A large number of privately promoted undergraduate colleges with excellent reputation have not been granted autonomy and are tied to the apron strings of their affiliating university. The reluctance of government to cede full governance of excellent colleges to professional academics is typified by the anomalous status of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. Here are India’s Top 100 non-autonomous colleges 2023-24. Read the cover story here.
| Rank | College Name | City | State | Total Score | Score Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Stephens College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 636 | Show |
| 2 | Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 633 | Show |
| 3 | Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 623 | Show |
| 4 | Hindu College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 612 | Show |
| 5 | Miranda House, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 610 | Show |
| 6 | Hansraj College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 595 | Show |
| 6 | Kirori Mal College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 595 | Show |
| 7 | Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 581 | Show |
| 8 | Jesus & Mary College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 576 | Show |
| 9 | KPB Hinduja College of Commerce, Mumbai | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 565 | Show |
| 10 | Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranath College, Kolkata | Kolkata | West Bengal | 558 | Show |
| 10 | University College of Arts & Social Sciences, Osmania University | Hyderabad | Telangana | 558 | Show |
| 11 | Kamala Nehru College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 531 | Show |
| 12 | Maitreyi College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 525 | Show |
| 12 | Gargi College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 525 | Show |
| 13 | Bishop Cotton Womens Christian College, Bengaluru | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 521 | Show |
| 14 | Kamla Nehru College for Women, Phagwara | Phagwara | Punjab | 519 | Show |
| 15 | Ramanujan College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 515 | Show |
| 15 | SK Somaiya College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Somaiya Vidhyavihar University, Mumbai | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 515 | Show |
| 16 | Ramjas College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 513 | Show |
| 16 | Hindustan College of Arts & Science, Chennai | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 513 | Show |
| 17 | Patrician College of Arts and Science, Chennai | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 511 | Show |
| 17 | Seshadripuram College, Bengaluru | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 511 | Show |
| 18 | Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 509 | Show |
| 18 | DAV College, Jalandhar | Jalandhar | Punjab | 509 | Show |
| 19 | DG Ruparel College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mumbai | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 503 | Show |
| 20 | Ramaiah College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Bengaluru | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 501 | Show |
| 21 | Arya Mahila PG College, Varanasi | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 499 | Show |
| 22 | Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 497 | Show |
| 22 | Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 497 | Show |
| 23 | Bethune College, Kolkata | Kolkata | West Bengal | 496 | Show |
| 23 | Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata | Kolkata | West Bengal | 496 | Show |
| 24 | Badruka College of Commerce & Arts, Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana | 494 | Show |
| 25 | Carmel College for Women, Nuvem (Goa) | Nuvem | Goa | 493 | Show |
| 26 | Fr. Agnel College of Arts and Commerce, Pilar, Panjim (Goa) | Panjim | Goa | 491 | Show |
| 26 | PCM SD College for Women, Jalandhar | Jalandhar | Punjab | 491 | Show |
| 27 | Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 489 | Show |
