Top Dental colleges in Karnataka: NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Karnataka Dental colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2025 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Karnataka Dental ranking list
Avg score 59.595 Manipal College of Dental Sciences 70.58 3
- 2021: rank 1
- 2022: rank 2
- 2023: rank 2
- 2024: rank 2
- 2025: rank 5
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 4 places from #1 in 2021 to #5 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top dental institutions.
6 A. B. S. M. Institute of Dental Sciences 69.00 0
- 2021: rank 6
- 2022: rank 6
- 2023: rank 5
- 2024: rank 6
- 2025: rank 6
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #6 in both 2021 and 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top dental institutions.
10 JSS Dental College and Hospital 62.59 2
- 2021: rank 12
- 2022: rank 12
- 2023: rank 11
- 2024: rank 12
- 2025: rank 10
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 2 places from #12 in 2021 to #10 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top dental institutions.
11 Manipal College of Dental Sciences Mangaluru 62.43 0
- 2021: rank 7
- 2022: rank 7
- 2023: rank 8
- 2024: rank 11
- 2025: rank 11
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 4 places from #7 in 2021 to #11 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top dental institutions.
22 M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences 57.39 6
- 2021: rank 15
- 2022: rank 14
- 2023: rank 14
- 2024: rank 16
- 2025: rank 22
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 7 places from #15 in 2021 to #22 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top dental institutions.
25 SDM College of Dental Sciences & Hospital 56.49 6
- 2021: rank 9
- 2022: rank 20
- 2023: rank 22
- 2024: rank 31
- 2025: rank 25
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 16 places from #9 in 2021 to #25 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top dental institutions.
29 KVKIDS Belgaum 55.42 0
- 2021: rank 33
- 2022: not ranked
- 2023: rank 35
- 2024: rank 29
- 2025: rank 29
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 4 places from #33 in 2021 to #29 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top dental institutions.
31 Yenepoya Dental College 55.00 5
- 2021: rank 21
- 2022: rank 23
- 2023: rank 28
- 2024: rank 26
- 2025: rank 31
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 10 places from #21 in 2021 to #31 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top dental institutions.
34 Government Dental College, Bangalore 54.80 15
- 2021: not ranked
- 2022: rank 18
- 2023: rank 24
- 2024: rank 19
- 2025: rank 34
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 16 places from #18 in 2022 to #34 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top dental institutions.
40 K L E Society's Institute of Dental Sciences 52.19 12
- 2021: not ranked
- 2022: rank 28
- 2023: not ranked
- 2024: not ranked
- 2025: rank 40
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 12 places from #28 in 2022 to #40 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top dental institutions.
Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ownership labels apply only to institutions classified in the NIRFRank database.
Karnataka ranking questions
Which is the top Dental college in Karnataka as per NIRF 2025?
Manipal College of Dental Sciences is the top Karnataka entry, ranked #5 with a score of 70.58.
Does this include private colleges?
Yes. Private and government labels appear when the institution is resolved in NIRFRank's curated registry.
How many Karnataka colleges are in the NIRF 2025 list?
10 ranked colleges are shown across 6 cities in this state.
What does the rank trend inside each row show?
Open any row to see that college's NIRF Dental rank across the latest available editions.