifying Cut Off for IIMs
CAT 2024 Final Cut Offs for IIM Admission
Category-wise IIM CAT Sectional Cut off 2024
CAT 2024 Cutoff for Non-IIMs Category-Wise
CAT Sectional Cutoff 2024
Check Out CAT Cutoff for Other Years

CAT 2024 Qualifying Cut Off for IIMs

The CAT 2024 qualifying cutoff was the minimum percentile you were required to achieve in the CAT 2024 exam in order to become qualified for the next stage of admission (such as WAT, GD, PI) at a particular IIMe. It was lower than the CAT final cutoff for 2024. Find the qualifying CAT 2024 cutoff for IIMs in the table below.

Name of the IIM	Qualifying CAT 2024 Cut Off
IIM Ahmedabad	80
IIM Bangalore	85
IIM Calcutta	85
IIM Kozhikode	85
IIM Nagpur	85
IIM Amritsar	85
IIM Lucknow	90
IIM Indore	90
IIM Sambalpur	93
IIM Ranchi	93
IIM Tiruchirappalli	93
IIM Mumbai	97
IIM Kashipur	94
IIM Raipur	93
IIM Bodh Gaya	93
IIM Udaipur	93
IIM Rohtak	95
IIM Sirmaur	93
IIM Jammu	93
IIM Shillong	75
IIM Visakhapatnam	80

CAT 2024 Final Cut Offs for IIM Admission

The CAT 2024 final cutoff was the actual percentile score that was declared based on the number of applicants, difficulty level of the exam, and number of candidates who passed the exam. The final cutoff was higher than the qualifying cutoff score and comprised sectional and overall percentile. Find the final CAT 2024 cutoff for IIMs in the table below.

Name of the IIM	CAT Final Cutoff 2024
IIM Ahmedabad	99-100
IIM Bangalore	99-100
IIM Calcutta	99
IIM Mumbai	97
IIM Lucknow	97+
IIM Indore	97+
IIM Kozhikode	97 to 98
IIM Amritsar	95+
IIM Nagpur	95+
IIM Sambalpur	95+
IIM Sirmaur	95
IIM Rohtak	95
IIM Trichy	94
IIM Raipur	94
IIM Ranchi	94
IIM Kashipur	94
IIM Vizag	92
IIM Udaipur	92
IIM Bodhgaya	92
IIM Shillong	90

Category-wise IIM CAT Sectional Cut off 2024

The CAT cut-off for each section as well as for all categories was set differently for each IIM for the year 2024. Find the section-wise as well as category-wise IIM Cut off 2024 for all IIMs below.

IIM Ahmedabad Sectional Cut-Offs 2024 Category wise

Category	VARC	DILR	QA
General, EWS	70	70	70
NC-OBC-cum-transgender	65	65	65
SC	60	60	60
ST	50	50	50
PwD (General, EWS, NC-OBC cum-transgender, SC)	60	60	60
PwD (ST)	50	50	50

IIM Bangalore Sectional Cut-Offs 2024 Category wise

Category	VARC	DILR	QA
General	80	80	80
NC-OC	70	70	70
EWS	70	70	70
SC	60	60	60
ST	55	55	55
PWD	50	50	50

IIM Calcutta Sectional Cut-Offs 2024 Category wise

Category	VARC	DILR	QA
OPEN	≥80	≥80	≥75
EWS	≥70	≥65	≥65
NC-OBC	≥70	≥65	≥65
SC	≥65	≥60	≥60
ST	≥55	≥55	≥55
PwD	≥45	≥45	≥45

IIM Lucknow Sectional Cut-Offs 2024 Category wise

Category	VARC	DILR	QA
General	85	85	85
EWS	77	77	77
NC-OBC	77	77	77
SC	55	55	55
ST	50	50	50
PWD	50	50	50

IIM Mumbai Sectional Cut-Offs 2024 Category wise

Category	VARC	DILR	QA
OPEN	≥80	≥80	≥75
NC-OBC	≥70	≥65	≥65
EWS	≥70	≥65	≥65
SC	≥65	≥60	≥60
ST	≥55	≥55	≥55
PwD	≥45	≥45	≥45

