Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka, has 21 business schools that have topped the list of private B-schools based on the evaluation criteria of Outlook-ICARE Rankings for India's Best B-Schools 2025.
| RANK 2025 | INSTITUTION | STATE | FACULTY STUDENT RATIO Weightage - 25% | RESEARCH Weightage - 20% | EMPLOYABILITY Weightage - 25% | FACULTY QUALITY Weightage - 20% | INCLUSIVENESS & DIVERSITY Weightage - 10% | OVERALL SCORE |
| 1 | XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (XIME) BENGALURU | Karnataka | 94.53 | 47.59 | 83.9 | 91.93 | 58.3 | 78.34 |
| 2 | Regional College of Management Bangalore | Karnataka | 100 | 42.47 | 80.46 | 84.08 | 34.85 | 73.91 |
| 3 | INDUS BUSINESS ACADEMY (IBA) BENGALURU | Karnataka | 96.97 | 44.27 | 75.64 | 83.84 | 50.12 | 73.79 |
| 4 | DAYANANDA SAGAR UNIVERSITY BENGALURU | Karnataka | 94.18 | 33.6 | 68.29 | 85.13 | 25.14 | 66.88 |
| 5 | KRUPANIDHI SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE | Karnataka | 100 | 27.03 | 65.83 | 83.21 | 24.61 | 65.97 |
| 6 | AIMS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS BENGALURU | Karnataka | 99.62 | 29.66 | 63.53 | 80.7 | 30.01 | 65.86 |
| 7 | PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT BENGALURU | Karnataka | 93.79 | 26.66 | 61.96 | 81.91 | 29.75 | 63.63 |
| 8 | SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT BENGALURU | Karnataka | 100 | 29.52 | 58.4 | 72.73 | 26.99 | 62.75 |
| 9 | CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT STUDIES PRESIDENCY COLLEGE BENGALURU | Karnataka | 100 | 24.5 | 56.98 | 70.11 | 34.24 | 61.59 |
| 10 | INSTITUTE OF HEALTH MANAGEMENT RESEARCH (IIHMR BANGALORE) BENGALURU | Karnataka | 98.32 | 20.66 | 50.33 | 70.3 | 19.07 | 57.26 |
| 11 | SESHADRIPURAM INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES BENGALURU | Karnataka | 94 | 14.11 | 49.58 | 71.59 | 12.95 | 54.33 |
| 12 | THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT BENGALURU | Karnataka | 97.22 | 14.51 | 39.46 | 64.58 | 11.78 | 51.17 |
| 13 | T. JOHN COLLEGE BENGALURU | Karnataka | 95.69 | 9.86 | 34.35 | 62.18 | 21.9 | 49.11 |
| 14 | ITM BUSINESS SCHOOL BENGALURU | Karnataka | 94.17 | 6.18 | 37.19 | 61.31 | 22.28 | 48.57 |
| 15 | INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MEDIA BENGALURU | Karnataka | 98.23 | 9.49 | 27.16 | 60.76 | 8.29 | 46.23 |
| 16 | SJB INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BENGALURU | Karnataka | 100 | 8.28 | 16.52 | 55.96 | 19.08 | 43.89 |
| 17 | DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES CMR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYBENGALURU | Karnataka | 97.51 | 5.67 | 20.67 | 55.81 | 20.41 | 43.88 |
| 18 | EAST WEST INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BENGALURU | Karnataka | 93.38 | 5.21 | 19.28 | 52.78 | 18.34 | 41.6 |
| 19 | INDIAN ACADEMY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES BENGALURU | Karnataka | 98.65 | 4.96 | 14.29 | 56.03 | 8.88 | 41.32 |
| 20 | SAMBHRAM ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES BENGALURU | Karnataka | 98.22 | 3.18 | 14.07 | 55.69 | 14.15 | 41.26 |
| 21 | ADARSH INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BENGALURU | Karnataka | 96.47 | 4.03 | 12.2 | 48.04 | 16.07 | 39.19 |