| College Name | Approved | Location | MHRD Out Of 100 Ranking |
| MES College of Arts, Commerce & Science | UGC, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| NMKRV College for Women | UGC, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Jain University | CRISIL, AICTE, UGC, NAAC-A, MHRD | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| B.R. Tambakad Arts Commerce and Science First Grade College | NAAC-B | Haveri, Karnataka | – |
| Gulbarga University | UGC | Gulbarga, Karnataka | – |
| ARG Arts and Commerce College | NAAC, UGC | Davanagere, Karnataka | – |
| Anjuman Arts & Commerce College | NAAC-B | Belgaum, Karnataka | – |
| Anjuman Arts Science and Commerce College & P.G. Centre | NAAC-B | Dharwad, Karnataka | – |
| Anjuman College for Women | AICTE | Bhatkal, Karnataka | – |
| BESM Arts & Commerce College | NAAC-B | Haveri, Karnataka | – |
| BLDE Association’s Commerce, BHS Arts & TGP Science College | NAAC-A | Bagalkot, Karnataka | – |
| BMS College for Women – [BMSCW] | NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| DES’s Bangurnagar Arts, Science and Commerce College | NAAC-B | Kannada, Karnataka | – |
| Basudev Somani College | NAAC, UGC | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| Bhandarkars Arts and Science | NAAC | Udupi, Karnataka | – |
| Bi Bi Raza Degree College for Women | NAAC-B | Gulbarga, Karnataka | – |
| Cauvery College | NAAC-A | Kodagu, Karnataka | – |
| Crossland College | NAAC | Udupi, Karnataka | – |
| Dr. G. Shankar Government Women’s First Grade College and Post Graduate Study Centre | NAAC-B | Udupi, Karnataka | – |
| Gokhale Centenary College | NAAC-B | Ankola, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College | UGC, NAAC-B | Dakshin Kannada, Karnataka | – |
| Government Arts and Science College | UGC, NAAC-A | Karwar, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College | NAAC-B | Kolar, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College | UGC, NAAC-C | Belthangady, Karnataka | – |
| Govinda Dasa College | NAAC-B | Surathkal, Karnataka | – |
| IDSG Government College | NAAC-B | Chikmagalur, Karnataka | – |
| JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science | UGC, NAAC-A | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| K.N.V.V. Sangha’s Arts and Commerce College | NAAC | Belagavi, Karnataka | – |
| Kamala Nehru Memorial National College for Women – [KNMNC] | NAAC | Shimoga, Karnataka | – |
| Kittel Arts College | NAAC, UGC | Dharwad, Karnataka | – |
| Laxmi Venkatesh Desai College – [LVD] | NAAC-A | Raichur, Karnataka | – |
| M.P.E. Society’s S.D.M. College of Arts, Science and Commerce – [SDMC] | NAAC-A | Honavar, Karnataka | – |
| Madhava Pai Memorial College | NAAC-B | Udupi, Karnataka | – |
| Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College | NAAC | Udupi, Karnataka | – |
| N.V. Arts, Sri Kanhyalal Malu Science and Dr. Pandurangrao Patki College of Commerce | UGC, NAAC-A | Belagavi, Karnataka | – |
| SBRR Mahajana First Grade College | NAAC-A | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| S.E.A. College of Arts, Commerce and Science | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| SS Arts College and TP Science Institute | NAAC, UGC | Belgaum, Karnataka | – |
| SS Margol College of Arts Science and Commerce | NAAC | Gulbarga, Karnataka | – |
| SVS Bellubbi Arts and Commerce College | UGC | Belgaum, Karnataka | – |
| Shanthi Degree College | NAAC, UGC | Mandya, Karnataka | – |
| Sir M V Government Arts and Commerce College | NAAC | Shimoga, Karnataka | – |
| Smt. Chinnamma Basappa Patil Arts and Commerce College | NAAC-B | Chincholi, Karnataka | – |
| Sree Siddaganga College of Arts, Science and Commerce for Women | NAAC, UGC | Tumkur, Karnataka | – |
| Sri Manjunath Swamy First Grade College | UGC, NAAC-C | Davanagere, Karnataka | – |
| V.C.B. Education Society’s Arts and Commerce College | UGC, NAAC-B | Raichur, Karnataka | – |
| BVV Sangha’s Shri SR Kanthi Arts Commerce and Science College | NAAC | Bagalkot, Karnataka | – |
| Besant Women’s College | NAAC | Mangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Tumkur University | UGC, NAAC-B | Tumkur, Karnataka | – |
| Smt. Allum Sumangalam Memorial Degree College for Women | NAAC-B | Bellary, Karnataka | – |