| 27 | Kasturba Gandhi Degree & PG College for Women, Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana | 489 | Show |
| 28 | Ghanshyamdas Saraf College of Arts & Commerce, Mumbai | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 488 | Show |
| 28 | Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata | Kolkata | West Bengal | 488 | Show |
| 29 | Rosary College of Commerce and Arts, Navelim, Madgaon (Goa) | Madgaon | Goa | 487 | Show |
| 30 | GHG Khalsa College, Ludhiana | Ludhiana | Punjab | 486 | Show |
| 30 | Rani Birla Girls College, Kolkata | Kolkata | West Bengal | 486 | Show |
| 31 | MES PU College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Bengaluru | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 484 | Show |
| 31 | DAV College, Amritsar | Amritsar | Punjab | 484 | Show |
| 32 | Anna Adarsh College for Women, Chennai | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 483 | Show |
| 33 | Dyal Singh College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 481 | Show |
| 33 | Shri Agrasen Snatkottar Shiksha Mahavidyalaya CTE, Jaipur | Jaipur | Rajasthan | 481 | Show |
| 34 | BBK DAV College for Women, Amritsar | Amritsar | Punjab | 479 | Show |
| 34 | Indian Institute of Management and Commerce, Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana | 479 | Show |
| 34 | Scottish Church College, Kolkata | Kolkata | West Bengal | 479 | Show |
| 35 | Asutosh College, Kolkata | Kolkata | West Bengal | 478 | Show |
| 36 | Dr. Lankapalli Bullayya College, Visakhapatnam | Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh | 477 | Show |
| 36 | Dnyanprassarak Mandals College and Research Centre, Bardez | Bardez | Goa | 477 | Show |
| 37 | Satyawati College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 476 | Show |
| 38 | St. Xaviers College, Mapusa, Bardez | Bardez | Goa | 475 | Show |
| 38 | Maulana Azad College, Kolkata | Kolkata | West Bengal | 475 | Show |
| 39 | SS Dempo College of Commerce and Economics, Bambolim, Panjim (Goa) | Panjim | Goa | 474 | Show |
| 39 | AIMS Institutes, Bengaluru | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 474 | Show |
| 40 | Delhi College of Arts and Commerce | Delhi | Delhi | 473 | Show |
| 40 | Maharaja Agrasen College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 473 | Show |
| 41 | Dasmesh Girls College, Hoshiarpur | Hoshiarpur | Punjab | 472 | Show |
| 41 | Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidyabhavan (Girls), Kolkata | Kolkata | West Bengal | 472 | Show |
| 42 | Regional Institute of Education, Ajmer | Ajmer | Rajasthan | 469 | Show |
| 42 | Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College, Kolkata | Kolkata | West Bengal | 469 | Show |
| 43 | Dhempe College of Arts and Science, Panjim | Panjim | Goa | 468 | Show |
| 44 | Janki Devi Memorial College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 467 | Show |
| 44 | Vijaya College, Bengaluru | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 467 | Show |
| 44 | Villa Marie Degree College for Women, Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana | 467 | Show |
| 45 | PGDAV College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 466 | Show |
| 45 | Sunbeam Womens College, Bhagwanpur, Varanasi | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 466 | Show |
| 45 | Universal MSG-SGKM College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Mumbai | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 466 | Show |
| 46 | Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College, Bengaluru | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 465 | Show |
| 46 | AV College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana | 465 | Show |
| 47 | Deshbandhu College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 464 | Show |
| 47 | DAV College, Hoshiarpur | Hoshiarpur | Punjab | 464 | Show |
| 48 | AS College for Women, Khanna, Ludhiana | Ludhiana | Punjab | 463 | Show |
| 49 | Murgaon Education Societys College of Arts & Commerce, Zuarinagar (Goa) | Zuarinagar | Goa | 462 | Show |
| 49 | SSG Pareek PG College, Jaipur | Jaipur | Rajasthan | 462 | Show |
| 50 | Rajdhani College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 461 | Show |
