Top Overall colleges in Karnataka: NIRF ranking 2021
Explore Karnataka Overall colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2021 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Karnataka Overall ranking list
Avg score 58.382 Indian Institute of Science 82.67 0
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 1
- 2019: rank 2
- 2020: rank 2
- 2021: rank 2
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 1 places from #1 in 2018 to #2 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
15 MAHE Manipal 58.91 1
- 2017: rank 30
- 2018: rank 18
- 2019: rank 16
- 2020: rank 14
- 2021: rank 15
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 15 places from #30 in 2017 to #15 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
32 NITK Surathkal 52.88 1
- 2017: rank 65
- 2018: rank 57
- 2019: rank 53
- 2020: rank 33
- 2021: rank 32
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 33 places from #65 in 2017 to #32 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
34 Mysore University 50.49 13
- 2017: rank 57
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 80
- 2020: rank 47
- 2021: rank 34
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 23 places from #57 in 2017 to #34 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
56 JSS AHER 46.95 2
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 59
- 2019: rank 55
- 2020: rank 54
- 2021: rank 56
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 3 places from #59 in 2018 to #56 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall 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 Overall college in Karnataka as per NIRF 2021?
Indian Institute of Science is the top Karnataka entry, ranked #2 with a score of 82.67.
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 2021 list?
5 ranked colleges are shown across 4 cities in this state.
What does the rank trend inside each row show?
Open any row to see that college's NIRF Overall rank across the latest available editions.