Best Colleges in India: Ranking 2025, Admissions, Courses, Fees, Placements

India has 63,000+ best colleges that offer streams like Humanities, Science, Accounting & Commerce, Teaching & Education, Business & Management Studies, Engineering, etc. Top colleges are DTU, BITS Pilani, IIT Bombay, VIT Vellore, MIT WPU, College of Engineering Pune, SRM IST Kattankulathur, IIT Delhi, LPU, etc.

Top Colleges in India: Highlights 2025

Below table shows the key highlights of the top colleges in India:

Parameters	Statistics
Top Colleges in India	63,000+
Top Streams	Humanities & Social Sciences: 19,000+ Science: 16,000+ Accounting & Commerce: 14,000+ Teaching & Education: 13,000+ Business & Management Studies: 11,000+ IT & Software: 10,000+ Engineering: 9,000+ Medicine & Health Sciences: 7,000+ Nursing: 5,000+ Mass Communication & Media: 2,000+
No. of Colleges	62,000+ colleges
Top Entrance Exams	JEE Main, CUET, NEET, CLAT, etc.

Source: Official site and may vary.

Top Colleges in India: NIRF Ranking 2025

Listed below are the top colleges in India with their NIRF ranking 2025:

Top Colleges	NIRF 2023	NIRF 2024	NIRF 2025
Hindu College Ranking	2	1	1
Miranda House Ranking	1	2	2
Hansraj College Ranking	12	12	3
Kirori Mal College Ranking	9	9	4
St. Stephen's College Ranking	14	4	5
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College Ranking	8	3	6
ARSD College Ranking	6	5	7
St. Xavier's College Ranking	5	6	8
PSGR Krishnammal College for Women Ranking	4	7	9
PSG College of Arts and Science Ranking	20	11	10

Source: Official site and may vary.

Top Courses in India: Stream Wise 2025

Below table shows the top stream-wise colleges in India with top courses:

Top Stream	Top Courses	No. of Colleges
Humanities & Social Sciences	BA: 18,000+ colleges MA: 5,900+ colleges MSW: 800+ colleges	19,000+ colleges
Science	BSc: 14,000+ colleges MSc: 5,000+ colleges PhD: 700+ colleges	16,000+ colleges
Accounting & Commerce	BCom: 13,700+ colleges MCom: 4,000+ colleges BCom Hons: 100+ colleges	14,000+ colleges
Teaching & Education	B.Ed: 8,000+ colleges D.Ed: 2,000+ colleges M.Ed: 1,000+ colleges	13,000+ colleges
Business Management Studies	MBA / PGDM: 6,000+ colleges BBA: 5000+ colleges BBM / BMS: 500+ colleges	11,000+ colleges
IT & Software	BCA: 5,000+ colleges MCA: 2,000+ colleges BSc: 1,000+ colleges	10,000+ colleges
Engineering	B.E. / BTech: 4,000+ colleges M.E. / MTech: 2,000+ colleges	4,000+ colleges
Medicine & Health Sciences	D Pharma: 2,000+ colleges B Pharma: 2,000+ colleges M Pharma: 1,000+ colleges	7,000+ colleges
Nursing	BSc: 2,000+ colleges GNM: 2,000+ colleges ANM: 1,300+ colleges	5,000+ colleges
Mass Communication & Media	BA: 700+ colleges MA: 400+ colleges BSc: 200+ colleges	2,000+ colleges

Source: Official site and may vary.

Top Colleges in India: Stream Wise 2025

Candidates can see the best colleges stram wise below:

Top Engineering Colleges in India: Ranking, Admissions, Courses, Fees, Eligibility, Exams

Candidates can see the best Engineering colleges below:

College Name	Exams Accepted
IIT Madras	JEE Main, JEE Advanced
IIT Delhi	JEE Main, JEE Advanced
IIT Bombay	JEE Main, JEE Advanced
IIT Kanpur	JEE Main, JEE Advanced
IIT Kharagpur	JEE Main, JEE Advanced

Source: Official site and may vary.

Top Business Management Colleges in India: Ranking, Admissions, Courses, Fees, Eligibility, Exams

Candidates can see the best Business Management Colleges below:

College Name	Exams Accepted
IIM Ahmedabad	CAT, GATE, UGC NET, GMAT, etc.
IIM Bangalore	CAT, GATE, UGC NET, etc.
IIM Kozhikode	CAT, EMAT
IIM Calcutta	CAT, UGC NET
Indian Institute of Management Mumbai	CAT

Source: Official site and may vary.

Top Medical Colleges in India: Ranking, Admissions, Courses, Fees, Eligibility, Exams

Candidates can see the best Medical colleges below:

College Name	Exams Accepted
AIIMS Delhi	NEET, NEET PG, AIIMS Paramedical, INI CET, etc.
PGIMER	INI CET, NEET MDS, etc.
Christian Medical College Vellore	NEET, NEET PG, NEET SS, etc.
NIMHANS	INI CET and Merit-Based
JIPMER Puducherry	NEET, INI CET, JIPMER PG, etc.

Source: Official site and may vary.

