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NIRF 2025 College ranking by state

Browse state-wise NIRF 2025 College college rankings. Each state page is filtered from the official category ranking table.

Full College ranking About NIRF 2025
9States represented
100+Ranked institutions
100+Total colleges in list
NIRF 2025College
Best state overall Delhi

Leading in quality and number of top engineering institutions.

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Top 100 colleges 33

From Tamil Nadu

Top 50 colleges 25

From Delhi

Top 10 colleges 6

From Delhi

Top performing states

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By number of colleges inside the NIRF 2025 College top 100.

  1. 1
    Tamil Nadu
    33
  2. 2
    Delhi
    32
  3. 3
    Kerala
    18
  4. 4
    West Bengal
    6
  5. 5
    Karnataka
    4

Distribution of colleges in states

  • South55 colleges
  • North34 colleges
  • East6 colleges
  • West3 colleges
  • Others2 colleges

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Tamil Nadu 33 ranked

Best: PSGR Krishnammal College for Women

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Kerala 18 ranked

Best: Rajagiri College of Social Sciences Ernakulam

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Ranking trend

Colleges inside the College top 100, by state, over the last five editions.

Top 5 states

State-wise ranking questions

How are these state pages created?

Each page filters the official NIRF 2025 College ranking by the published state field.

Can I compare colleges after choosing a state?

Yes. Open a college profile, or use the comparison tool from the ranking links to compare ranks, scores and pillar data side by side.

Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. State pages use the state published in the official ranking row.