| 50 | SDP College for Women, Ludhiana | Ludhiana | Punjab | 461 | Show |
| 50 | Sunbeams Womens College, Varuna, Varanasi | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 461 | Show |
| 51 | St. Marys Centenary Degree College, Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana | 460 | Show |
| 52 | Keshav Mahavidyalaya, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 458 | Show |
| 53 | Hindu College, Guntur | Guntur | Andhra Pradesh | 457 | Show |
| 53 | Shree Damodar College of Commerce & Economics, Margao (Goa) | Margao | Goa | 457 | Show |
| 54 | Sridora Caculo College of Commerce & Management Studies, Mapusa | Mapusa | Goa | 456 | Show |
| 54 | Ashoka Center for Business & Computer Studies, Nashik | Nashik | Maharashtra | 456 | Show |
| 55 | Rajdhani College, Bhubaneswar | Bhubaneswar | Orissa | 454 | Show |
| 56 | Agurchand Manmull Jain College, Chennai | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 449 | Show |
| 56 | Auroras Degree & PG College, Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana | 449 | Show |
| 57 | The Bapatla College of Arts & Sciences, Guntur | Guntur | Andhra Pradesh | 447 | Show |
| 57 | Goa Vidyaprasarak Mandals Dr. Dada Vaidya College of Education, Farmagudi, Ponda | Ponda | Goa | 447 | Show |
| 58 | Ravi S. Naik College of Arts & Science, Ponda | Ponda | Goa | 444 | Show |
| 58 | Seth Anandam Jaipuria College, Kolkata | Kolkata | West Bengal | 444 | Show |
| 59 | DPMs Shree Mallikarjun College of Arts & Commerce, Canacona (Goa) | Canacona | Goa | 443 | Show |
| 59 | Midnapore City College, Paschim Medinipur (WB) | Medinipur | West Bengal | 443 | Show |
| 60 | Motilal Nehru College, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 442 | Show |
| 60 | Sarojini Naidu Vanita Maha Vidyalaya, Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana | 442 | Show |
| 61 | Hawabagh Womens College, Jabalpur | Jabalpur | Madhya Pradesh | 441 | Show |
| 62 | Nazareth College of Arts and Science, Chennai | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 439 | Show |
| 62 | SKP Arts and Science College for Women, Chennai | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 439 | Show |
| 63 | Anand Vihar College for Women, Bhopal | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | 436 | Show |
| 63 | Arya Mahila Shikshak Prashikshan Mahavidyalaya, Alwar | Alwar | Rajasthan | 436 | Show |
| 64 | Achariya Arts and Science College, Villianur, Puducherry | Puducherry | Puducherry | 435 | Show |
| 64 | Seth Soorajmull Jalan Girls College, Kolkata | Kolkata | West Bengal | 435 | Show |
| 65 | Gopal Govind Poy Raiturcar College of Commerce and Economics, Ponda (Goa) | Ponda | Goa | 432 | Show |
| 65 | DAV College, Abohar (Punjab) | Abohar | Punjab | 432 | Show |
| 66 | Smt. Kandukuri Rajyalakshmi College for Women, Rajahmundry | Rajahmundry | Andhra Pradesh | 427 | Show |
| 66 | Sivanath Sastri College, Kolkata | Kolkata | West Bengal | 427 | Show |
| 67 | Mohamed Sathak College of Arts and Science, Chennai | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 421 | Show |
| 67 | Sree Chaitanya Mahabidyalaya, Habra, North 24 Parganas (WB) | Parganas | West Bengal | 421 | Show |
| 68 | Smt. Gentela Sakuntalamma College, Vidyanagar (AP) | Vidyanagar | Andhra Pradesh | 419 | Show |
| 68 | Narayan Zantye College of Commerce, Bicholim (Goa) | Bicholim | Goa | 419 | Show |
| 69 | Bhagawan Sri Satya Sai Baba Degree College, Guntur | Guntur | Andhra Pradesh | 415 | Show |
| 69 | Sree Konaseema Bhanoji Ramars College, Amalapuram (AP) | Amalapuram | Andhra Pradesh | 415 | Show |
| 70 | City College of Commerce and Business Administration, Kolkata | Kolkata | West Bengal | 413 | Show |
| 70 | Shrimati Indira Gandhi College, Trichy | Trichy | Tamil Nadu | 413 | Show |
| 71 | Andhra Pradesh Residential Degree College, Guntur | Guntur | Andhra Pradesh | 409 | Show |
| 72 | Gokhale Memorial Girls College, Kolkata | Kolkata | West Bengal | 405 | Show |
| 73 | Hitkarini Prashikshan Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Jabalpur | Jabalpur | Madhya Pradesh | 399 | Show |
| 74 | Gyanodaya Mahavidyalaya, Sagar | Sagar | Madhya Pradesh | 396 | Show |
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