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Cover Story EW India Private Autonomous ASC Colleges Rankings 2026-27

India’s top-ranked private autonomous ASC colleges

Rank Competence of Faculty welfare & development (100) Curriculum & pedagogy Career readiness & placement (100) Infrastructure (100) Leadership / governance TOTAL SCORE (700) NIRF 2025* Rank
2023 2024 2025 2026 faculty (200) (100) quality (100)

3 3 2 1 Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru 182 87 90 80 80 84 603 151-200
1 1 1 2 St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai 183 81 87 84 78 80 593 89
3 3 4 3 Mithibai College, Mumbai 177 83 83 76 78 83 580 NR
4 4 3 4 Narsee Monjee College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai 178 82 84 78 75 81 578 NR
5 4 6 4 Loyola College, Chennai 179 81 85 77 76 80 578 14
9 8 5 5 Nagindas Khandwala College, Malad (W), Mumbai 177 82 82 77 79 79 576 NR
10 9 6 6 BK Birla College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Kalyan, Mumbai 174 79 81 81 78 82 575 NR
6 5 6 6 RA Podar College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai 179 76 81 80 77 82 575 NR
12 11 10 7 Presidency College, Bengaluru 178 78 83 76 79 79 574 151-200
7 7 8 7 Madras Christian College, Chennai 179 86 84 78 72 75 574 16
4 4 5 8 St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata 180 82 81 75 77 78 573 8
6 5 7 9 KJ Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce, Mumbai 178 79 80 79 78 78 572 NR
9 8 9 10 KPB Hinduja College of Commerce, Mumbai 176 80 81 77 77 80 571 NR
8 10 10 11 Stella Maris College, Chennai 175 82 78 80 81 74 570 41
11 17 13 12 Loyola Academy, Secunderabad 178 79 76 75 81 77 566 151-200
9 6 8 13 St. Francis College for Women, Hyderabad 175 81 74 76 77 80 563 151-200
14 17 15 14 Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Kochi, Ernakulam 174 81 75 79 79 73 561 44
14 16 14 14 Sophia College for Women, Mumbai 179 71 80 77 78 76 561 NR
NR 12 11 15 KJ Somaiya College of Science and Commerce, Mumbai 171 76 82 76 77 75 557 NR
10 14 18 15 Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kochi 167 83 86 70 76 75 557 12
18 16 17 16 PB Siddhartha College of Arts & Science, Vijayawada 171 74 82 74 75 76 552 NR
10 15 17 17 Dr. NGP Arts and Science College, Coimbatore 172 77 81 76 73 72 551 66
8 12 12 17 St. Joseph’s College, Trichy 171 74 71 74 82 79 551 25
13 19 20 18 HR College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai 168 78 75 79 78 72 550 NR
16 15 22 18 SS Jain Subodh PG College, Jaipur 165 77 74 77 79 78 550 NR
22 20 23 19 Dr. SNS Rajalakshmi College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore 173 73 76 77 79 71 549 101-150
22 21 24 19 Guru Nanak College, Chennai 177 71 75 74 77 75 549 101-150
12 18 19 20 Women’s Christian College, Chennai 172 75 74 73 79 75 548 101-150
45 30 25 20 Sunbeam College for Women, Bhagwanpur, Varanasi 175 79 76 74 67 77 548 NR
16 22 19 20 Hindustan College of Arts & Science, Chennai 171 76 75 73 75 78 548 NR
11 20 21 21 St. Ann’s College for Women, Hyderabad 168 73 71 70 77 80 539 201-300
16 24 25 22 St. Joseph’s College, Devagiri, Kozhikode 180 77 75 60 71 75 538 NR
17 28 29 22 Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur 171 73 75 64 79 76 538 87
15 22 24 23 Mar Athanasius College, Kothamangalam 165 70 74 71 74 81 535 92
18 37 34 23 National College, Trichy 171 71 75 70 73 75 535 101-150
20 25 26 24 Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College, Mumbai 172 74 77 72 66 73 534 NR
NR NR 37 24 Krupanidhi Degree College, Bengaluru 169 76 74 69 71 75 534 NR
77 29 27 25 The New College, Chennai 168 75 74 68 74 74 533 201-300
21 39 38 25 SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mumbai 169 74 73 71 73 73 533 NR
19 29 31 26 St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli 163 73 71 67 80 78 532 48
25 26 28 27 Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science for Women, Coimbatore 166 71 71 72 79 71 530 76

NB: NR= Not Ranked; NIRF= National Institutional Ranking Framework, 2025 of the Union education ministry

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