| College Name | Approved | Location | MHRD Out Of 100 Ranking |
| St George College of Management Science and Nursing | INC, AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Jain University | CRISIL, AICTE, UGC, NAAC-A, MHRD | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Global Institute of Management Sciences | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| AJ Aviation Academy | UGC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| CMR Institute of Management Studies (Autonomous) | AICTE, NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Acharya Bangalore B-School | AICTE, UGC, NBA, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Sambhram Academy of Management Studies | AICTE, NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Kristu Jayanti College | BCI, AICTE, NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Christ University | UGC, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Presidency College | AICTE, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Mount Carmel College | – | ||
| Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and Commerce | AICTE, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Garden City University | AICTE, UGC, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Administrative Management College | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Seshadripuram College | NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| AIMS Institutes | AICTE, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| The Oxford College of Science | NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Jyoti Nivas College | AICTE, UGC, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| The National Degree College | NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Indian Academy Degree College | NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Gulbarga University | UGC | Gulbarga, Karnataka | – |
| HKBK College of Engineering | AICTE, NAAC, NBA | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College for Women – [MLACW], | AICTE, NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Rai Technology University | ICAR, UGC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Indo Asian Academy Degree College | AICTE, NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Acharya Institute of Graduate Studies | AICTE, NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| BES Degree College | NAAC-B | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Bangalore City College | NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Vivekananda Degree College | NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Karavali College | NCTE, AICTE | Mangalore, Karnataka | – |
| BLDE Association’s AS Patil College of Commerce | NAAC | Bijapur, Karnataka | – |
| CMR University | UGC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| KLE Society’s S. Nijalingappa College | AICTE, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Izee Business School | NAAC, UGC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Koshys Institute of Management Studies | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| AVK Group of Institutions | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| BMS College for Women | 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 | – |
| Canara College | NAAC | Mangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Cauvery College | NAAC-A | Kodagu, Karnataka | – |
| DVS College of Arts & Science | NAAC-B | Shimoga, Karnataka | – |
| Field Marshal KM Cariappa College | NAAC | Kodagu, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College | NAAC | Shimoga, Karnataka | – |
| Govinda Dasa College | NAAC-B | Surathkal, Karnataka | – |
| JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science | UGC, NAAC-A | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| Laxmi Venkatesh Desai College | NAAC-A | Raichur, Karnataka | – |
| Madhava Pai Memorial College | NAAC-B | Udupi, Karnataka | – |
| Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College | NAAC-A | Udupi, Karnataka | – |
| Milagres College | NAAC-B | Udupi, Karnataka | – |
| N.D.R.K First Grade College | NAAC-B | Hassan, Karnataka | – |
| New Horizon College | AICTE, NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Patel Institute of Science and Management | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| SBRR Mahajana First Grade College | NAAC-A | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| S.E.A. College of Arts, Commerce and Science | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| SJR College of Science, Arts and Commerce | UGC, NAAC-B | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| SVS Bellubbi Arts and Commerce College | UGC | Belgaum, Karnataka | – |
| Sathya Jyothi College | UGC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Seshadripuram First Grade College | UGC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Sharada Vikas Institute of Technology and Management Studies | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Sharnbasweshwar College of Commerce | UGC, NAAC-B | Gulbarga, Karnataka | – |
| Shri Sangameshwar Arts & Commerce College | UGC | Bijapur, Karnataka | – |
| Sri Dhavala College | NAAC | Moodbidri, Karnataka | – |
| Sri Mahaveera College | UGC, NAAC-A | Moodbidri, Karnataka | – |
| St Mary’s College | NAAC-B | Udupi, Karnataka | – |
| St. Philomena College | UGC, NAAC-A | Puttur, Karnataka | – |
| St. Philomena’s College | UGC, NAAC-A | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| St. Raymond’s College | – | Mangalore, Karnataka | – |
