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PGDBA Cut-Off, Number of Applicants, Wait list Movement and Everything Else You Need to Know

There is very limited information available about PGDBA statistics such as cut-off, number of test takers, composition of overall score and other things. In this post, we have tried to consolidate the important information and give you further details about the course.

Please note that this information has been consolidated from various sources (discussion with PGDBA aspirants and students; social media posts made by students/aspirants; RTIs filed over the years; and off course you should not forget that we have been there and done that and we are the only ones in the industry who can answer those questions.)

PGDBA Exam Applications

Total test takers and personal interview shortlist in 2019:

Application Stage General NC-OBC SC ST
Test Takers 3311 527 205 43
Shortlist for Personal Interview 568 109 69 11

Test takers for the previous years:

Year Total Test Takers
2018 ~ 4,000
2017 ~ 3,000
2016 ~ 2,100
2015 ~ 1,500

According to our sources, around 7,000 people applied for the PGDBA entrance exam 2019; however, only 4,500 took the test. This could be due to multiple factors such as students opting out of process (post CAT results declaration), rejection of application by PGDBA admission committee due to incomplete/incorrect information, among other reasons.

What was the PGDBA Cut-off score?

Year General NC-OBC SC/ST/PwD
2019 105 94 70
2018 92 82 61

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PGDBA Cut-Off

Composite Cut-off score of the selected category

Composite score of the students who were admitted to PGDBA 2019-21 is as below:

Year General OBC SC ST EWS
2019 81.70 73.19 66.75 47.57 72.51

Lowest composite score of the students who were admitted to PGDBA 2018-20 is as below:

Year General OBC SC ST PWD
2018 74.864 58.653 54.709 45.939 36.628

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PGDBA Wait list Details

Number of students

Total number of students in the wait list category in 2019 were 133, with 48 in General category, 41 in NC-OBC and 30 in SC category.

Year General NC-OBC SC ST EWS PwD Total
2019 48 41 30 03 09 02 133

Composite score of the last candidate in wait list category

The difference between the score of the last candidate offered admission and last wait listed candidate in 2019 was 3.73 in General category. This shows the amount of competition that is there for the course.

Year General OBC SC ST EWS
2019 77.97 65.02 50 35.71 56.60

Wait list Movement

The below table provides details on the three wait lists that were released by the institutes.

Wait list # Wait list Release Date Category-wise Wait list Movement Number and Score
General OBC SC ST EWS
Wait list 1 20 May’19 Wait list Movement 08 03 02 02 NA
Score 80.81 72.48 64.19 36.80 NA
Wait list 2 28 May’19 Wait list Movement NA 06 03 NA 01
Score NA 71.37 62.98 NA 71.57
Wait list 3 4 June’19 Wait list Movement NA 07 04 NA NA
Score NA 71.21 60.60 NA NA

Other Statistics

At a composite score of 78.13, wait list for a candidate was 42.

For another candidate, the wait list was 14 in general category  at a composite score of 80.54.

Disclaimer: Please note that the above statistics have been captured through different public sources and by interacting with PGDBA aspirants and other sources. AI Monks is not responsible for any misrepresentation of any information in this post.

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