Arts Colleges in India
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Overview
India has 85 Arts colleges with verified data on Think Grads: 24 government and 31 private, spread over 60 districts. Together they run 356 programmes with about 2,457 seats a year.
24 of them hold a current NIRF rank; Miranda House leads the NIRF list at #2. Every college below links to its own page with fees, cutoffs, placements and approvals, and each fact names the official document it came from.
Start with the ones ranked by NIRF or carrying a Think Grads Rating, then narrow by district, fees and the entrance exam you are writing. Colleges with no published fees are listed after those with fees, never hidden.
| Colleges | 85 |
|---|---|
| Government | 24 |
| Private | 31 |
| NIRF ranked | 24 |
| Programs | 356 |
| Seats | 2,457 |
| College | Think Grads Rating | NIRF | Programs | Seats | Total cost | Median package | Approvals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teerthanker Mahaveer University
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh · Private |
2.9/5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | Verified |
| University College Mangalore
Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka · Government |
2.4/5 | — | 2 | — | — | — | Verified |
| Vidyalankar School Of Information Technology
Mumbai City, Maharashtra · Private |
2.5/5 | — | 5 | — | — | — | Verified |
| Aryabhatta College
South West Delhi, Delhi |
— | — | 10 | — | — | — | — |
| Azim Premji University, Karnataka
Karnataka · Private |
2.2/5 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — |
| Dyal Singh College, Karnal
Karnal, Haryana |
3.4/5 | — | 7 | 290 | — | — | — |
| Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed to Be University)
Dindigul, Tamil Nadu |
3.8/5 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Nallamuthu Gounder Mahalingam College
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu |
3.5/5 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — |
| Nilgiri College of Arts and Science
Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu |
3.6/5 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science
South Goa, Goa |
— | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Presidency College, Karnataka
Bangalore Rural, Karnataka · Private |
2.2/5 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Shillong College
East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya |
3.2/5 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam
Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh |
— | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Suryadatta Institute Of Management And Mass Communication
Pune, Maharashtra · Private |
3.3/5 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| University of Calicut
Malappuram, Kerala |
3.5/5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences
North 24 Parganas, West Bengal |
— | — | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| Thiruvalluvar Government Arts College
Namakkal, Tamil Nadu |
— | — | 6 | 178 | — | — | — |
| Periyar University
Salem, Tamil Nadu |
3.6/5 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — |
| Anjaneya University
Raipur, Chhattisgarh · Private |
— | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Dav College
Chandigarh, Chandigarh · Government |
— | — | 7 | 1,330 | — | — | — |
| Institute Of Advanced Research
Gandhinagar, Gujarat · Private |
— | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Sharda University Agra
Uttar Pradesh · Private |
— | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| National Institute of Technology, Rourkela | 4.7/5 | #34 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad | 4.6/5 | #77 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Government Brennen College
Thalassery, Kerala |
— | — | 17 | — | — | — | — |
Frequently asked questions
How many Arts colleges are there in India?
Think Grads lists 85 Arts colleges in India with verified data: 24 government and 31 private. The count changes as official lists are updated, and the page shows the date its data was last verified.
Which is the top Arts college in India?
By NIRF rank, Miranda House leads the Arts colleges in India at #2. The next NIRF-ranked colleges are Miranda House, Hansraj College, St. Stephen's College. Rankings are one signal; compare fees, cutoffs and placements on each college page before choosing.
How do I check whether a Arts college in India is genuine?
Open the college page and its "Genuine check": it lists the statutory approvals (AICTE, UGC, NAAC and others) found in official records, with the document each one came from. A college on the UGC fake-university list is flagged there.