Top Colleges in Mumbai: Fees, Admission 2026, Courses

St. Xaviers' College Mumbai is the only top ranked college in Mumbai under NIRF ranking 2025. The college is ranked 89^th position under “colleges” category.

Top College	NIRF 2023	NIRF 2024	NIRF 2025
St. Xaviers' college Mumbai Ranking	NA	89	89

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There are about 1,390+ top colleges in Mumbai. Top streams offered by private and government colleges in Mumbai are Business and Management Studies, IT & Software, Accounting & Commerce, Mass Communication & Media, and many others.

The top Mumbai colleges include IIT Bombay, ICT Mumbai, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, IIM Mumbai, SPJIMR Mumbai, etc. Admission to these colleges offered at various UG and PG level. To get admission, candidates must complete their Class 12 with relevant stream.

Admission to the top colleges in Mumbai under various streams like Management, Engineering, Medicine vary from college to college. Basically, candidates must complete their Class 12 boards with 50% aggregate marks for UG admission and complete their UG degree for PG programme.

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The top colleges in Mumbai offer excellent placements. The top colleges like IIT Bombay for Engineering and management colleges like SPJIMR are top colleges.

Check the table below for the top Mumbai colleges with average median package -

Top Mumbai Colleges	Average Median Package
IIT Bombay Placement	INR 15 LPA - INR 19.63 LPA
ICT Mumbai Placement	INR 4.75 LPA - INR 8 LPA
St. Xavier's College, Mumbai Placement	INR 6.23 LPA - INR 6.89 LPA
IIM MUmbai Placement	INR 21.7 LPA
SPJIMR Mumbai Placement	INR 22.8 LPA - INR 32.85 LPA
University Mumbai Placement	INR 7 LPA
University of Mumbai Placement	INR 6 LPA - INR 18 LPA
SPJIMR9 Mumbai Placement	INR 5.5 LPA

Source: Official site and may vary.

IIT Bombay tuition fee costs around INR 21,300 - INR 14.9 L. The fee excludes other components including application fee, examination fee, security deposit, etc. The fee is taken from the official website. It is still subject to change. Candidates must check the official website before applying.

Mumbai has about 1,400+ colleges including both private and government colleges.

Private colleges are expensive and have modern infrastructure and faculty. Listed below are some of the top private colleges with tuition fees -

Private Colleges in Mumbai	Tuition Fee
St. Xavier's College, Mumbai Admission	INR 11,240 - INR 2.12 lakh
SPJIMR Mumbai Admission	INR 25,000 - INR 26 lakh
Bharati Vidyapeeths College of Engineering Admission	INR 1.98 Lacs - INR 3.48 lakh
NMIMS, Mumbai Admission	INR 7.5 Lacs - INR 53 lakh

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The top courses offered by top streams are BA, MA, MBA, BTech, etc. Candidates can take their admission as per their stream chosen. Candidates can check the table below for the stream-wise allocation of top courses of the top best Mumbai colleges -

Top Streams	Top Courses	Top Colleges
Business and Management Studies	MBA/PGDM: 220+ colleges BBM/BMS: 130+ colleges BBA: 100+ colleges	560+ colleges
IT & Software	BSc: 130 colleges BCA: 50+ colleges MCA: 40+ colleges	400+ colleges
Accounting & Commerce	BCom: 230+ colleges MCom: 100+ colleges	290+ colleges
Mass Communication & Media	BMM: 70+ colleges BA: 50+ colleges MA: 20+ colleges	270+ colleges
Science	BSc: 170+ colleges MSc: 90+ colleges	220+ colleges

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Many streams like arts, science, and commerce colleges in Mumbai are affiliated with the University of Mumbai. The Mumbai University has received approval from the UGC & has received accreditation from the NAAC foundation.

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Overall seats across various courses at College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan goes up to 266. College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan offers Degree, Diploma and Certificate courses including 2 UG and 5 PG courses. These programs are offerred in Full Time and Part Time mode.

Maximum 4-5 classes are held everyday for students at NITIE Mumbai. NITIE Mumbai experience is a mixture of education and  enjoyment. Students attend classes from morning to evening and afterwards take part in the extracurricular activities. Overall the college life is a blend of enjoyment and serious studies.