IIM Indore Sectional Cut-Offs 2024 Category wise

Category	VARC	DILR	QA
OPEN	80	80	80
NC-OBC	70	70	70
EWS	80	80	80
SC	55	55	55
ST	40	40	40
PwD	40	40	40

IIM Kozhikode Sectional Cut-Offs 2024 Category wise

Category	VARC	DILR	QA
GEN	75	75	75
OBC-NCL/EWS	65	65	65
SC	55	55	55
ST/PwD	45	45	45

IIM Shillong Sectional Cut-Offs 2024 Category wise

Category	VARC	DILR	QA
DA	50	50	50
ST/PwD	50	50	50
SC	60	60	60
EWS	75	75	75
OTHERS	75	75	75

IIM Udaipur Sectional Cut-Offs 2024 Category wise

Category	VARC Percentile	DI LR Percentile	QA Percentile	Total Percentile
General	75	75	75	95
EWS	55	55	55	81
NC-OBC	52	52	52	81
SC	45	45	45	66
ST	25	25	30	42
PwD	25	25	30	42

IIM Trichy Sectional Cut-Offs 2024 Category wise

Category	VARC Percentile	DI LR Percentile	QA Percentile	Total Percentile
General	75	75	75	95
EWS	55	55	55	81
NC-OBC	52	52	52	81
SC	45	45	45	66
ST	25	25	30	42
PwD	25	25	30	42

IIM Ranchi Sectional Cut-Offs 2024 Category wise

Category	VARC Percentile	DI LR Percentile	QA Percentile	Total Percentile
General	75	75	75	95
EWS	55	55	55	81
NC-OBC	52	52	52	81
SC	45	45	45	66
ST	25	25	30	42
PwD	25	25	30	42

IIM Raipur Sectional Cut-Offs 2024 Category wise

Category	VARC	DILR	QA	Total
EWS	65	65	65	80
EWS-PWD	30	30	30	45
GEN	75	75	75	90
GEN-PWD	30	30	30	45
NC-OBC	65	65	65	80
NC-OBC-PWD	30	30	30	45
SC	60	60	60	65
SC-PWD	30	30	30	45
ST	55	55	55	55
ST-PWD	30	30	30	45

IIM Kashipur Sectional Cut-Offs 2024 Category wise

Category	VARC Percentile	DI LR Percentile	QA Percentile	Total Percentile
General	75	75	75	95
EWS	55	55	55	81
NC-OBC	52	52	52	81
SC	45	45	45	66
ST	25	25	30	42
PwD	25	25	30	42

IIM Nagpur Sectional Cut-Offs 2024 Category wise

Category	VARC Percentile	DI LR Percentile	QA Percentile	Total Percentile
General	75	75	75	95
EWS	55	55	55	81
NC-OBC	52	52	52	81
SC	45	45	45	66
ST	25	25	30	42
PwD	25	25	30	42

IIM Bodhgaya Sectional Cut-Offs 2024 Category wise

Category	VARC Percentile	DI LR Percentile	QA Percentile	Total Percentile
General	75	75	75	95
EWS	55	55	55	81
NC-OBC	52	52	52	81
SC	45	45	45	66
ST	25	25	30	42
PwD	25	25	30	42

IIM Sirmaur Sectional Cut-Offs 2024 Category wise

Category	VARC Percentile	DI LR Percentile	QA Percentile	Total Percentile
General	75	75	75	95
EWS	55	55	55	81
NC-OBC	52	52	52	81
SC	45	45	45	66
ST	25	25	30	42
PwD	25	25	30	42

IIM Amritsar Sectional Cut-Offs 2024 Category wise

Category	VARC	DILR	QA
General	75	75	80
EWS	75	75	80
NC-OBC	60	60	65
SC	50	50	55
ST	35	35	35
DAP	35	35	35

IIM Sambalpur Sectional Cut-Offs 2024 Category wise

Category	VARC	DILR	QA
General	65	65	65
EWS	60	60	60
NC-OBC	55	55	55
SC	40	40	40
ST	35	35	35
DAP	35	35	35

IIM Vishakhapatnam Sectional Cut-Offs 2024 Category wise

Category	VARC	DILR	QA
Un-reserved	70	70	70
EWS	63	63	63
NC-OBC	63	63	63
SC	40	40	40
ST	30	30	30
PwD	30	30	30

IIM Jammu Sectional Cut-Offs 2024 Category wise

Category	Gender	VARC	DILR	QA	Overall
General	Male	72	72	72	91
	Female	71	71	71	89
	Transgender	71	71	71	89
EWS	Male	48	48	48	74
	Female	47	47	47	72
	Transgender	47	47	47	72
NC-OBC	Male	48	48	48	74
	Female	47	47	47	72
	Transgender	47	47	47	72
SC	Male	42	42	42	54
	Female	41	41	41	52
	Transgender	41	41	41	52
ST	Male	24	24	29	32
	Female	23	23	28	30
	Transgender	23	23	28	30
PwD	Male	24	24	29	32
	Female	23	23	28	30
	Transgender	23	23	28	30

Top Management Colleges :

IIM Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
IIM Bangalore
Bengaluru
IIM Kozhikode
Kozhikode
IIM Calcutta
Kolkata
IIT Delhi
Delhi

CAT 2024 Cutoff for Non-IIMs Category-Wise

The category-wise CAT cutoff 2024 for some of the top private MBA colleges accepting CAT scores apart from IIMs have been provided below:

Name of Private MBA College	Category-Wise CAT 2024 Cutoff
Name of Private MBA College	General	SC	ST	OBC
MDI Gurgaon	97-99 percentile	93 percentile	93 percentile	93 percentile
XLRI Jamshedpur	96 percentile	96 percentile	96 percentile	96 percentile
IMT Ghaziabad	96 percentile	96 percentile	96 percentile	96 percentile
JBIMS Mumbai	95 percentile	75 percentile	75 percentile	75 percentile
NMIMS Mumbai	91 percentile	91 percentile	91 percentile	91 percentile
IMI Delhi	90 percentile	90 percentile	90 percentile	90 percentile
LBSIM Delhi	86 percentile	86 percentile	86 percentile	86 percentile
SPJIMR Mumbai	95-99 percentile	85 percentile	85 percentile	85 percentile
TAPMI Manipal	85 percentile	85 percentile	85 percentile	85 percentile
FORE School of Management Delhi	85 percentile	85 percentile	85 percentile	85 percentile
GLIM Chennai	80 percentile	80 percentile	80 percentile	80 percentile
LPU Jalandhar	80 percentile	80 percentile	80 percentile	80 percentile
UBS Mumbai	75 percentile	75 percentile	75 percentile	75 percentile
JIMS Rohini	75 percentile	75 percentile	75 percentile	75 percentile
UPES Dehradun	70 percentile	70 percentile	70 percentile	70 percentile
Amity University Noida	75 percentile	75 percentile	75 percentile	75 percentile
Alliance University	70 percentile	70 percentile	70 percentile	70 percentile

CAT Sectional Cutoff 2024

Obtaining the sectional cutoff of CAT also stands as mandatory apart from meeting the overall cutoff. The CAT exam sectional cutoffs 2024 have been provided in the table below.

CAT Score vs Percentile 2024

CAT 2024 Percentile	Overall Score
99.9	118-123
99.5	103-108
99	92-95
98	69-72
95	57-59
90	47-49
85	42-44
80	39-40
75	34-36

CAT 2024 Cutoff for Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension

Percentile	Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3
99.9%ile	48	50	46
99.5%ile	44	46	42
99%ile	40	42	38
98%ile	36	38	34
95%ile	30	32	28
90%ile	25	26	23
85%ile	21	22	20
80%ile	19	20	18

CAT 2024 Cutoff for Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning

Percentile	Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3
99.9%ile	36	38	36
99.5%ile	32	34	32
99%ile	28	30	28
98%ile	25	26	25
95%ile	19	20	19
90%ile	16	17	16
85%ile	13	13	13
80%ile	11	11	11

CAT 2024 Cutoff for Quantitative Aptitude

Percentile	Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3
99.9%ile	40	40	40
99.5%ile	30	30	30
99%ile	27	26	26
98%ile	23	23	23
95%ile	18	18	18
90%ile	15	14	14
85%ile	12	12	12
80%ile	10	10	10

Check Out CAT Cutoff for Other Years

If you are aiming to appear for the CAT 2025 exam, you must check out the CAT cutoffs for other years to gain insights into the minimum expected percentile required to qualify for the exam.