| The Dalai Lama Institute for Higher Education | – | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Vani Sakkare Government First Grade College | NAAC-C | Chitradurga, Karnataka | – |
| Veerashaiva College | UGC, NAAC-B | Bellary, Karnataka | – |
| Vijaya College | UGC, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Vivekananda College of Arts, Science & Commerce | NAAC-A | Puttur, Karnataka | – |
| Noble Institute of Education Society | UGC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Baldwin Women’s Methodist College | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Aakash Institute of Business Management | BCI | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Gogte College of Commerce | NAAC, UGC | Belgaum, Karnataka | – |
| Aditya Institute of Management Studies and Research | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Brindavan College | AICTE, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Dayananda Sagar Business Academy | – | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Global College of Management, IT and Commerce | NAAC | Hubli, Karnataka | – |
| Guru Raghavendra Vidyadeep Business Management Academy | AICTE, NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| RR Institute of Advanced Studies | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Seshadripuram Academy of Business Studies | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Sindhi College | NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Sivananda Sarma Memorial RV Degree College | NAAC, UGC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Sri Aurobindo First Grade College for Women | NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Srinivas First Grade College | AICTE | Mangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Dr S G Reddy College of Biotechnology | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| PC Jabin Science College | NAAC-A | Hubli, Karnataka | – |
| Lorven College of Science and Management | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Yuvaraja’s College | NAAC-A | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| AECS Pavan College of Management Sciences | NCTE | Kolar, Karnataka | – |
| Adithya Institute of Management | UGC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Anjuman Institute of Information Science and Management | AICTE | Dharwad, Karnataka | – |
| Bangalore Institute of Management Studies | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Belgaum Institute of Management Studies | AICTE | Belgaum, Karnataka | – |
| Bapuji Institute of Hi-Tech Education | AICTE | Davanagere, Karnataka | – |
| Hillside Academy of Computer Science | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Institute of Business Management and Technology | MHRD | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| K.L.E. Society Bachelor of Computer Application College | NAAC | Belgaum, Karnataka | – |
| Kittur Rani Channamma Education College of Computer Application | UGC | Dharwad, Karnataka | – |
| Shree Devi College of Information Science | AICTE | Mangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Shree Guru Sudhindra BCA College | NAAC | Bhatkal, Karnataka | – |
| VET First Grade College | UGC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| VSM BCA College | AICTE | Belgaum, Karnataka | – |
| Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Mysore Campus | UGC, NAAC-A | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| Rani Channamma University | UGC | Belagavi, Karnataka | – |
| Hillside Academy | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Indian Academy Group of Institutions | INC, AICTE, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| BES Group of Institutions | – | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Dayananda Sagar Institutions | DCI, AICTE, NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| SB Group Of Institutions | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Amrith Educational & Cultural Society | – | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Indo Asian Women’s Degree College | UGC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Smt. Allum Sumangalam Memorial Degree College for Women | NAAC-B | Bellary, Karnataka | – |
| The National Degree College | NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| NIE First Grade College | – | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| REVA University | COA, BCI, AICTE, UGC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Christian College | INC, KNC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Home Science College | NAAC | Hassan, Karnataka | – |
| J.S.S. College for Women | NAAC-B | Chamarajnagar, Karnataka | – |
| Government College (Autonomous) | NAAC-A | Mandya, Karnataka | – |
| Maharani’s Science College for Women | NAAC | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| Government College of Home Science | NAAC | Hassan, Karnataka | – |
| Sri Nataraja First Grade Residential College for Women | UGC | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| Arakalagudu Varadarajulu Kanthamma College For Women | NAAC, UGC | Hassan, Karnataka | – |
| Sri Lakshmi Hayagreeva Institute of Science, Commerce and Management | – | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| Government First Grade College for Women | NAAC-B | Maddur, Karnataka | – |
| Vidya vikas First Grade College | NAAC | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| Vivekanand Institute Of Management | – | Gulbarga, Karnataka | – |
| Meredian College | – | Mangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Sahyadri Science College | NAAC-B | Shimoga, Karnataka | – |
| SDM College | NAAC-A | Dakshin Kannada, Karnataka | – |