| SJMV BAJSS Arts and Commerce College for Women | NAAC-B | Ranibennur, Karnataka | – |
| Smt Veeramma Gangasiri College for Women | NAAC | Gulbarga, Karnataka | – |
| School of Correspondence, Karnatak University | AICTE | Dharwad, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College – [GFGC] | NAAC | Holenarasipur, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College | NAAC-B | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| J.S.S. Arts and Commerce College | NAAC-B | Gundlupet, Karnataka | – |
| Vijaya First Grade College | NAAC-B | Mandya, Karnataka | – |
| B.M. Shetty Government First Grade College | NAAC | Hassan, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College | NAAC | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College | – | Mandya, Karnataka | – |
| Bharathi College | NAAC-A | Mandya, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College | NAAC-B | Kolar, Karnataka | – |
| Y.M.Mallikarjunaswamy Government First Grade College | NAAC | Chamarajnagar, Karnataka | – |
| Government College (Autonomous) | NAAC-A | Mandya, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College | NAAC | Pandavapura, Karnataka | – |
| J.S.S. College for Women | NAAC-B | Chamarajnagar, Karnataka | – |
| YDD Government First Grade College | NAAC, UGC | Hassan, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College | NAAC | Sakleshpura, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College | NAAC | Arkalgud, Karnataka | – |
| Government College for Women | NAAC-B | Mandya, Karnataka | – |
| Government College of Home Science | NAAC | Hassan, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College | NAAC-B | Chamarajnagar, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College for Women | NAAC | Holenarasipur, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College | NAAC | Arsikere, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College for Women | NAAC-B | Maddur, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College | NAAC-B | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College | NAAC | Mandya, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College | NAAC | Hunsur, Karnataka | – |
| JSS College of Arts, Commerce & Science | UGC | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College | NAAC | Channrayapatna, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College | NAAC | Gundlupet, Karnataka | – |
| Shanthi Arts, Science and Commerce College | NAAC | Mandya, Karnataka | – |
| Sri D Devaraja Urs Government First Grade College | NAAC | Hunsur, Karnataka | – |
| Dr. B. R. Ambedkar First Grade College | UGC | Bidar, Karnataka | – |
| Directorate Of Distance Education, Bangalore University | DEB | Shimoga, Karnataka | – |
| S S K Basaveshwar College Of Arts & Science | NAAC-B | Bidar, Karnataka | – |
| SECAB A.R.S. Inamder Arts,Science & Commerce College for Women | NAAC-B | Bijapur, Karnataka | – |
| Poornaprajna College | NAAC | Udupi, Karnataka | – |
| L.B. & S.B.S. Arts, Science & Commerce Autonomous College | NAAC | Shimoga, Karnataka | – |
| Shri Gavisiddheshwara Arts, Science & Commerce College | NAAC-B | Koppal, Karnataka | – |
| Sri J.C.B.M. College | NAAC, NAAC-A | Chikmagalur, Karnataka | – |
| K.R.Bellad Arts and Commerce College | NAAC | Gadag, Karnataka | – |
| JSS Banashankari Arts, Commerce & S.K.Gubbi Science College | NAAC-A | Dharwad, Karnataka | – |
| A. V. Patil Degree College Of Arts, Science & Commerce | NAAC-B | Gulbarga, Karnataka | – |
| Dr. A.V. Baliga college of Arts and Science | NAAC-B | Kumta, Karnataka | – |
| Sri Venkataramana Swamy College | UGC, NAAC-A | Bantwal, Karnataka | – |
| MES’s M.M. Arts and Science College | NAAC-A | Sirsi, Karnataka | – |
| Govt Degree College | UGC, NAAC-B | Sindhanur, Karnataka | – |
| Lingaraj College | NAAC | Belagavi, Karnataka | – |
| Anjuman Degree College & P.G. Centre | NAAC-B | Bhatkal, Karnataka | – |
| St. Aloysius College | NAAC-A | Mangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Maharani’s Arts, Commerce and Management College for Women | AICTE, UGC, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Government First grade College | AICTE, UGC, NAAC-B | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |