MBA from IBS Hyderabad or PGPM from IBS Gurgaon? Will the MBA from IBS Hyd worth its cost?

IBS Hyderabad is ranked 8th for private MBA by Outlook 2020. Whereas, IBS Gurgaon has secured the 10th position among the top 30 new generation B-Schools.

Admission: For taking admission in the MBA program of IBS Hyderabad or PGPM program of IBS Gurgaon students are selected based on their performance in IBSAT. For final selection both the institute conducts Group Discussions and Personal Interviews. The required cutoff for the institutes is as follows.

The total fees per year are INR 7.02 Lakhs in IBS Hyderabad while it is INR 4.01 lakhs in IBS Gurgaon.

Placement:

• IBS Hyderabad saw an average CTC of INR 7.32 LPA in the year 2019 while IBS Gurgaon recorded an average CTC of INR 6.05 LPA in the year 2019.
• The Highest CTC at IBS Hyderabad was of INR 50.23 LPA which is way ahead of 17 LPA offered at IBS Gurgaon in the year 2019.
• The top recruiters in both of the colleges were mostly the same – Bharti Airtel, E&Y, HDFC Bank, Genpact, TCS, and many more.

IBS Hyderabad offers admissions to over 1200 students every year for an MBA. Seeing this, if you are someone who sees himself/herself in the top 30-50 students, then it might be worth joining IBS Hyderabad. Since the total fees for the 2 year MBA program stand around INR 18 Lakhs (Tuition fees + hostel charges) while the average CTC is around INR 7 lakhs per annum only.