Top Overall colleges in Kerala: NIRF ranking 2020
Explore Kerala Overall colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2020 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Kerala Overall ranking list
Avg score 46.5942 Kerala University 50.71 7
- 2017: rank 47
- 2018: rank 47
- 2019: rank 35
- 2020: rank 42
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 5 places from #47 in 2017 to #42 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
49 Mahatma Gandhi University 49.29 0
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 52
- 2019: rank 49
- 2020: rank 49
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 3 places from #52 in 2018 to #49 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
76 Calicut University Malappuram 44.71 14
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 90
- 2020: rank 76
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 14 places from #90 in 2019 to #76 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
80 IISER Thiruvananthapuram 44.53 22
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 58
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 80
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 22 places from #58 in 2018 to #80 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
89 CUSAT Kochi 43.71 5
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 99
- 2019: rank 94
- 2020: rank 89
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 10 places from #99 in 2018 to #89 in 2020.
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.
Kerala ranking questions
Which is the top Overall college in Kerala as per NIRF 2020?
Kerala University is the top Kerala entry, ranked #42 with a score of 50.71.
Does this include private colleges?
Yes. Private and government labels appear when the institution is resolved in NIRFRank's curated registry.
How many Kerala colleges are in the NIRF 2020 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.