Engineering States
State-wise rankings

NIRF 2021 Engineering ranking by state

Browse state-wise NIRF 2021 Engineering college rankings. Each state page is filtered from the official category ranking table.

Full Engineering ranking About NIRF 2021
29States represented
200+Ranked institutions
200+Total colleges in list
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Best state overall Tamil Nadu

Leading in quality and number of top engineering institutions.

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Top 100 colleges 16

From Tamil Nadu

Top 50 colleges 8

From Tamil Nadu

Top 10 colleges 2

From Tamil Nadu

Top performing states

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By number of colleges inside the NIRF 2021 Engineering top 100.

  1. 1
    Tamil Nadu
    16
  2. 2
    Karnataka
    8
  3. 3
    Maharashtra
    7
  4. 4
    Uttar Pradesh
    7
  5. 5
    Delhi
    5

Distribution of colleges in states

  • South79 colleges
  • North47 colleges
  • West31 colleges
  • East26 colleges
  • Others17 colleges

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Chandigarh 2 ranked

Best: Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh

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Pondicherry 2 ranked

Best: Pondicherry Engineering College

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Arunachal Pradesh 2 ranked

Best: NIT Arunachal Pradesh

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Ranking trend

Colleges inside the Engineering 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 2021 Engineering 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.