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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)

24 38 38 26 Badruka College of Commerce & Arts, Hyderabad 142 66 75 63 70 73 489 NR
27 27 26 26 Kasturba Gandhi Degree & PG College for Women, Hyderabad 152 71 70 60 67 69 489 NR
30 25 34 27 GHG Khalsa College of Education, Ludhiana 154 67 69 61 69 68 488 NR
33 28 31 28 Dyal Singh College, Delhi 162 61 67 62 69 66 487 36
36 39 41 29 Dnyanprassarak Mandal’s College and Research Centre, Bardez (Goa) 163 66 68 56 64 69 486 NR
31 44 39 30 DAV College, Amritsar 156 69 64 55 73 68 485 151-200
34 32 37 30 Scottish Church College, Kolkata 149 71 67 59 72 67 485 101-150
31 32 36 31 MES PU College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Bengaluru 154 61 64 64 69 72 484 NR
NR NR 37 32 Indira College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Pune 152 64 65 62 67 73 483 NR
38 44 43 32 St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa, Bardez (Goa) 151 67 68 67 65 65 483 201-300
41 47 45 33 Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidyabhavan (Girls),
Kolkata 150 68 65 58 73 68 482 NR
23 31 35 34 Bethune College, Kolkata 147 68 63 64 72 66 480 151-200
30 34 41 34 Rani Birla Girls’ College, Kolkata 155 62 66 56 69 72 480 NR
47 51 46 34 Deshbandhu College, Delhi 142 72 70 59 67 70 480 13
33 42 48 34 Shri Agrasen Snatkottar Shiksha Mahavidyalaya CTE, Jaipur 152 67 65 53 70 73 480 NR
39 48 50 35 AIMS Institutes, Bengaluru 158 61 62 64 71 63 479 NR
40 49 47 36 Delhi College of Arts and Commerce 147 65 67 65 67 67 478 30
NR NR 49 36 Poddar International College, Jaipur 147 55 69 75 71 61 478 NR
52 50 52 36 Keshav Mahavidyalaya, Delhi 157 66 62 59 68 66 478 95
26 36 41 37 Fr. Agnel College of Arts and Commerce, Pilar, Panjim (Goa) 154 57 72 64 66 64 477 NR
41 42 40 38 Dasmesh Girls College, Hoshiarpur (Punjab) 154 64 64 51 74 69 476 NR
37 43 45 38 Satyawati College, Delhi 147 63 64 65 71 66 476 NR
54 43 46 39 Ashoka Center for Business & Computer Studies, Nashik 146 66 69 58 66 70 475 NR
45 50 49 40 PGDAV College, Delhi 147 67 71 64 58 66 473 97
35 33 42 41 Asutosh College, Kolkata 154 64 65 55 62 72 472 NR
55 49 52 41 Rajdhani College, Bhubaneswar 147 64 63 57 73 68 472 NR
36 45 53 41 Dr. Lankapalli Bullayya College, Visakhapatnam 153 62 61 56 75 65 472 NR
40 56 53 41 Maharaja Agrasen College, Delhi 150 63 67 59 70 63 472 101-150
48 48 46 42 AS College for Women, Khanna, Ludhiana 152 61 65 61 62 70 471 NR
53 52 51 42 Hindu College, Guntur 144 61 65 68 68 65 471 NR
43 54 57 42 Dhempe College of Arts and Science, Panjim 146 65 66 62 65 67 471 NR
49 46 51 43 MES Vasant Joshi College of Arts & Commerce, Zuarinagar (Goa) 145 62 66 59 71 67 470 NR
38 41 46 44 Maulana Azad College, Kolkata 156 65 59 54 69 66 469 NR
NR NR 52 45 Tula’s Institute, Dehradun 138 65 66 62 64 73 468 NR
42 41 46 46 Regional Institute of Education, Ajmer 150 62 60 59 73 63 467 NR
64 61 64 47 Achariya Arts and Science College, Villianur, Puducherry 141 62 62 63 70 68 466 NR
47 55 56 48 DAV College, Hoshiarpur 146 68 65 61 64 61 465 NR
50 56 58 49 SDP College for Women, Ludhiana 149 56 67 56 67 69 464 NR
NR NR 54 50 Rajshree Institute of Management & Technology, Bareilly 134 68 67 59 66 69 463 NR
NR NR 62 50 Thakur Ramnarayan College of Arts & Commerce, Mumbai 144 64 71 61 61 62 463 NR
44 48 59 51 Villa Marie Degree College for Women, Hyderabad 143 59 63 54 66 74 459 NR
51 49 59 52 St. Mary’s Centenary Degree College, Hyderabad 154 64 59 55 63 63 458 NR
61 58 64 52 Hawabagh Women’s College, Jabalpur 136 67 58 60 65 72 458 NR
53 48 55 53 Shree Damodar College of Commerce & Economics, Margao (Goa) 150 63 58 60 67 59 457 NR

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

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