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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)

59 76 78 95 Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College for Women (MLACW), Bengaluru 146 56 61 56 64 61 444 NR
80 94 95 96 St. Agnes College, Mangaluru 134 65 66 54 61 63 443 NR
81 95 100 97 Maris Stella College, Vijayawada 140 61 63 56 62 60 442 NR
NR NR 89 97 Nehru Arts and Science College, Coimbatore 141 65 66 53 51 66 442 101-150
70 88 97 97 Theivanai Ammal College for Women, Villupuram (TN) 134 60 67 61 60 60 442 NR
83 96 99 97 NKT National College of Education for Women, Chennai 137 59 67 54 64 61 442 NR
NR 60 68 98 Smt. Parmeshwaridevi Durgadutt Tibrewala Lions Juhu College of
Arts, Commerce & Science, Andheri, Mumbai 138 64 61 57 63 58 441 NR
62 82 89 99 Pratap College, Amalner, Jalgaon 136 55 63 62 65 58 439 NR
101 99 100 99 Nayagarh Autonomous College (Odisha) 140 60 58 54 61 66 439 NR
87 94 101 99 Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara, Kolkata 134 59 64 60 62 60 439 6
NR 65 70 100 St. Claret College, Bengaluru 137 60 63 50 66 62 438 NR
71 90 91 100 St. Philomena’s College, Mysuru 138 60 61 52 71 56 438 NR
69 89 91 101 Bhusawal Arts, Science and PO Nahata Commerce College 143 55 62 57 61 58 436 NR
65 85 93 101 Dr. GR Damodaran College of Science, Coimbatore 134 51 62 60 63 66 436 201-300
77 90 98 101 Cauvery College for Women, Trichy 139 60 61 58 64 54 436 151-200
77 94 96 102 Patna Women’s College 136 61 59 52 65 62 435 101-150
86 94 103 102 Srisaila Jagadguru Vageesha Panditaradhya College, Harihar (Kar) 131 57 63 64 59 61 435 NR
87 94 95 103 Sri Yerramilli Narayana Murthy College, Narsapur, West Godavari 137 60 66 57 60 54 434 NR
84 95 99 103 SVKP & Dr. KS Raju Arts and Science College, Penugonda (AP) 135 62 58 58 59 62 434 NR
73 93 97 104 Moolji Jaitha College, Jalgaon 130 63 59 57 60 63 432 NR
83 103 103 104 Mannar Thirumalai Naicker College, Madurai 127 61 61 60 68 55 432 NR
74 103 102 105 St. Joseph’s College of Arts & Science, Cuddalore 131 63 59 57 61 60 431 201-300
82 102 100 106 Shree Velagapudi Ramakrishna Memorial College, Guntur 138 55 56 54 71 56 430 NR
79 93 102 106 Dhanraj Baid Jain College, Chennai 125 60 68 61 57 59 430 NR
NR 98 100 107 Sheth NKTT College of Commerce and Sheth JTT College of Arts,
Thane, Mumbai 156 67 58 55 48 45 429 NR
75 89 100 108 Lady Doak College, Madurai 128 60 61 57 64 58 428 101-150
92 108 110 109 Yadava College, Madurai 143 59 58 53 61 53 427 NR
88 100 112 110 Kongu Arts and Science College, Erode 132 58 58 59 61 58 426 201-300
91 111 111 110 DKM College for Women, Vellore 131 59 60 58 67 51 426 NR
75 91 99 111 Islamiah College, Vaniyambadi (TN) 136 51 61 58 63 56 425 NR
92 104 109 111 Sri Sarada College for Women, Salem 131 54 57 61 60 62 425 81
89 103 106 111 Hindi Mahavidyalaya, Hyderabad 124 61 60 53 65 62 425 NR
82 107 110 112 Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Sahib 121 56 63 58 70 56 424 NR
78 101 107 113 Bhandarkar’s Arts and Science College, Kundapura, Udupi 134 52 60 60 60 56 422 NR
97 110 104 114 Ispat Autonomous College, Rourkela (Odisha) 134 56 65 47 64 55 421 NR
88 100 105 114 Salipur Autonomous College, Cuttack 132 59 64 57 54 55 421 NR
93 110 115 115 RBVRR Women’s College, Hyderabad 124 56 63 60 59 58 420 201-300
87 110 116 115 Andhra Mahila Sabha Arts & Science College for Women, Hyderabad 129 57 59 57 61 57 420 NR
94 107 113 116 KSR College of Arts and Science, Namakkal 137 58 54 57 56 57 419 NR
89 103 107 117 Gobi Arts & Science College, Gobichettipalayam, Erode 129 53 55 57 63 61 418 NR
89 105 107 117 Vivekanandha College of Arts & Science for Women, Namakkal 120 55 63 55 68 57 418 201-300
91 109 108 118 Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil Mahavidyalaya, Solapur 131 53 60 62 57 54 417 NR
89 105 112 118 Smt. Maniben MP Shah Women’s College of Arts & Commerce, Mumbai 118 57 68 65 55 54 417 NR

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

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