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

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)

45 61 62 57 St. Ann’s College of Education (Women’s), Mangaluru 144 69 66 68 74 63 484 NR
45 54 57 57 St. Berchmans College, Changanassery (Kerala) 157 62 63 61 73 68 484 56
32 33 39 57 Anna Adarsh College for Women, Chennai 155 65 70 61 69 64 484 151-200
32 52 53 58 SDNB Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai 146 64 71 58 75 69 483 101-150
34 40 40 58 Indian Institute of Management and Commerce, Hyderabad 150 61 69 64 71 68 483 NR
31 42 52 58 Ewing Christian College, Prayagraj 155 60 67 66 67 68 483 NR
44 57 59 59 GS College of Commerce & Economics, Nagpur 139 65 75 62 76 65 482 NR
37 54 57 60 Ch. SD St. Theresa’s College for Women, Eluru (AP) 150 64 71 60 66 70 481 NR
53 59 59 60 St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi 158 56 68 70 62 67 481 NR
31 46 51 60 Hansraj Jivandas College of Education, Mumbai 155 58 66 67 67 68 481 NR
40 53 57 61 CMS College, Kottayam 151 67 71 56 75 60 480 86
NR 40 42 61 ML Dahanukar College of Commerce, Vile Parle, Mumbai 153 72 68 57 68 62 480 NR
42 60 65 62 Vimala College, Thrissur 149 62 68 65 67 68 479 78
41 65 64 62 Hindusthan College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore 147 61 65 70 62 74 479 101-150
43 67 67 63 Bombay College of Pharmacy 155 62 68 61 65 67 478 NR
35 60 62 63 Rathinam College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore 148 68 66 63 72 61 478 101-150
41 60 60 64 Sacred Heart College, Tirupattur (TN) 150 64 69 56 68 70 477 80
55 67 66 65 Bajaj College of Science, Wardha (Mah) 135 56 71 68 81 65 476 NR
46 69 64 65 Thakur College of Science & Commerce, Mumbai 141 65 63 67 69 71 476 NR
32 47 50 66 Assumption College, Kottayam 158 63 62 61 67 64 475 NR
52 69 67 66 MES Mampad College, Malappuram (Kerala) 147 68 70 60 65 65 475 201-300
NR 53 58 66 Holy Cross College, Trichy 147 69 67 56 64 72 475 52
42 56 63 66 Kovai Kalaimagal College of Arts and Sciences (KKCAS), Coimbatore 151 63 63 60 79 59 475 NR
52 66 70 67 The Bhopal School of Social Sciences 148 57 66 62 71 70 474 NR
48 71 63 68 St. Mary’s College, Thoothukudi (TN) 146 60 73 63 67 64 473 NR
36 55 55 69 Dhananjayrao Gadgil College of Commerce, Satara 141 65 69 64 71 62 472 NR
51 57 61 69 Vellalar College for Women, Erode 143 71 65 60 62 71 472 151-200
68 73 65 70 Indian Academy Degree College, Kalyan Nagar, Bengaluru 139 63 68 59 78 64 471 NR
59 70 72 70 St. Albert’s College, Kochi 146 57 65 67 70 66 471 NR
34 51 57 71 St. Mira’s College for Girls, Pune 147 63 59 60 71 70 470 NR
46 44 44 71 AV College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Hyderabad 152 61 65 65 66 61 470 NR
70 70 66 71 Raja Narendra Lal Khan Women’s College, Paschim Medinipur (WB) 142 59 72 60 68 69 470 201-300
46 52 55 72 Jain College, Bengaluru 152 62 66 53 67 69 469 NR
67 77 68 72 PC Jabin Science College, Hubballi (Kar) 140 66 62 66 71 64 469 NR
56 61 70 72 Yashavantrao Chavan Institute of Science, Satara 143 65 62 64 70 65 469 NR
62 73 70 72 C. Abdul Hakeem College, Melvisharam (TN) 133 68 69 66 68 65 469 201-300
51 74 76 73 Stella Matutina College of Education, Chennai 142 62 70 64 65 65 468 NR
58 71 69 74 Sadhu Vaswani Autonomous College, Bairagarh, Bhopal 140 61 66 63 72 65 467 NR
47 63 63 74 Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Vidyalaya Marg, Jalandhar 142 63 68 62 65 67 467 NR
44 60 59 74 DG Vaishnav College, Chennai 143 60 69 64 67 64 467 91
53 64 65 75 Lingaraj College, Belagavi 139 66 67 54 79 61 466 NR
56 67 67 76 EMG Yadava Women’s College, Madurai 150 61 61 59 69 65 465 NR
52 73 76 77 Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women, Chennai 140 60 71 65 69 59 464 201-300
40 67 67 78 Pillai College of Arts, Commerce & Science, New Panvel, Navi Mumbai 147 59 61 63 67 66 463 NR
50 68 70 78 Tirpude College of Social Work, Nagpur 146 58 68 62 64 65 463 NR

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

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