Overall States
State-wise rankings

NIRF 2022 Overall ranking by state

Browse state-wise NIRF 2022 Overall college rankings. Each state page is filtered from the official category ranking table.

Full Overall ranking About NIRF 2022
22States represented
100+Ranked institutions
100+Total colleges in list
NIRF 2022Overall
Best state overall Tamil Nadu

Leading in quality and number of top engineering institutions.

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Top 100 colleges 18

From Tamil Nadu

Top 50 colleges 10

From Tamil Nadu

Top 10 colleges 3

From Delhi

Top performing states

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By number of colleges inside the NIRF 2022 Overall top 100.

  1. 1
    Tamil Nadu
    18
  2. 2
    Maharashtra
    12
  3. 3
    Uttar Pradesh
    8
  4. 4
    Karnataka
    7
  5. 5
    Delhi
    7

Distribution of colleges in states

  • South35 colleges
  • North26 colleges
  • West18 colleges
  • East16 colleges
  • Others5 colleges

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Jammu and Kashmir 2 ranked

Best: University of Kashmir

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Ranking trend

Colleges inside the Overall 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 2022 Overall 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.