Higher Education in India: College & University Statistics
A real-time breakdown of the 20,311+ Indian colleges and universities in the MyKollege directory — by state, stream and ownership, including NIRF-ranked institutions, entrance exams and scholarships.
Looking for the Government of India's official higher-education census? See the Ministry of Education's AISHE Higher Education Directory and the AISHE annual reports. The numbers below are counted from our own 20,311-institution directory, not from AISHE's dataset.
20,311
Colleges Listed
35
States Covered
1,232
Cities Covered
1,143
NIRF-Ranked
442
Entrance Exams
3,543
Scholarships
Government vs. Private
Ownership split across all 20,311 listed colleges.
Colleges by State
The 12 states/UTs with the most listed colleges.
Colleges by Stream
How many listed colleges offer each academic stream — a college offering more than one stream is counted in each.
Explore Colleges by State
| State | Colleges | |
|---|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 2,913 | View colleges → |
| Tamil Nadu | 2,413 | View colleges → |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,127 | View colleges → |
| Karnataka | 1,802 | View colleges → |
| Kerala | 1,135 | View colleges → |
| West Bengal | 990 | View colleges → |
| Gujarat | 963 | View colleges → |
| Madhya Pradesh | 822 | View colleges → |
| Andhra Pradesh | 776 | View colleges → |
| Telangana | 772 | View colleges → |
| Haryana | 770 | View colleges → |
| Rajasthan | 767 | View colleges → |
