| College Name | Approved | Location | MHRD Out Of 100 Ranking |
| Kamla Nehru College for Women | NAAC, UGC | Kapurthala, Punjab | – |
| Chitkara University | NCTE, PCI, INC, UGC | Patiala, Punjab | – |
| Lovely Professional University | NCTE, COA, PCI, IAP, BCI | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| Doraha Institute of Management and Technology | AICTE | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| Chandigarh Group of Colleges | AICTE, NBA, NAAC-A | Mohali, Punjab | – |
| Doaba College | NAAC | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| GNA University | AICTE, UGC | Phagwara, Punjab | – |
| DAV College | NAAC, UGC | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| Indo Global College of Engineering | AICTE | Mohali, Punjab | – |
| Guru Nanak Dev University Regional Campus | AICTE, UGC | Gurdaspur, Punjab | – |
| RIMT University | AICTE, UGC | Gobindgarh, Punjab | – |
| Guru Nanak College | AICTE, NAAC-A | Mansa, Punjab | – |
| DAV College | NAAC-A | Amritsar, Punjab | – |
| RIMT College of Architecture | COA | Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab | – |
| Shanti Devi Arya Mahila College | NAAC | Gurdaspur, Punjab | – |
| Guru Nanak Dev University College | UGC | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya | NAAC, UGC | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| Khalsa Colleg | NAAC-A | Amritsar, Punjab | – |
| Baba Khajandas College of Technology | AICTE | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| Swami Sarvanand Institute of Management & Technology | AICTE | Gurdaspur, Punjab | – |
| Chitkara University, Chitkara Business School | – | Patiala, Punjab | – |
| North West Institute of Engineering & Technology | AICTE | Moga, Punjab | – |
| AS College | NAAC, UGC | Khanna, Punjab | – |
| Aklia Degree College | UGC | Bathinda, Punjab | – |
| Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial College | UGC | Nawanshahr, Punjab | – |
| Anglo Sanskrit College for Women | NAAC, UGC | Khanna, Punjab | – |
| Apex International College | AICTE | Amritsar, Punjab | – |
| Arya College | – | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| BBK DAV College for Women | NAAC, UGC | Amritsar, Punjab | – |
| Baba Farid College | AICTE | Bathinda, Punjab | – |
| Baba Zoravar Singh Fateh Singh Khalsa Girls College | NAAC | Ropar, Punjab | – |
| Babbar Akali Memorial Khalsa College | NAAC | Hoshiarpur, Punjab | – |
| Banarsi Dass Arya Girls College | UGC | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| Baring Union Christian College | UGC | Batala, Punjab | – |
| Bhag Singh Hayer Khalsa College for Women | – | Abohar, Punjab | – |
| Bhai Nagahia Singh Memorial Girls College | – | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| DAV College | NAAC | Hoshiarpur, Punjab | – |
| DAV College | UGC | Abohar, Punjab | – |
| Dav College For Women | – | Firozpur, Punjab | – |
| DAV College | NAAC, UGC | Bathinda, Punjab | – |
| D.M. College | NAAC | Moga, Punjab | – |
| Dasmesh Girls College | AICTE | Hoshiarpur, Punjab | – |
| Dev Samaj College For Women | NAAC, UGC | Firozpur, Punjab | – |
| Devki Devi Jain Memorial College for Women | UGC | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| GHG Khalsa College | NAAC, UGC | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| Guru Nanak College for Women | NCTE | Nawanshahr, Punjab | – |
| Government Brijindra College | NAAC | Faridkot, Punjab | – |
| Government College for Girls | NAAC | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| Government Ranbir College | NAAC | Sangrur, Punjab | – |
| Govind National College | NCTE | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| Govt Ranbir College | NAAC | Sangrur, Punjab | – |
| Govt Ripudaman College | – | Patiala, Punjab | – |
| Guru Nanak College | NAAC | Moga, Punjab | – |
| Guru Nanak College for Girls | – | Muktsar, Punjab | – |
| Guru Nanak Girls College | NAAC | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women | NAAC | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| Guru Nanak Khalsa Girls College | – | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| Guru Nanak National College | – | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| Guru Nanak National College | – | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| Hindu Kanya College | NAAC | Kapurthala, Punjab | – |
| JC DAV College | NAAC | Hoshiarpur, Punjab | – |
| Kanya Mahavidyalaya | – | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| Khalsa College | NAAC | Hoshiarpur, Punjab | – |
| Lajpat Rai DAV College | NAAC | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| Mata Gujri College | AICTE, UGC, NAAC-A | Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab | – |
| Mata Sahib Kaur Girls College | NAAC | Bathinda, Punjab | – |
| Multani Mal Modi College | UGC | Patiala, Punjab | – |
| Nawab Jassa Singh Ahluwalia Government College | – | Kapurthala, Punjab | – |
