| Name | NIRF 2021 Rank | NIRF 2020 Rank |
|---|
| Miranda House | 1 | 1 |
| Lady Shri Ram College for Women | 2 | 5 |
| Hindu College | 3 | 2 |
| St. Stephen’s College | 4 | 4 |
| Presidency College | 5 | 3 |
| Loyola College | 6 | 6 |
| St. Xavier’s College | 7 | 10 |
| Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira | 7 | 11 |
| Hansraj College | 9 | 9 |
| PSGR Krishnammal College for Women | 10 | 22 |
| Rama Krishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College | 11 | 8 |
| Shri Ram College of Commerce | 12 | 7 |
| Atma Ram Santan Dharm College | 13 | 14 |
| Sri Venkateswara College | 14 | 19 |
| Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College | 15 | 16 |
| Gargi College | 16 | 12 |
| Madras Christian College | 17 | 13 |
| Acharya Narendra Dev College | 18 | 24 |
| Kirori Mal College | 19 | 18 |
| Ramakrishna Mission Residential College | 20 | 15 |
| Dyal Singh College | 21 | 20 |
| Thiagarajar College | 22 | 34 |
| University College, Thiruvananthapuram | 23 | 23 |
| PD Patel Institute of Applied Sciences | 24 | 26 |
| PSG College of Arts and Science | 25 | 17 |
| Daulat Ram College | 26 | 37 |
| Scott Christian College | 27 | 30 |
| Rajagiri College of Social Sciences | 28 | 35 |
| Sri Krishna Arts and Science College | 29 | 53 |
| Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College | 30 | 28 |
| St Joseph’s College, Tiruchirapalli | 31 | – |
| Lady Irwin College | 32 | 21 |
| Madras School of Social Work | 33 | 65 |
| Government Arts College | 34 | 33 |
| Maitreyi College | 35 | 38 |
| Andhra Loyola College | 36 | 45 |
| Jesus & Mary College | 37 | 25 |
| Women’s Christian College | 38 | 32 |
| Bishop Herber College | 39 | 44 |
| Government College for Women | 40 | 47 |
| Queen Mary’s College | 41 | 40 |
| Fergusson College | 42 | 27 |
| Indraprastha College for Women | 43 | 46 |
| Kamala Nehru College | 44 | 43 |
| Maharaja Agrasen College | 45 | 48 |
| Ethiraj College for Women | 46 | 36 |
| St. Teresa’s College | 47 | 64 |
| Mar Ivanios College | 48 | 29 |
| IC College of Home Science | 49 | – |
| St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai | 50 | 56 |
| Shivaji College | 51 | 54 |
| Lady Doak College | 52 | 79 |
| Virudhunagar Hindu Nadars Senthikumara Nadar College | 53 | 63 |
| Jamal Mohamed College | 54 | 59 |
| Sacred Heart College | 55 | 57 |
| Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for Post Graduate Studies | 56 | 49 |
| Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies | 57 | 70 |
| Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College | 58 | 51 |
| St. Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad | 59 | 74 |
| St. Joseph’s College, Kozhikode | 60 | – |
| Ramanujan College | 61 | 100 |
| College of Social Work Nirmala Niketan | 62 | – |
| St. Thomas College | 63 | 55 |
| Stella Maris College | 64 | 58 |
| Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science | 65 | 60 |
| Holy Cross College | 66 | 85 |
| Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women | 67 | 31 |
| VO Chidambaram College | 68 | 77 |
| Shyam Lal College | 69 | 41 |
| Kongunadu Arts & Science College | 70 | 52 |
| Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce | 71 | 87 |
| St Joseph`s College of Commerce | 72 | – |
| St. Francis College for Women | 73 | 95 |
| Fatima College | 74 | – |
| Loreto College | 75 | 76 |
| Bishop Moore College | 76 | – |
| Keshav Mahavidyalya | 77 | – |
| Women’s Christian College | 78 | 81 |
| St. Berchmans College | 79 | – |
| Bishop Kurialacherry College For Women | 80 | – |
| Alagappa Government Art College | 81 | 84 |
| CMS College of Science and Commerce | 82 | 86 |
| Government College, Kasaragod | 83 | – |
| Marthoma College | 84 | – |
| Dr NGP Arts and Science College | 85 | 67 |
| Government Home Science College | 86 | 72 |
| Vellalar College for Women | 87 | 73 |
| Bethune College | 88 | 50 |
| Farook College | 88 | 71 |
| Mahendra Arts & Science College | 90 | – |
| St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai | 90 | 96 |
| Mahatma Gandhi Government Arts College | 92 | – |
| Mahatma Gandhi College, Thiruvananthapuram | 93 | 68 |
| Lady Brabourne College | 94 | – |
| Nehru Arts and Science College | 95 | – |
| Deshbandhu College | 96 | – |
| St Alberts College | 97 | – |
| Government Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram | 98 | 69 |
| Vimala College | 99 | – |
| Fatima Mata National College | 100 | 83 |