| Saint Mary’s Syrian College | NAAC-B | Udupi, Karnataka | – |
| Sir. M.V. Government Science College | UGC | Bhadravathi, Karnataka | – |
| L.B. & S.B.S. Arts, Science & Commerce Autonomous College | NAAC | Shimoga, Karnataka | – |
| Vijaya College | NAAC | Dakshin Kannada, Karnataka | – |
| St. Agnes College | NAAC-A | Mangalore, Karnataka | – |
| C.S.I. College Of Commerce | NAAC | Dharwad, Karnataka | – |
| London American City College | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Fatima Degree College | NAAC | Hubli, Karnataka | – |
| Alva’s College | NAAC | Dakshin Kannada, Karnataka | – |
| Oxford College | – | Hubli, Karnataka | – |
| Sri Bhuvanendra College | NAAC-B | Karkal, Karnataka | – |
| JSS Shri Manjunatheshwara Institute | UGC | Dharwad, Karnataka | – |
| RGE Society’s BBA and BCA College | – | Dharwad, Karnataka | – |
| Shree Devi College | – | Mangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Sharada College | – | Mangalore, Karnataka | – |
| R.S.Shetty College of Business Administration | – | Dharwad, Karnataka | – |
| Sri Venkataramana Swamy College | UGC, NAAC-A | Bantwal, Karnataka | – |
| Amrutha College | NCTE | Mangalore, Karnataka | – |
| East West College of Management | AICTE, NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Carmel College | – | Bantwal, Karnataka | – |
| Chetana’s BBA & BCA college | AICTE | Bijapur, Karnataka | – |
| Amrita School of Arts and Sciences | NAAC-A | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| Karnataka College Of Management & Science | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Government Science College | NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Krupanidhi Degree College | AICTE, NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| RR Group of Institutions | PCI, INC, AICTE, UGC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Surana College | UGC, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Sri Krishna Degree College | NAAC-B | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Dayananda Sagar University | UGC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Regional College of Management | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| St Joseph’s College | NAAC-A++ | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| K.K.E.C.S. Institute of Management | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| St Hopkins College | NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| NRI Institute | – | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| RPA First Grade College | UGC, NAAC-B | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| SRN Adarsh College | NAAC-B | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Royal Institutions Bangalore | NCTE, INC, KNC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Sri Venkateshwara Educational Institution | NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| SRJ College For Womens | NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Smt VHD Central Institute of Home science College (Autonomous) | NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| People Tree Education Society | AICTE | Belgaum, Karnataka | – |
| Ramanashree Academy of Management | NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Vasavi Group of Institutions | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| St. Aloysius College | NAAC-A | Mangalore, Karnataka | – |
| St. Joseph’s Evening College | NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| St. Francis de Sales College | NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| St. Claret College | NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| St. Anne‘s Degree College for women | NAAC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| IFIM College | NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Lorven International Institute of Management Studies | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Vivekananda Institute of Management | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| City College | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| R. S. College of Management and Science | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| T John College | AICTE, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| East Point College of Higher Education | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Dayananda Sagar College of Arts, Science and Commerce | AICTE, NAAC-A | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Hillside Business School | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| ISBR College | AICTE, MHRD | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Hindustan First Grade College | – | Mysore, Karnataka | – |
| Don Bosco Group of Institutions | AICTE, NAAC, NBA, MHRD | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Brindavan Group of Institutions | COA, AICTE, NAAC-A | Yelahanka, Karnataka | – |
| IIFA Multimedia | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Soundarya institute of Management and Science | NAAC-B | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Teachers Academy Group Of Institution | UGC | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| KLE Society’s Raja Lakhamagouda Science Institute | AICTE, NAAC-A | Belagavi, Karnataka | – |
| K.L.E.S College Bachelor of Computer Application | NAAC | Belgaum, Karnataka | – |
| Sacred Heart College | NAAC-A | Dakshin Kannada, Karnataka | – |
| Sharnbasva university | UGC | Gulbarga, Karnataka | – |
| KLE Society’s Degree College | – | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |
| Krupanidhi Group of Institutions | AICTE | Bangalore, Karnataka | – |