Top Law Colleges in India: Ranking, Admissions, Courses, Fees, Eligibility, Exams

Candidates can see the best Law colleges below:

College Name	Exams Accepted
National Law School of India University	CLAT, KSEEB, PAT
National Law University Delhi	AILET and Merit-Based
Nalsar University of Law	TSLAWCET, CLAT, TS PGLCET
NLU Kolkata	CLAT, UGC NET
SLS Pune	Merit-Based

Source: Official site and may vary.

Top Architecture Colleges in India: Ranking, Admissions, Courses, Fees, Eligibility, Exams

Candidates can see the best Architecture colleges below:

College Name	Exams Accepted
IIT Roorkee	NATA, AAT, GATE
IIT Kharagpur	NATA, AAT, GATE
NIT Calicut	NATA, GATE, DASA UG, CCMT
IIEST Shibpur	NATA, GATE, CCMT
SPA Delhi	JEE Main, GATE, CEED, etc.

Source: Official site and may vary.

Location-Wise Top Colleges in India

Candidates can see the best colleges location wise below:

Location	No. of Colleges
Delhi NCR	3,000+ colleges
Maharashtra	8,000+ colleges
Uttar Pradesh	8,000+ colleges
Karnataka	6,000+ colleges
Tamil Nadu	4,000+ colleges

Candidates can see the best colleges categorized by their location with their NIRF ranking under the 'Overall' category below:

Location	College Name
Delhi NCR	IIT Delhi
	AIIMS Delhi
	JNU
Maharashtra	IIT Bombay
	Homi Bhabha National Institute
	IISER Pune
Uttar Pradesh	IIT Kanpur
	BHU
	AMU
Karnataka	Indian Institute of Science
	Manipal Academy of Higher Education Manipal
	JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research
Tamil Nadu	IIT Madras
	Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
	Vellore Institute of Technology

Source: Official site and may vary.

Top Colleges in India: Exam Schedule 2025

Candidates can see the exams below:

Top Humanities & Social Sciences Colleges in India: Exam Schedule 2025

Candidates can see the Humanities & Social Sciences colleges below:

Course	Top Exams
BA	CUET
MA	CUET PG CPGET AP PGECET
MSW	CUET PG CPGET AP PGECET

Source: Official site and may vary.

Top Science Colleges in India: Exam Schedule 2025

Candidates can see the Science colleges below:

Course Name	Top Exams
BSc	CUET ICAR AIEEA Kerala University Admission
MSc	CPGET AP PGCET ICAR AIEEA
PhD	GATE UGC NET CSIR NET

Source: Official site and may vary.

Top Accounting & Commerce Colleges in India: Exam Schedule 2025

Candidates can see the Accounting & Commerce colleges below:

Course Name	Top Exams
BCom	CUET Mumbai University Admission Gujarat University
MCom	CPGET AP PGCET CUET PG
PhD	UGC NET CSIR NET SET

Source: Official site and may vary.

Top Teaching Colleges in India: Exam Schedule 2025

Candidates can see the Teaching colleges below:

Course Name	Top Exams
B.Ed	MAH B.Ed CET APEdCET TSEdCET
D.Ed	CUET IPU CET
M.Ed	MAH B.Ed CET CUET-PG AP PGCET

Source: Official site and may vary.

Top Business & Management Studies Colleges in India: Exam Schedule 2025

Candidates can see the Business & Management Studies colleges below:

Course Name	Top Exams
MBA / PGDM	CAT MAT CMAT
BBA	CUET IPU CET Kerala University Admission
BBM / BMS	Mumbai University Admission CUET JET

Source: Official site and may vary.

Top IT & Software Colleges in India: Exam Schedule 2025

Candidates can see the IT & Software colleges below:

Course Name	Top Exams
BCA	CUET IPU CET Kerala University Admission
MCA	TANCET MAH MCA CET APICET
BSc	CUET Mumbai University Admission Kerala  University Admission

Source: Official site and may vary.

Top Engineering Colleges in India: Exam Schedule 2025

Candidates can see the Engineering colleges below:

Course Name	Top Exams
B.E. / BTech	JEE Main TNEA MHT CET
M.E. / MTech	GATE CEETA MHT CET MTech
PhD	GATE UGC NET CSIR NET

Source: Official site and may vary.

Top Medicine & Health Sciences Colleges in India: Exam Schedule 2025

Candidates can see the Medicine & Health Sciences colleges below:

Course Name	Top Exams
D.Pharma	JEECUP HSTES UBTER JEEP
B.Pharma	NEET MHT CET CUET
M.Pharma	GPAT AP PGCET TS PGECET
MD	NEET PG AIAPGET INI CET
MBBS	NEET KEAM UP NEET

Source: Official site and may vary.

Top Law Colleges in India: Exam Schedule 2025

Candidates can see the list of exams below:

Course Name	Top Exams
LLB	MHCET Law CLAT APLAWCET
BA LLB	MHCET Law CLAT CUET
LLM	CLAT CUET-PG TS PGLCET
BA LLB	MHCET Law CLAT CUET

Source: Official site and may vary.

Top Design Colleges in India: Exam Schedule 2025

Candidates can see the list of exams below:

Course Name	Top Exams
BDes	UCEED CUET NIFT Entrance Exam
MDes	NIFT Entrance Exam NID Entrance Exam CUET PG
BFTech	NIFT Entrance Exam

Source: Official site and may vary.

Tasbiya Khan11-07-2025 11:18