| College Name | Approved | Location | MHRD Out Of 100 Ranking |
| Christ University | UGC, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| The Oxford College of Science – [TOCS] | NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Jain University – [JU] | CRISIL, AICTE, UGC, NAAC-A, MHRD | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Mount Carmel College – [MCC] | UGC, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Jyoti Nivas College – [JNC] | AICTE, UGC, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College for Women – [MLACW] | AICTE, NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Bangalore City College – [BCC] | NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Vivekananda Degree College | NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Garden City University – [GCU] | AICTE, UGC, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research – [JSS University] | UGC, NAAC-A | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| Kristu Jayanti College – [KJC] | BCI, AICTE, NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Manipal University – [MU] | DCI, PCI, INC, MCI, AICTE | Manipal, Karnataka | – |
| St George College of Management Science and Nursing | INC, AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Administrative Management College – [AMC] | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and Commerce – [RCASC] | AICTE, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Sambhram Academy of Management Studies – [SAMS] | AICTE, NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Gulbarga University – [GU] | UGC | Gulbarga, Karnataka | – |
| Rai Technology University – [RTU] | ICAR, UGC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Acharya Bangalore B-School – [ABBS] | AICTE, UGC, NBA, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| KLE Society’s S. Nijalingappa College – [KLESNC] | AICTE, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| AVK Group of Institutions | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| BLDE Association’s Commerce, BHS Arts & TGP Science College Jamkhandi | NAAC-A | Bagalkot, Karnataka | – |
| BMS College for Women – [BMSCW] | NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| B.V. Bhoomareddi College of Arts, Science and Commerce | NAAC-B | Bidar, Karnataka | – |
| Bhandarkars Arts and Science College | NAAC | Udupi, Karnataka | – |
| Bi Bi Raza Degree College for Women – [BBRDC] | NAAC-B | Gulbarga, Karnataka | – |
| Goutham College | INC, AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Government Arts and Science College | UGC, NAAC-A | Karwar, Karnataka | – |
| IDSG Government College | NAAC-B | Chikmagalur, Karnataka | – |
| JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science | UGC, NAAC-A | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| Laxmi Venkatesh Desai College – [LVD] | NAAC-A | Raichur, Karnataka | – |
| SBRR Mahajana First Grade College | NAAC-A | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| Srishaila Jagadguru Vageesha Panditaradhya College Harihar | NAAC, UGC | Davanagere, Karnataka | – |
| Seshadripuram First Grade College – [SFGC] | UGC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Sree Siddaganga College of Arts, Science and Commerce for Women – [SSCW] | NAAC, UGC | Tumkur, Karnataka | – |
| St. Philomena’s College | UGC, NAAC-A | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| Vijaya College | UGC, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Aditya Institute of Management Studies and Research – [AIMSR] | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Brindavan College | AICTE, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Sarada Vilas College | NAAC | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| Dr S G Reddy College of Biotechnology | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| PC Jabin Science College | NAAC-A | Hubli, Karnataka | – |
| Reva Institute of Science and Management | AICTE, UGC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Tumkur University | UGC, NAAC-B | Tumkur, Karnataka | – |
| Indian Academy Group of Institutions – [IAGI] | INC, AICTE, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Dayananda Sagar Institutions – [DSI] | DCI, AICTE, NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| REVA University | COA, BCI, AICTE, UGC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Bharathi College | NAAC-A | Mandya, Karnataka | – |
| Maharani’s Science College for Women | NAAC | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| Sri Lakshmi Hayagreeva Institute of Science, Commerce and Management | – | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| Mandavya First Grade College | NCTE, NAAC | Mandya, Karnataka | – |
| Karnatak Arts, Science and Commerce College | AICTE, NAAC-A | Bidar, Karnataka | – |
| Mysore Makkala Koota and Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara College for Women | AICTE, UGC | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| SDM College Ujire | NAAC-A | Dakshin Kannada, Karnataka | – |
| Sir. M.V. Government Science College | UGC | Bhadravathi, Karnataka | – |
| Shri Gavisiddheshwara Arts, Science & Commerce College | NAAC-B | Koppal, Karnataka | – |
| Government Science College | UGC | Hassan, Karnataka | – |
| JSS Banashankari Arts, Commerce & S.K.Gubbi Science College | NAAC-A | Dharwad, Karnataka | – |
| Alva’s College Moodubidire | NAAC | Dakshin Kannada, Karnataka | – |
| Sri Bhuvanendra College | NAAC-B | Karkal, Karnataka | – |
| Dr. A.V. Baliga college of Arts and Science | NAAC-B | Kumta, Karnataka | – |
| Government Science College – [GSC] | NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Surana College | UGC, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Dayananda Sagar University – [DSU] | UGC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Royal Institutions Bangalore | NCTE, INC, KNC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| SRJ College For Women | NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Smt VHD Central Institute of Home science College (Autonomous) | NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| St. Aloysius College | NAAC-A | Mangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Dayananda Sagar College of Arts, Science and Commerce – [DSCASC] | AICTE, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Soundarya institute of Management and Science – [SIMS] | NAAC-B | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |