Top Overall colleges in Maharashtra: NIRF ranking 2021
Explore Maharashtra Overall colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2021 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Maharashtra Overall ranking list
Avg score 50.413 IIT Bombay 82.52 1
- 2017: rank 3
- 2018: rank 3
- 2019: rank 4
- 2020: rank 4
- 2021: rank 3
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #3 in both 2017 and 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
20 Savitribai Phule Pune University 55.83 1
- 2017: rank 18
- 2018: rank 16
- 2019: rank 17
- 2020: rank 19
- 2021: rank 20
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 2 places from #18 in 2017 to #20 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
24 IISER Pune 54.47 1
- 2017: rank 29
- 2018: rank 32
- 2019: rank 23
- 2020: rank 25
- 2021: rank 24
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 5 places from #29 in 2017 to #24 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
27 Institute of Chemical Technology 53.76 7
- 2017: rank 41
- 2018: rank 30
- 2019: rank 27
- 2020: rank 34
- 2021: rank 27
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 14 places from #41 in 2017 to #27 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
36 Homi Bhabha National Institute 50.42 6
- 2017: rank 35
- 2018: rank 41
- 2019: rank 30
- 2020: rank 30
- 2021: rank 36
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 1 places from #35 in 2017 to #36 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
54 VNIT Nagpur 46.98 NEW
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 54
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #54 in both 2021 and 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
68 Symbiosis Pune 45.65 5
- 2017: rank 97
- 2018: rank 67
- 2019: rank 82
- 2020: rank 73
- 2021: rank 68
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 29 places from #97 in 2017 to #68 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
70 Tata Institute of Social Sciences 45.63 13
- 2017: rank 49
- 2018: rank 49
- 2019: rank 56
- 2020: rank 57
- 2021: rank 70
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 21 places from #49 in 2017 to #70 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
80 D. Y. Patil Pune 44.19 5
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 79
- 2019: rank 70
- 2020: rank 75
- 2021: rank 80
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 1 places from #79 in 2018 to #80 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
94 NMIMS 42.56 2
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 82
- 2019: rank 83
- 2020: rank 92
- 2021: rank 94
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 12 places from #82 in 2018 to #94 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
96 Mumbai University 41.79 1
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 95
- 2021: rank 96
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 1 places from #95 in 2020 to #96 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
100 DMIHER 41.10 3
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 92
- 2020: rank 97
- 2021: rank 100
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 8 places from #92 in 2019 to #100 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.
Maharashtra ranking questions
Which is the top Overall college in Maharashtra as per NIRF 2021?
IIT Bombay is the top Maharashtra entry, ranked #3 with a score of 82.52.
Does this include private colleges?
Yes. Private and government labels appear when the institution is resolved in NIRFRank's curated registry.
How many Maharashtra colleges are in the NIRF 2021 list?
12 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.