| PCM SD College for Women | NAAC, UGC | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| Pandit Mohan Lal SD College for Women | NAAC | Gurdaspur, Punjab | – |
| RSD College | – | Firozpur, Punjab | – |
| Ramgarhia Girls College | UGC | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| SGGS Khalsa College | NCTE, NAAC, UGC | Hoshiarpur, Punjab | – |
| SGHR Sahib College for Women | AICTE, UGC | Hoshiarpur, Punjab | – |
| SL Bawa DAV College | UGC | Batala, Punjab | – |
| SR Govt College for Women | NAAC, UGC | Amritsar, Punjab | – |
| Sant Hira Dass Kanya Maha Vidyalaya | NAAC | Kapurthala, Punjab | – |
| SCD Government College | NAAC | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| Shahzada Nand College | NAAC | Amritsar, Punjab | – |
| Sikh National College | – | Nawanshahr, Punjab | – |
| Tara Vivek College | NAAC | Sangrur, Punjab | – |
| Trinity College | NAAC | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| Apeejay College of Fine Arts | UGC, NAAC-A | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| Innocent Hearts Group of Institutions | AICTE | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| Amar Shaheed Baba Ajit Singh Jujhar Singh Memorial College | NAAC | Rupnagar, Punjab | – |
| Patel Memorial National College | UGC | Rajpura, Punjab | – |
| KCL Institute of Management and Technology | – | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| GN Girls College | UGC | Patiala, Punjab | – |
| Government Bikram College of Commerce | NAAC | Patiala, Punjab | – |
| Lyallpur Khalsa College | – | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| Sri Aurobindo College of Commerce and Management | NAAC | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| Khalsa of Technology and Business Studies | AICTE | Mohali, Punjab | – |
| Shaheed Udham Singh College of Research and Technology | NAAC, UGC | Mohali, Punjab | – |
| Surya World Institute of Business Management | AICTE | Patiala, Punjab | – |
| Asra Institute of Advanced Studies | NCTE, AICTE | Sangrur, Punjab | – |
| University School of Management Studies, Rayat Bahra University | AICTE, UGC | Mohali, Punjab | – |
| Anand College of Education for Women | NCTE | Amritsar, Punjab | – |
| College of Management & Technology | AICTE | Patiala, Punjab | – |
| DAV University | UGC | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| CT Group of Institutions | AICTE | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| Universal Group of Institutions | AICTE | Mohali, Punjab | – |
| Doaba Group of Colleges | – | Mohali, Punjab | – |
| Dr IT Group | AICTE | Patiala, Punjab | – |
| Institute of Hospitality and Management | – | Patiala, Punjab | – |
| Govt College | NAAC, UGC | Mohali, Punjab | – |
| Gujranwala Guru Nanak Khalsa College | NAAC-A | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| Government Rajindra College | NAAC-B | Bathinda, Punjab | – |
| Guru Nanak College | NAAC | Kang, Punjab | – |
| Hindu College | AICTE | Amritsar, Punjab | – |
| Ropar Institute of Management & Technology | AICTE | Ropar, Punjab | – |
| Asian Educational Institute | NAAC | Patiala, Punjab | – |
| Aryans Group of Colleges | NCTE, PCI, INC, BCI, AICTE | Rajpura, Punjab | – |
| GNA University | AICTE, UGC | Phagwara, Punjab | – |
| Rayat Institute of Management | AICTE | Ropar, Punjab | – |
| Rayat-Bahra Institute of Management | AICTE | Hoshiarpur, Punjab | – |
| Bahra Faculty of Management | AICTE | Patiala, Punjab | – |
| CT Institute of Higher Studies | AICTE | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| Trai Shatbadi Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College | – | Amritsar, Punjab | – |
| Lala Lajpat Rai Institute of Engineering and Technology | AICTE | Moga, Punjab | – |
| Kamla Lohtia Sanatan Dharam College | AICTE | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| KRM DAV College | – | Nakodar, Punjab | – |
| Malwa College | AICTE | Bathinda, Punjab | – |
| Punjabi University, Department of Distance Education | NAAC-A | Patiala, Punjab | – |
| Adarsh Bhartiya College | UGC | Pathankot, Punjab | – |
| RR Bawa Dav College for Girls | NAAC-A | Gurdaspur, Punjab | – |
| Public College | NAAC-B | Samana, Punjab | – |
| Maharaja Ranjit Singh College | UGC | Malout, Punjab | – |
| Bhai Gurdas Institute of Management & Technology | AICTE | Sangrur, Punjab | – |
| DIPS Institute of Management and Technology | AICTE | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| University College, Jaitu | UGC | Jaitu, Punjab | – |
| S D College | NAAC | Barnala, Punjab | – |
| CT University | PCI, BCI, AICTE, UGC | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| Directorate of Distance Education, I.K Gujral Punjab Technical University | UGC, DEB | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| Lovely Faculty of Distance Education, Lovely Professional University | UGC, DEB | Phagwara, Punjab | – |