What KSOM reports, and what is still unclear
KIIT School of Management (KSOM) publishes placement figures for its Bhubaneswar MBA, but the two current official pages do not agree on every 2025-26 figure. The placement statistics page lists a highest international salary of 23 lakh, a highest domestic salary of 35 lakh and an average salary of 9.5 lakh. The MBA FAQ, which also labels its figures 2025-26, lists the same international high point but gives 32.05 lakh as the domestic high and 9.05 lakh as the average. KSOM does not explain this difference on either page. Until it publishes a reconciled report, treat the domestic and average figures as conflicting institutional claims, not as one settled result. See the placement statistics page and MBA FAQ.
KSOM labels these values in “Lacs” and calls them salaries. It does not specify whether they are annual CTC, fixed pay, total compensation, or another measure. This page therefore preserves the institution’s displayed lakh values without adding an unverified salary basis.
How to interpret the 2025-26 discrepancy
The placement statistics page and MBA FAQ are both published under KSOM’s official domain and both identify the cycle as 2025-26. The international highest salary matches at 23 lakh. The domestic highest salary differs by 2.95 lakh, and the reported average differs by 0.45 lakh. Neither page supplies an explanation, such as a later correction, a different programme subset, or a revised reporting cut-off. The safest reading is that the conflict is unresolved.
Do not choose the higher figure simply because it appears on the dedicated placement page, and do not assume the FAQ is newer or more authoritative. The pages do not show a publication or revision date that settles precedence. A student comparing offers should ask KSOM for the final 2025-26 placement report and confirm which measure and cohort each number covers. Until that reconciliation is available, quote both source-specific values when discussing the 2025-26 outcome.
The 23 lakh international high point is repeated on both pages, but even agreement does not supply its missing context. Neither page identifies the employer, role, location, currency conversion date, or whether the figure is an accepted offer or realized compensation. Treat it as an institution-reported highest international salary, not as a typical international outcome or a guaranteed package.
Earlier published figures
The dedicated placement page also lists annual headline figures for earlier cycles. For 2024-25 it reports 18.00 lakh as the highest international salary, 20.00 lakh as the highest domestic salary and 9.00 lakh as the average. For 2023-24 it lists 18.33 lakh, 19.35 lakh and 9.50 lakh respectively. The page presents these as placement highlights, but does not provide the underlying placement report, cohort size or the method used to calculate the average.
The 2024-25 and 2023-24 entries can help a reader see the values KSOM has published over time, but they are not enough to establish a like-for-like trend. The 2025-26 disagreement further weakens any single-series comparison. In particular, do not describe average salary as rising or falling by a precise percentage based on these headlines. First confirm that the salary definition, programme population, eligibility rules and reporting cut-off are consistent across years.
The current page also says that some students opt out to pursue a venture or join a family business, while some obtain out-of-campus placements. That makes the denominator important: the school does not state in this section how many students were eligible, sought placement, accepted an offer, or were counted in the average. Its general statement that placement over recent years has been close to 100% is not accompanied here by a year-specific numerator or denominator.
What the headline numbers do not tell you
A highest salary is an outlier measure. It does not describe the pay most students receive, and the published pages do not name the job or employer behind the maximum. The average is more informative only when its population and calculation are clear. KSOM’s public figures do not state whether the average includes all offers, one offer per student, only placed students, or a particular programme track. They also do not provide a median, salary distribution, number of offers, number of students placed, or the number who opted out.
The recruiter count in the FAQ is 190-plus companies visited for 2025-26. This is a count of companies, not a count of job offers or students placed. It does not establish that every company hired, that each student had access to every recruiter, or that the roles were comparable in location, function or compensation. Ask for the placement report’s cohort table and role-level context if those distinctions matter to your decision.
No placement outcome guarantees a future salary. An applicant should compare the programme’s total cost and residential requirement with their own financing plan, then consider role fit, prior experience, location preferences and the full distribution of outcomes. A headline maximum is a poor substitute for a realistic repayment estimate.
Questions to ask before relying on a figure
Ask KSOM for a dated, final 2025-26 report that resolves the 35 lakh versus 32.05 lakh domestic high and 9.5 lakh versus 9.05 lakh average. Request confirmation of whether each figure is annual CTC, fixed salary or another compensation measure; whether international amounts are shown in a converted currency; and the date and exchange rate used if conversion applies.
For the average, request the number of eligible students, students who sought placement, students placed, offers counted, and the exact averaging method. Ask whether students with multiple offers are counted once or more than once, and how out-of-campus offers and students who opted out are treated. For the highest figures, ask for the programme, role, location and compensation components, while respecting any student privacy limits.
Finally, confirm whether the published statistics cover the full-time MBA only or include any other programme. The school’s pages are presented in the MBA section, but the placement statistics page does not provide a cohort table in the cited highlights. Keep the answer with the offer and fee documents so that a decision uses comparable, dated information rather than an unexplained headline.
A practical comparison for applicants
When comparing KSOM with another business school, place the reporting year and source beside every salary figure. Do not compare KSOM’s average with another school’s median, or an annual fixed salary with a total CTC package. If the other institution reports only eligible students while KSOM’s denominator is unknown, mark the comparison incomplete instead of treating the numbers as equivalent.
For 2025-26, the responsible summary is narrow: KSOM’s official pages agree on a 23 lakh highest international salary but report different domestic highs and averages. The dedicated placement page also publishes prior-cycle highlights. Neither page, in the material reviewed here, establishes the basis, cohort denominator or distribution needed to estimate an individual student’s likely outcome. Request the reconciled final report before using the disputed values in a financial decision, and recheck the official pages for any later correction.