XAT Cutoff 2020–2025: Analysis, Percentiles & Score vs Percentile – By The Prayas India
The XAT exam was conducted on 5th January 2025 in a single slot from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Over 1.3 lakh students appeared for the exam. After the exam, students are eagerly awaiting the XAT 2025 result s, which are expected to be officially declared before the end of January 2025. Once the results are announced, XLRI will release the official XAT 2025 cutoffs for its prestigious PGDM-BM and PGDM-HRM programs.
At The Prayas India, we have compiled the XAT 2024 and XAT 2025 cutoffs for XLRI along with a detailed XAT score vs percentile analysis. Aspirants can refer to these data-backed insights to better understand where they stand and which B-schools they can target based on their performance.
XAT 2025 Cut Offs: Key Highlights
- For male engineering candidates, the XAT 2025 cutoff is 96 percentile for the Business Management (BM) program and 95 percentile for Human Resource Management (HRM).
- Among female engineering candidates, the cutoffs remain the same as last year, with 91 percentile for BM and 90 percentile for HRM.
- Male candidates from non-engineering backgrounds face a 96 percentile cutoff for BM and 93 percentile for HRM.
- For non-engineering female aspirants, the BM cutoff stands at 91 percentile, while the HRM cutoff is 87 percentile.
XAT 2025 Cut Off: Key Determining Factors
The XAT cutoff percentiles for XLRI admissions are influenced by several factors, with one of the most crucial being the candidate’s academic and demographic profile. This is why the XAT cutoffs vary across different categories — such as engineering vs non-engineering backgrounds, and male vs female candidates. These variations are aimed at promoting classroom diversity in management programs.
Below are the eight major factors that play a role in determining the XAT 2025 cutoffs:
- Total number of candidates appearing for the XAT exam in 2025
- Difficulty level of the XAT question paper
- Number of available seats for admission under each program
- Average and highest XAT scores achieved in the given year
- Overall performance trend of candidates in XAT 2025
- Cutoff trends from previous years
- Average percentile scores based on gender
- Average percentile scores based on academic stream (engineering/non-engineering)
Note: XAT-participating institutes may apply additional parameters when setting their individual MBA course cutoffs. Each institute sets its cutoffs independently based on its internal admission criteria.
XAT 2025 Cut Offs for XLRI
The XAT 2025 cutoffs for admission to XLRI’s MBA in Business Management (BM) and Human Resource Management (HRM) programs have been officially released. The PI shortlisting has been done based on the following sectional and overall cutoffs.
XAT 2025 Cut Offs – MBA Business Management (BM)
The table below presents the sectional and overall cutoffs for various categories of candidates applying for the MBA BM program:
| Category | QA | VALR | DM | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineer/Tech – Male | 88 | 84 | 84 | 96 |
| Engineer/Tech – Female | 82 | 80 | 80 | 91 |
| Non-Engineer – Male | 88 | 84 | 84 | 96 |
| Non-Engineer – Female | 82 | 80 | 80 | 91 |
XAT 2025 Cut Offs – MBA Human Resource Management (HRM)
Here are the sectional and overall cutoffs for admission to the MBA HRM program at XLRI:
| Category | QA | VALR | DM | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineer/Tech – Male | 83 | 90 | 87 | 95 |
| Engineer/Tech – Female | 73 | 85 | 80 | 90 |
| Non-Engineer – Male | 76 | 90 | 87 | 93 |
| Non-Engineer – Female | 78 | 85 | 80 | 87 |
XAT 2025 Cut Offs: Other Top MBA Colleges
Apart from XLRI, several other premier B-schools accept XAT 2025 scores for their MBA admissions. The table below lists the XAT score range and corresponding percentile cutoffs for top institutes like XIMB, SPJIMR, IMT, KJ Somaiya, and others.
Candidates who meet these cutoffs are shortlisted for further admission rounds such as WAT (Written Ability Test), GDA (Group Discussion Activity), and Personal Interview (PI). Eligible students must also apply separately to each institute.
