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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)

60 69 73 78 Guru Nanak Khalsa College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Mumbai 155 61 57 63 68 59 463 NR
61 72 72 78 St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama, Kohima (Nagaland) 149 54 66 61 70 63 463 NR
56 76 69 79 Akkineni Nageswara Rao College, Krishna Dist (AP) 140 62 67 62 71 60 462 NR
64 78 81 79 Kendrapara Autonomous College (Odisha) 140 59 63 64 77 59 462 NR
62 71 71 80 Fatima Mata National College, Kollam (Kerala) 148 65 70 51 66 61 461 201-300
NR NR 77 81 General Shivdev Singh Diwan Gurbachan Singh Khalsa College, Patiala 134 66 68 67 62 63 460 NR
64 75 82 81 Biyani Girls College, Jaipur 152 64 62 57 63 62 460 NR
64 67 77 81 Kodaikanal Christian College 141 56 66 56 74 67 460 NR
49 75 74 82 St. Joseph’s College of Education for Women, Guntur 141 55 66 62 75 60 459 NR
NR 52 60 82 LS Raheja College of Arts and Commerce, Santacruz, Mumbai 155 72 60 56 56 60 459 NR
68 81 79 83 Jagarlamudi Kuppuswamy Choudary College, Guntur 138 60 61 64 69 66 458 NR
58 75 75 83 St. Xavier’s College of Education, Patna 150 63 61 61 63 60 458 NR
57 79 80 83 St. Aloysius’ College, Jabalpur 147 53 63 64 61 70 458 NR
NR 59 61 83 Lala Lajpat Rai College of Commerce & Economics, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai 158 69 54 56 56 65 458 NR
NR 84 84 84 Gogate Jogalekar College, Ratnagiri 151 67 61 49 65 64 457 NR
50 75 79 85 Sri Sathya Sai College for Women, Bhopal 137 62 70 62 66 59 456 NR
60 74 81 85 Lachoo Memorial College of Science and Technology, Jodhpur 142 59 61 60 70 64 456 NR
57 78 81 85 Mahendra Arts & Science College, Namakkal (TN) 136 62 66 64 65 63 456 NR
54 76 83 86 Osmania College, Kurnool 135 64 62 58 68 67 454 NR
53 69 73 86 Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College, Udupi (Kar) 141 58 63 62 68 62 454 NR
79 78 85 86 Patkai Christian College, Dimapur (Nagaland) 141 58 64 60 68 63 454 NR
60 76 86 87 Shri HVP Mandal’s Degree College of Physical Education, Amravati 132 55 70 67 65 64 453 NR
53 74 83 87 Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai 137 63 60 62 70 61 453 NR
62 88 91 87 Selvamm Arts and Science College, Namakkal (TN) 125 63 65 62 73 65 453 NR
65 84 88 88 NMKRV College, Jayanagar, Bengaluru 125 67 66 65 70 59 452 NR
82 93 89 88 AS Patil College of Commerce, Vijayapur (Kar) 140 65 62 59 70 56 452 NR
63 80 79 88 TC College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Baramati 148 58 57 72 58 59 452 NR
76 91 86 88 VV Vanniaperumal College for Women, Virudhunagar (TN) 133 64 67 57 64 67 452 NR
71 86 88 88 ADM College for Women, Nagapattinam (TN) 142 59 69 54 64 64 452 NR
66 83 90 88 Anwarul Uloom College, Hyderabad 134 65 69 58 62 64 452 NR
81 94 97 89 St. Joseph’s College for Women, Gnanapuram, Visakhapatnam 144 56 60 70 68 53 451 NR
72 83 83 89 Queen Mary’s College, Chennai 134 63 65 58 69 62 451 62
61 76 80 89 Ramakrishna Mission Sikshanamandira, Howrah, Kolkata 142 54 66 62 64 63 451 19
63 81 85 90 Mata Gujri Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Jabalpur 134 57 67 68 66 58 450 NR
74 93 87 90 SVT College of Home Science, Mumbai 140 51 61 66 66 66 450 NR
69 85 93 90 College of Social Work -- Nirmala Niketan, Mumbai 134 50 68 67 69 62 450 101-150
54 82 84 91 Meenakshi College for Women, Chennai 132 60 69 59 64 65 449 NR
66 82 78 91 National PG College, Lucknow 140 60 63 56 69 61 449 NR
59 78 84 92 Sadguru Gadage Maharaj College, Karad, Satara 138 60 60 58 70 62 448 NR
65 79 92 92 Jayaraj Annapackiam College for Women, Periyakulam (TN) 141 57 63 62 65 60 448 NR
NR NR 91 93 Vivekanand College, Kolhapur 137 63 59 67 65 56 447 NR
67 85 83 94 JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Mysuru 147 62 57 54 68 58 446 NR
80 92 92 94 SBRR Mahajana First Grade College, Mysuru 138 54 68 58 67 61 446 NR
63 88 94 94 Parishkar College of Global Excellence, Jaipur 132 61 67 55 64 67 446 NR

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

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