CAT Cutoff 2023	CAT Cutoff 2022
CAT Cutoff 2021	CAT Cutoff 2020

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IIM Kozhikode
Kozhikode
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Established in: 1997
Highest Cutoff:
Post Graduate Programme in Management (97.0)
Lowest Cutoff:
Post Graduate Programme in Management (97.0)
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IIM Shillong
Shillong
|
Established in: 2008
Highest Cutoff:
Post Graduate Program in Management (90.0)
Lowest Cutoff:
Post Graduate Program in Management (90.0)
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IMS Noida
Noida
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Established in: 1998
Highest Cutoff:
PGDM in Marketing (75.0)
Lowest Cutoff:
PGDM in Marketing (75.0)
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Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), Anand
Anand
|
Established in: 1979
Highest Cutoff:
Post Graduate Programme in Rural Management (PGDRM) (80.0)
Lowest Cutoff:
Post Graduate Programme in Rural Management (PGDRM) (80.0)
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IIM Indore
Indore
|
Established in: 1996
Highest Cutoff:
Post Graduate Program (PGP) (97.0)
Lowest Cutoff:
Post Graduate Program (PGP) (97.0)
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IIM Lucknow
Lucknow
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Established in: 1984
Highest Cutoff:
Post Graduate Programme in Agribusiness Management (97.0)
Lowest Cutoff:
Post Graduate Programme in Agribusiness Management (97.0)
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IIM Calcutta
Kolkata
|
Established in: 1961
Highest Cutoff:
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics (99.0)
Lowest Cutoff:
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics (99.0)
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IIM Ranchi
Ranchi
|
Established in: 2009
Highest Cutoff:
PGPHRM (40.0)
Lowest Cutoff:
PGPHRM (94.0)
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CMS Business School
Bengaluru
|
Established in: 2009
Highest Cutoff:
MBA in finance (50.0)
Lowest Cutoff:
MBA in finance (50.0)
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IIM Udaipur
Udaipur
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Established in: 2011
Highest Cutoff:
(94.0)
Lowest Cutoff:
(94.0)
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Institute of Management Technology (IMT-N), Nagpur
Nagpur
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Established in: 2004
Highest Cutoff:
PGDM in Marketing (85.0)
Lowest Cutoff:
PGDM in Marketing (85.0)
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IIM Bangalore
Bengaluru
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Established in: 1973
Highest Cutoff:
Post Graduate Programme in Management (99.0)
Lowest Cutoff:
Post Graduate Programme in Management (99.0)
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ISBR bangalore
Bengaluru
|
Established in: 1990
Highest Cutoff:
PGDM in Marketing Management (50.0)
Lowest Cutoff:
PGDM in International Business (60.0)
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MICA Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
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Established in: 1991
Highest Cutoff:
PGDM In Media & Entertainment Management (80.0)
Lowest Cutoff:
PGDM In Media & Entertainment Management (80.0)
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NSB Noida
Noida
|
Established in: 2014
Highest Cutoff:
PGDM Energy Management (70.0)
Lowest Cutoff:
PGDM Energy Management (70.0)
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IIM Nagpur
Nagpur
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Established in: 2015
Highest Cutoff:
Post Graduate Programme in Management (40.0)
Lowest Cutoff:
Post Graduate Programme in Management (95.0)
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BML Munjal University
Gurgaon
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Established in: 2014
Highest Cutoff:
MBA with specialisation in Finance (90.0)
Lowest Cutoff:
MBA with specialisation in Finance (90.0)
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IFIM Bangalore
Bengaluru
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Established in: 2009
Highest Cutoff:
PGDM in Finance (75.0)
Lowest Cutoff:
PGDM in Finance (75.0)
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IIM Sambalpur
Sambalpur
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Established in: 2015
Highest Cutoff:
Post Graduate Programme in Management (95.0)
Lowest Cutoff:
Post Graduate Programme in Management (95.0)
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