Top MBA Colleges Accepting XAT 2025 Scores
| MBA College | XAT Score Range | XAT Cutoff Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| XIMB – Bhubaneswar | 30.5 – 32.5 | 90 – 93 |
| SPJIMR – Mumbai | 32.5 – 34.5 | 93.50 – 95 |
| IMT – Ghaziabad | 30.5 – 32 | 90 – 92 |
| GIM – Goa | 27.5 – 30.5 | 85 – 90 |
| TAPMI – Manipal | 26 – 27.5 | 80 – 85 |
| IRMA – Anand | 26 – 27.5 | 80 – 85 |
| MICA – Ahmedabad | 26 – 27.5 | 80 – 85 |
| Great Lakes Institute of Management | 26 – 27.5 | 80 – 85 |
| LIBA – Chennai | 26 – 27.5 | 80 – 85 |
| KJ Somaiya – Mumbai | 27.5 – 30.5 | 85 – 90 |
| SOIL Institute of Management | – | 70 |
XAT 2024 Cut Offs
XAT 2024 Cut Offs for XLRI MBA BM
Given below is the category wise sectional and overall XAT 2024 cut offs for PGDM BM (Business Management) programme:
| Category | Overall XAT percentile | QA percentile | VALR percentile | DM percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineer Male | 96 | 86 | 83 | 85 |
| Engineer Female | 91 | 81 | 80 | 80 |
| Non-engineer Male | 95 | 85 | 83 | 86 |
| Non-engineer Female | 90 | 80 | 80 | 81 |
XAT 2024 Cut Offs for XLRI MBA HRM
Given below is the category wise sectional and overall XAT 2024 cut offs for PGDM HRM (Human Resource Management) programme:
| Category | Overall XAT percentile | QA percentile | VALR percentile | DM percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineer Male | 95 | 80 | 90 | 85 |
| Engineer Female | 90 | 73 | 85 | 78 |
| Non-engineer Male | 93 | 75 | 90 | 85 |
| Non-engineer Female | 88 | 68 | 85 | 78 |
XAT previous years’ cutoffs for XLRI 2023
PGDM Business Management (BM)
| General Engineers | VA | DM | QA | Overall |
| Male | 75 | 75 | 85 | 95 |
| Female | 75 | 75 | 80 | 92 |
| General Non-Engineers | VA | DM | QA | Overall |
| Male | 75 | 75 | 85 | 95 |
| Female | 75 | 75 | 80 | 92 |
PGDM Human Resource Management (HRM)
| General Engineers | VA | DM | QA | Overall |
| Male | 90 | 75 | 85 | 93 |
| Female | 90 | 75 | 65 | 91 |
| General NonEngineers | VA | DM | QA | Overall |
| Male | 90 | 75 | 70 | 90 |
| Female | 75 | 75 | 60 | 88 |
XAT previous years’ cutoffs for XLRI 2022
PGDM Business Management (BM)
| Category | VALR | DM | QA | Overall |
| Male | 75 | 72 | 80 | 93 |
| Female | 72 | 72 | 75 | 90 |
PGDM Human Resource Management (HRM)
| Category | VALR | DM | QA | Overall |
| Male (Engineering) | 80 | 70 | 75 | 92 |
| Female (Engineering) | 80 | 70 | 64 | 90 |
| Male (Non-Engineering) | 80 | 70 | 70 | 90 |
| Female (Non-Engineering) | 80 | 70 | 60 | 87 |
XAT previous years’ cutoffs for XLRI 2021
PGDM Business Management (BM)
| Category | VALR | DM | QA | Overall |
| Male | 76 | 74 | 83 | 94 |
| Female | 70 | 70 | 75 | 92 |
| SC | 60 | 60 | 60 | 65 |
| ST | 55 | 55 | 55 | 60 |
PGDM Human Resource Management (HRM)
| Category | VALR | DM | QA | Overall |
| Male Engineering | 80 | 75 | 80 | 93 |
| Female Engineering | 75 | 68 | 74 | 90 |
| Male Non-Engineering | 80 | 75 | 73 | 90 |
| Female Non-Engineering | 75 | 68 | 64 | 87 |
XAT previous years’ cutoffs for XLRI 2020
PGDM Business Management (BM)
| XAT sections | Male | Female |
| VALR | 74 | 72 |
| DM | 78 | 74 |
| QA | 85 | 75 |
| Overall | 95 | 93 |
PGDM Human Resource Management (HRM)
| XAT sections | Male Engineer | Female Engineer | Male Non-Engineer | Female Non-Engineer |
| VALR | 79 | 74 | 78 | 73 |
| DM | 73 | 68 | 73 | 68 |
| QA | 75 | 70 | 70 | 65 |
| Overall | 93 | 91 | 90 | 88 |
Looking at the overall trend, the XAT 2025 cutoff for XLRI’s PGDM-BM program is expected to be approximately 95 percentile for male engineering candidates, while the HRM program cutoff is likely to be around 93 percentile.
