How the Colleges were Ranked

With over 58,000 colleges across India, this 29th annual edition of India Today Group's ranking of colleges in India intends to make critical career decisions easier for aspirants based on rich information and data.

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This ranking has come to be known as the gold standard for other stakeholders such as recruiters, parents, alumni, policy makers, public and institutions. Since 2018, this survey has been conducted in association with reputed Delhi-based market research agency Marketing & Development Research Associates (MDRA) and has been widely appreciated for its consistency.

Colleges were ranked across 14 streams-Arts, Science, Commerce, Medical, Dental, Engineering, Architecture, Law, Mass Communication, Hotel Management, BBA, BCA, Social Work and Fashion Design.

During objective ranking, MDRA carefully attuned more than 112 performance indicators in each stream to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons of colleges. These indicators were clubbed into five broad parameters-'Intake Quality and Governance', 'Academic Excellence', 'Infrastructure and Living Experience', 'Personality and Leadership Development' and 'Career Progression and Placement'.

Moreover, to give more realistic, relevant and accurate information, MDRA evaluated colleges based on current year data. The ranking tables also give parameterwise scores to provide deeper insights into key aspects of decision-making by various stakeholders. In addition, from 2023, the survey has come out with the first-ever ranking of colleges in major subjects, such as Economics, History, English, Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Hindi and Sanskrit based on the objective data submitted by the colleges.

The ranking was done in multiple steps