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Cover Story EW India Private Autonomous ASC Colleges Rankings 2025-26

India’s top-ranked private autonomous ASC colleges

Rank Competence of Faculty welfare & development (100) Curriculum & pedagogy Placements (100) Infrastructure (100) Leadership / governance TOTAL SCORE (700) NIRF 2024* Rank
2022 2023 2024 2025 faculty (200) (100) quality (100)

1 1 1 1 St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai 182 85 92 81 78 84 602 89
4 3 3 2 Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru 180 80 89 78 77 80 584 151-200
2 2 2 3 St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Bengaluru 178 85 81 80 77 82 583 NR
3 4 4 3 Narsee Monjee College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai 176 85 84 78 78 82 583 NR
4 3 3 4 Mithibai College, Mumbai 178 83 83 79 77 81 581 NR
9 4 4 5 St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata 180 84 84 76 76 80 580 6
10 9 8 5 Nagindas Khandwala College, Malad (W), Mumbai 178 83 83 79 77 80 580 NR
6 6 5 6 RA Podar College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai 176 77 84 79 76 82 574 NR
5 5 4 6 Loyola College, Chennai 178 82 85 77 74 78 574 8
10 10 9 6 BK Birla College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Kalyan, Mumbai 177 81 80 78 78 80 574 NR
7 6 5 7 KJ Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce, Mumbai 179 79 84 75 80 76 573 NR
12 9 6 8 St. Francis College for Women, Hyderabad 178 84 76 75 78 81 572 101-150
8 7 7 8 Madras Christian College, Chennai 178 83 83 77 74 77 572 14
7 9 8 9 KPB Hinduja College of Commerce, Mumbai 179 78 79 75 79 79 569 NR
13 12 11 10 Presidency College, Bengaluru 178 79 78 76 77 80 568 201-300
11 8 10 10 Stella Maris College, Chennai 174 79 79 78 79 79 568 30
NR NR 12 11 KJ Somaiya College of Science and Commerce, Mumbai 165 78 88 77 78 73 559 NR
16 8 12 12 St. Joseph’s College, Trichy 169 74 74 77 83 81 558 25
13 11 17 13 Loyola Academy, Secunderabad 172 75 73 76 81 77 554 201-300
32 14 16 14 Sophia College for Women, Mumbai 170 70 77 80 80 76 553 NR
15 14 17 15 Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Kochi 174 78 73 76 79 72 552 48
23 11 13 16 Kristu Jayanti College, Bengaluru 169 81 77 70 78 76 551 60
24 10 15 17 Dr. NGP Arts and Science College, Coimbatore 172 73 80 76 75 74 550 75
20 18 16 17 PB Siddhartha College of Arts & Science, Vijayawada 170 76 80 75 75 74 550 NR
7 10 14 18 Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kochi 165 81 85 73 72 73 549 20
15 12 18 19 Women’s Christian College, Chennai 174 72 77 72 78 73 546 67
14 13 19 20 HR College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai 161 80 73 80 76 75 545 NR
9 11 20 21 St. Ann’s College for Women, Hyderabad 171 71 73 73 79 77 544 151-200
24 16 15 22 SS Jain Subodh PG College, Jaipur 165 78 75 73 74 78 543 81
29 22 20 23 Dr. SNS Rajalakshmi College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore 170 75 75 74 77 71 542 94
27 22 21 24 Guru Nanak College, Chennai 175 71 73 71 75 76 541 89
17 15 22 24 Mar Athanasius College, Kothamangalam 168 69 74 74 77 79 541 74
13 12 23 24 Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram 169 75 80 62 80 75 541 66
19 16 24 25 St. Joseph’s College, Devagiri, Kozhikode 177 78 75 62 74 74 540 61
NR 45 30 25 Sunbeam College for Women, Bhagwanpur, Varanasi 174 76 74 71 67 78 540 NR
27 20 25 26 Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College, Mumbai 174 71 77 71 65 77 535 NR
82 77 29 27 The New College, Chennai 166 76 77 65 72 73 529 151-200
30 25 26 28 Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science for Women, Coimbatore 165 72 74 69 76 71 527 56
21 17 27 28 St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam 170 74 68 63 74 78 527 46
39 17 28 29 Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur 170 70 70 66 76 74 526 101-150
38 18 31 30 PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore 164 73 69 75 71 73 525 11

NB: NR= Not Ranked; NIRF= National Institutional Ranking Framework, 2024 of the Union education ministry

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