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

Source: Official site and may vary.

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.

Source: Official site and may vary.

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.

For the female candidate, the last round cutoff ranks for IIT Bombay varied between 369 and 13761 for BTech admission among the General category under the All India quota. The cutoff ranks vary for different rounds, courses, specialisations, categories, and genders. For IIT Bombay, the category-wise cutoff ranges for the last round are tabulated below under the AI quota for female-only candidates. 

Category	Last Round Cutoff 2025 (Closing range)
General	369 - 13761
OBC	54 - 4014
SC	31 - 2370
ST	19 - 1140
EWS	20 - 1353
PWD	4 - 202

 

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

Source: Official site and may vary.

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

Source: Official site and may vary.

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

Source: Official site and may vary.

VJTI Mumbai tuition fee ranges between INR 18,000 – INR 2.3 L for various courses. This fee is exclusive of other components, such as examination fee, application fee, etc. Therefore, VJTI Mumbai is not very costly, in comparison to other engineering institutes. 

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.

No, candidates seeking admission to Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies must appear for the programme-specific entrance exams conducted by the NMIMS Mumbai. NMIMS Deemed-To-Be-University also accepts several national-level entrance tests for undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD course admissions. The accepted entrance exams are NMAT, NMIMS CET, GPAT, NMIMS - NPAT, and others. Study the NPAT books to clear the NMIMS - NPAT exam. Check the previous year and current GPAT result to predict the probability of admission to various courses.

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.

The faculty of Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering is highly qualified and experienced and, in many cases, holds degrees in the postgraduate levels and considerable exposure in industries. Many of its faculty members are actively undertaking research and development projects so that curriculums are relevant and updated with current technological trends.

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

The table below reflects on the Mithibai College departments:

Arts
Economics	Languages	Philosophy
Political Science	Psychology	Sociology
Multimedia & Mass Communication	-	-
Commerce
Accountancy	Commerce	Finance
Management	-	-
Science
Biochemistry	Biotechnology	Botany
Zoology	Statistics	Physics
Microbiology	Mathematics	Computer Science
Chemistry	-	-

Narsee Monjee College of Commerce & Economics tuition fee costs around INR 43,400 – INR 3.8 L. This fee is exclusive of other components such as examination fee, application fee, hostel fee, security deposit, etc. This fee is taken from the official website. It is subject to change. Hence, it is not very costly.