XAT 2020 Score vs Percentile: Cutoff, Participating Colleges, How to Calculate

XAT 2020 score vs percentile analysis will aid the aspirants of the XAT examination to have an idea of the probable percentile of their XAT scores. The XAT 2020 exam was conducted on 5 January 2020, and the results were announced on 16 January 2020. 

XAT is the gateway to secure admission to XLRI Jamshedpur and other Xavier Associate Management Institutes. Around 160 business schools also offer admission through XAT to their MBA/PGDM programmes. The XAT score vs percentile 2020 details have been shared below for the candidate's reference for the upcoming examination.

XAT 2020 Score vs Percentile

The XAT marks vs percentile 2020 is the analysis of the percentile of the candidates against their XAT scores. The following tabulation is the section-wise XAT exam 2020 score vs percentile analysis. 

XAT 2020 Score vs Percentile

Section	XAT score	XAT percentile
XAT VALR Score vs Percentile	9.5	85
	10.5	90+
	13.5	95+
XAT DM Score vs Percentile	9.0	85
	10.5	90
	11.5	95+
XAT QADI Score vs Percentile	10.5	85
	12.5	90
	15	95+

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NOTE - The General Knowledge section is not considered for the estimation of XAT score vs percentile.

The overall XAT score vs percentile analysis is tabulated below. 

Overall XAT Score vs Percentile Analysis

Overall XAT Score	XAT Percentile
40.5	99+
35+	95+
32+	93+
30+	90+
28+	89+

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XAT 2020 Cutoff

The XAT 2020 cutoff is the minimum score or percentile required to get admission to the participating institutions. Only the candidates who score the sectional and overall minimum cutoff or above will be eligible for admission to the participating institutions. 

XAT 2020 Cutoff for Business Management (BM) program

XAT 2020 Cutoff for Business Management (BM) program

XAT Section	Cutoff for Male Candidates	Cutoff for Female Candidates
VALR	74	72
DM	78	74
QA	85	75
Overall	95	93

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XAT 2020 Cutoff for Human Resource Management (HRM) program

XAT 2020 Cutoff for Human Resource Management (HRM) program

XAT Section	Cutoff for Male Engineer	Cutoff for Female Engineer	Cutoff for Male Non-Engineer	Cutoff for Female Non-Engineer
VALR	79	74	78	73
DM	73	68	73	68
QA	75	70	70	65
Overall	93	91	90	88

XAT 2020 Cutoff for Participating Institutions

The candidates have to score the minimum cutoff and above set for the participating institution if they wish to get admission. The XAT 2020 cutoff for the top participating institutions was as follows. 

XAT 2020 Cutoff for Participating Institutions

Participating Institution	Cutoff
BIMTECH Greater Noida	75+
IFMR Graduate School of Business	79-80
XIME Bangalore	80+
XIM Jabalpur	80+
BULMIM	80+
Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA)	80-85
K J Somaiya Institute of ManagementStudies & Research	84-85
MICA (Mudra Institute of Communications,Ahmedabad)	80-84
IRMA (Institute of Rural Management, Anand)	80-84
Great Lakes Institute of Management	80-84
T.A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI)	80-84
XISS Ranchi	85+
Graduate Institute of Management (GIM)	85-88
Institute of Management & Technology (IMT)	90+
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB)	91+
S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR)	90+
XLRI Xavier School of Management	95+

XAT 2020 Cutoff Influencing Factors

The cutoff of the participating institutions is determined by many varying factors such as the following.

1. The total number of candidates who appeared for the exam
2. Availability of seats
3. Level of difficulty of the XAT exam
4. Normalisation of XAT scores
5. Average of the candidates’ performance

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