| College Name | Approved | Location | MHRD Out Of 100 Ranking |
| Rayat Bahra University | NCTE, AICTE, UGC | Mohali, Punjab | – |
| DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology | AICTE | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| Lovely Professional University | NCTE, COA, PCI, IAP, BCI | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| Guru Nanak Dev University | UGC, NAAC-A | Amritsar, Punjab | – |
| Chandigarh Group of Colleges | AICTE, NBA, NAAC-A | Mohali, Punjab | – |
| Doaba College | NAAC | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| GNA University | AICTE, UGC | Phagwara, Punjab | – |
| Guru Nanak College | AICTE, NAAC-A | Mansa, Punjab | – |
| Indo Global College of Engineering | AICTE | Mohali, Punjab | – |
| DAV College | NAAC-A | Amritsar, Punjab | – |
| Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University | AICTE, UGC | Bathinda, Punjab | – |
| Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya | NAAC, UGC | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| Khalsa College | NAAC-A | Amritsar, Punjab | – |
| Malout Institute of Management and Information Technology | AICTE | Malout, Punjab | – |
| Baba Hira Singh Bhattal Institute of Engineering and Technology | AICTE | Sangrur, Punjab | – |
| Anglo Sanskrit College for Women | NAAC, UGC | Khanna, Punjab | – |
| Cordia College | – | Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab | – |
| DAV College | NAAC, UGC | Bathinda, Punjab | – |
| General Shivdev Singh Diwan Gurbachan Singh Khalsa College | NAAC-A | Patiala, Punjab | – |
| Mata Gujri College | AICTE, UGC, NAAC-A | Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab | – |
| Multani Mal Modi College | UGC | Patiala, Punjab | – |
| Apeejay College of Fine Arts | UGC, NAAC-A | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| Gulzar Group of Institutes | AICTE | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| GN Girls College | UGC | Patiala, Punjab | – |
| Sri Aurobindo College of Commerce and Management | NAAC | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| Gujranwala Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology | AICTE | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| Indo Global College of Management and Technology | – | Mohali, Punjab | – |
| DAV University | UGC | Jalandhar, Punjab | – |
| Guru Kashi University | NCTE, AICTE, NAAC, UGC | Bathinda, Punjab | – |
| Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University | NCTE, BCI, UGC | Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab | – |
| Government Mohindra College | NAAC-A | Patiala, Punjab | – |
| Asian Educational Institute | NAAC | Patiala, Punjab | – |
| Punjab Institute of Technology | AICTE | Rajpura, Punjab | – |
| Chandigarh Group of Colleges – | AICTE | Mohali, Punjab | – |
| Akal University – [AU] | NCTE, UGC | Bathinda, Punjab | – |
| CT University | PCI, BCI, AICTE, UGC | Ludhiana, Punjab | – |
| Amritsar Group of Colleges | NAAC, UGC, NBA | Amritsar, Punjab | – |
| Indo Global Group of Colleges | NCTE, AICTE | Mohali, Punjab | – |