Top College colleges in Delhi: NIRF ranking 2021
Explore Delhi College colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2021 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Delhi College ranking list
Avg score 60.431 Miranda House 75.42 0
- 2017: rank 1
- 2018: rank 1
- 2019: rank 1
- 2020: rank 1
- 2021: rank 1
Lower rank is better.
Held the #1 position for five consecutive years.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
2 Lady Shri Ram College For Women 69.44 0
- 2017: rank 7
- 2018: rank 8
- 2019: rank 5
- 2020: rank 2
- 2021: rank 2
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 5 places from #7 in 2017 to #2 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
8 St. Stephen's College 66.71 4
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 2
- 2019: rank 4
- 2020: rank 4
- 2021: rank 8
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 6 places from #2 in 2018 to #8 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
9 Hindu College 66.51 6
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 4
- 2019: rank 2
- 2020: rank 3
- 2021: rank 9
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 5 places from #4 in 2018 to #9 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
10 Shri Ram College of Commerce 66.39 2
- 2017: rank 3
- 2018: rank 7
- 2019: rank 7
- 2020: rank 12
- 2021: rank 10
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 7 places from #3 in 2017 to #10 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
11 Sri Venkateswara College 66.24 3
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 24
- 2019: rank 19
- 2020: rank 14
- 2021: rank 11
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 13 places from #24 in 2018 to #11 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
12 Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm College 66.17 1
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 14
- 2019: rank 14
- 2020: rank 13
- 2021: rank 12
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 2 places from #14 in 2018 to #12 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
13 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College 64.90 2
- 2017: rank 9
- 2018: rank 13
- 2019: rank 16
- 2020: rank 15
- 2021: rank 13
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 4 places from #9 in 2017 to #13 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
14 Hans Raj College 64.65 5
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 21
- 2019: rank 9
- 2020: rank 9
- 2021: rank 14
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 7 places from #21 in 2018 to #14 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
16 Gargi College 64.37 0
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 15
- 2019: rank 12
- 2020: rank 16
- 2021: rank 16
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 1 places from #15 in 2018 to #16 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
17 Kirori Mal College 64.30 2
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 20
- 2019: rank 18
- 2020: rank 19
- 2021: rank 17
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 3 places from #20 in 2018 to #17 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
20 Acharya Narendra Dev College New Delhi 62.85 2
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 27
- 2019: rank 24
- 2020: rank 18
- 2021: rank 20
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 7 places from #27 in 2018 to #20 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
24 Lady Irwin College 60.11 8
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 12
- 2019: rank 21
- 2020: rank 32
- 2021: rank 24
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 12 places from #12 in 2018 to #24 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
26 Daulat Ram College 59.22 0
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 37
- 2020: rank 26
- 2021: rank 26
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 11 places from #37 in 2019 to #26 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
29 Dyal Singh College 58.98 8
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 25
- 2019: rank 20
- 2020: rank 21
- 2021: rank 29
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 4 places from #25 in 2018 to #29 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
32 Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences 58.00 NEW
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 32
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #32 in both 2021 and 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
33 Kamala Nehru College 57.68 10
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 43
- 2020: rank 43
- 2021: rank 33
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 10 places from #43 in 2019 to #33 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
35 Maitreyi College 57.33 0
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 86
- 2019: rank 38
- 2020: rank 35
- 2021: rank 35
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 51 places from #86 in 2018 to #35 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
37 SRCASW Delhi 57.17 30
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 53
- 2019: rank 31
- 2020: rank 67
- 2021: rank 37
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 16 places from #53 in 2018 to #37 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
39 Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College 56.86 9
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 23
- 2019: rank 28
- 2020: rank 30
- 2021: rank 39
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 16 places from #23 in 2018 to #39 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
41 Jesus & Mary College 56.15 4
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 50
- 2019: rank 25
- 2020: rank 37
- 2021: rank 41
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 9 places from #50 in 2018 to #41 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
52 Maharaja Agrasen College 54.76 7
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 32
- 2019: rank 47
- 2020: rank 45
- 2021: rank 52
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 20 places from #32 in 2018 to #52 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
53 Ramanujan College New Delhi 54.68 8
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 26
- 2019: rank 100
- 2020: rank 61
- 2021: rank 53
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 27 places from #26 in 2018 to #53 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
60 Deshbandhu College 53.99 36
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 96
- 2021: rank 60
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 36 places from #96 in 2020 to #60 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
68 Indraprastha College for Women 53.18 25
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 52
- 2019: rank 46
- 2020: rank 43
- 2021: rank 68
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 16 places from #52 in 2018 to #68 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
70 Shivaji College 53.00 19
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 59
- 2019: rank 54
- 2020: rank 51
- 2021: rank 70
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 11 places from #59 in 2018 to #70 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
75 Ramjas College 52.27 NEW
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 75
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #75 in both 2021 and 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
94 Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies 50.84 37
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 70
- 2020: rank 57
- 2021: rank 94
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 24 places from #70 in 2019 to #94 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top college institutions.
Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ownership labels apply only to institutions classified in the NIRFRank database.
Delhi ranking questions
Which is the top College college in Delhi as per NIRF 2021?
Miranda House is the top Delhi entry, ranked #1 with a score of 75.42.
Does this include private colleges?
Yes. Private and government labels appear when the institution is resolved in NIRFRank's curated registry.
How many Delhi colleges are in the NIRF 2021 list?
28 ranked colleges are shown across 2 cities in this state.
What does the rank trend inside each row show?
Open any row to see that college's NIRF College rank across the latest available editions.