There are about 130+ Medicine colleges in India. Candidates can check the table below for the top Medicine and Health Science colleges in Mumbai with tuition fees -

Medicine & Health Sciences Colleges	Tuition Fee
C.U. Shah College of Pharmacy Courses	INR 1.6 Lacs – INR 2.69 lakh
Lokmanya Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and KEM Hospital Courses	INR 49,250 – INR 6.62 lakh
Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College Courses	INR 1.38 Lacs – INR 6.22 lakh
Grant Medical College Courses	INR 1.03 Lacs – INR 7.61 lakh

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Listed below are some of the top government colleges in Mumbai with their tuition fees -

Government Colleges in Mumbai	Tuition Fee
IIT Bombay Admission	INR 21,250 - INR 42 lakh
ICT Mumbai Admission	INR 30,000 - INR 2.96 lakh
IIM Mumbai Admission	INR 14 Lacs - INR 15 lakh
VJTI Mumbai Admission	INR 18,000 - INR 2.26 lakh

Source: Official site and may vary.

Given below are some of the top Business and Management studies colleges in Mumbai with their tuition fees -

Business & Management Studies Colleges	Tuition Fee
Indian Institute of Management Mumbai Courses	INR 14 lakh
Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay Courses	INR 1.5 Lacs - INR 45 lakh
SPJIMR Mumbai Courses	INR 10.95 Lacs - INR 26.1 lakh
K J Somaiya Institute of Management Courses	INR 13.48 Lacs - INR 24.51 lakh

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If you belong to the General AI category, then it is not possible to get admission at 90 percentile in MHT CET. In the last round, the closing percentile among the General Home State category candidates varied between 95.51 and 99.85. However, if you belong to the OBC HS category, then it is possible to get admisison in a few specialisations including B.Tech. in Textile Technology.

For more cutoff related information for VJTI Mumbai, click here. 

Mumbai University provides hostel facilities for both, boys and girls. MU has 5 girls' hostels, 2 boys' hostels, and 1 hostel for international students. The MU campus is equipped with CCTV cameras to offer a safe and secure surrounding. The hostels are equipped with basic facilities such as mess, water purifiers, electricity, etc. Rental and paying guest facilities are also available nearby the campus.

Bharati Vidyapeeths College of Engineering has a Faculty review rating of 5 by students. This represents that Institute has decent, qualified and experienced faculty members.

No, KJ Somaiya Institute of Management does not offer direct admission. The institute accepts admission through national entrance exams like CAT, XAT, CMAT, XAT, GMAT, and others. It is mandatory to qualify one of the entrance exams for admission. 

Yes, Welingkar Mumbai has good placements. The students have got a decent package in the recent placements. Companies like Adani Group, Amazon, Morgan Stanley, ICICI Bank, Mahindra Group etc. hire students from the college. 

The course fees for the top programmes at TISS Mumbai are as follows:

• MA Human Resource Management & Labour Relations (HRM & LR): INR 1.85 Lakhs.
• Master of Hospital Administration (MHA): INR 1.45 Lakhs. 
• MA in Social Entrepreneurship: INR 1.59 Lakhs.
• BSW: INR 2.09 Lakhs.

Students must pay these course fees in either lump sum, yearly or semester-wise mode of payment.

Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering has courses such as M.E./M.Tech, B.Tech, Ph.D. which are primarily in the stream of Engineering. Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering has specializations such as M.E./M.Tech specializations in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Electronics Engineering, B.Tech specializations in Computer Science Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Production Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Ph.D. specializations in Mechanical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering.

According to Shiksha verified reviews, for the faculty S.P. Mandali's Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College have rating of 4.16. It represents that Institute has good, qualified and experienced faculty members.

Median salary of B.Pharma course is INR 211,392 as per the reports/data available.

K J Somaiya School of Engineering is one of the eminent school for Engineering in Mumbai. The school has been ranked under various category such as India Today, Times, The Week, and others. Below mentioned are the KJSSE rankings:

Ranking Body	Category	Rank
Times Ranking 2025	BTech	18
India Today 2025	BTech	41
The Week 2025	BTech	47

BDes highest and average stipend this year was INR 1.38 lakh and INR 36,115. For MBA Core, highest and aveage stipend in 2024 was INR 4 lakh and INR 1.84 lakh. For MBA HR, it was INR 3 lakh and INR 1.31 Lakh.

The University has released the summer internships statistics for MBA Tech batch 2024-26. Tabulated below are the key highlights of NMIMS summer internships:

Particulars	Statistics (2026 batch)
Highest stipend	INR 1.2 lakh per month (MBA Tech)
Average stipend	INR 32,069 per month (MBA Tech)

In order to seek admission in Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), you need to have a minimum of 60% marks in your 12th standard (55% for reserved seats). Though 12th marks are significant, your admissions primarily rely on your entrance exam marks such as MAH-CET, CAT, or CMAT. Your 12th marks, however, play a role in the overall profile assessment and can serve as a tie-breaker if your entrance scores are equal.