Undergraduate admission 2018: A guide to India's top 100 colleges

Top Indian Colleges 2018: As undergraduate admission season for the academic session 2018-19 kicks in slowly, there's a flurry of activities all around. Results of most Central and state-level boards have been declared. Students are now entering the next phase of their lives - the admission phase.

Which college should I apply? Which are the top colleges in the country? Or which are the best colleges in my state or city? Are my scores good enough to secure an admission there?

A series of questions and ideas throng your minds. Below, we attempt to declutter your queries.

Earlier this year, the Ministry of Human Resource and Development released a national ranking list of colleges for higher education institutions. Known as the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) India Rankings 2018, the rankings compiled a list of top colleges in the countries. 

Here's a look at Best Colleges of India 2018:

 

College	Place	Ranking
Miranda House	Delhi	1
St. Stephen`s College	Delhi	2
Bishop Heber College	Tiruchirappalli	3
Hindu College	Delhi	4
Presidency College	Chennai	5
Loyola College	Chennai	6
Shri Ram College of Commerce	Delhi	7
Lady Shri Ram College for Women	New Delhi	8
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira	Howrah	9
Madras Christian College	Chennai	10
PSG College of Arts and Science	Coimbatore	11
Lady Irwin College	Delhi	12
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College	New Delhi	13
Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm College	New Delhi	14
Gargi College	Delhi	15
PSGR Krishnammal College for Women	Coimbatore	16
St. Xavier`s College	Calcutta	17
University College	Thiruvananthapuram	18
Fergusson College	Pune	19
Kirori Mal College	Delhi	20
Hans Raj College	Delhi	21
Women`s Christian College	Chennai	22
Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College	Delhi	23
Sri Venkateswara College	Delhi	24
Dyal Singh College	Delhi	25
Ramanujan College	New Delhi	26
Acharya Narendra Dev College	New Delhi	27
St. Joseph`s College |	Tiruchirappalli	28
Rama Krishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College	Rahara	29
Stella Maris College for Women	Chennai	30
Loreto College	Calcutta	31
Maharaja Agrasen College	Delhi	32
Government Arts College	Coimbatore	33
St. Joseph`s College	Dist. Calicut	34
Silver Jubilee Degree College	Kurnool	35
Mar Ivanios College	Thiruvananthapuram	36
Scott Christian College	Nagercoil	37
Ethiraj College for Women	Chennai	38
Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts & Science	Coimbatore	39
Ramakrishna Mission Residential College	Kolkata	40
Sacred Heart College	Ernakulam	41
Holy Cross College	Tiruchirappalli	42
Rajagiri College of Social Sciences	Ernakulam	43
Thiagarajar College	Madurai	44
T. K. M. College of Arts and Science	Kollam	45
S. B. College	Kottayam	46
Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College	Madurai	47
P. D. Patel Institute of Applied Sciences	Anand	48
Madras School of Social Work	Chennai	49
Jesus & Mary College	New Delhi	50
Virudhunagar Hindu Nadars Senthikumara Nadar College	Virudhnagar	51
Indraprastha College for Women	Delhi	52
Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women	Delhi	53
St. Xavier`s College	Palayamkottai	54
St. Joseph`s College of Commerce	Bengaluru	55
Andhra Loyola College	Vijayawada	56
Vellalar College for Women	Erode	57
Sri Meenakshi Government College for Women	Madurai	58
Shivaji College	Delhi	59
St. Josephs Arts & Science College	Bengaluru	60
Shyam Lal College	Delhi	61
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Information Technology and Biotechnology	Pune	62
Christ College	Thrissur	63
Sri Krishna Arts and Science College	Coimbatore	64
Fatima College	Madurai	65
St. Xavier`s College	Ahmedabad	65
Kongunadu Arts & Science College	Coimbatore	67
Govt. Post-Graduate College for Girls	Chandigarh	68
Kuriakose Gregorios College	Kottayam	69
Women`s Christian College	Nagercoil	70
Government Arts College	Tiruppur	71
CMS College of Science and Commerce	Coimbatore	72
College of Vocational Studies	New Delhi	73
National College	Tiruchirapalli	74
St. Xavier`s College	Mumbai	74
St. Teresa`s College	Ernakulam	76
Queen Mary`s College	Chennai	77
Vimala College	Thrissur	77
St. Thomas College	Thrissur	79
Lakshmi Bai College	Delhi	80
Lady Doak College	Madurai	81
Goswami Ganesh Dutta Sanatan Dharma College	Chandigarh	82
Jamal Mohamed College	Tiruchirappalli	83
Marian College	Kuttikanam	84
V. V. Vanniaperumal College for Women	Virudhnagar	85
Maitreyi College	New Delhi	86
Nirmalagiri College	Kannur	87
Mahatma Gandhi College	Thiruvananthapuram	88
Kongu Arts & Science College	Erode	89
The American College	Madurai	90
Dr. N. G. P. Arts and Science College	Coimbatore	91
Bishop Moore College	Alappuzha	92
Bharati Vidyapeeth`s College of Fine Arts	Pune	93
St. Aloysius College	Mangalore	94
Anna Adarsh College for Women	Chennai	95
Mahendra Arts & Science College	Namakkal	96
St. Joseph's College	Thrissur	97
Rathinam College of Arts and Science	Coimbatore	98
Shaheed Bhagat Singh College (Evening)	Delhi	99
Keshav Mahavidyalya	Delhi	100