Top Arts & Humanities Colleges in Tamil Nadu 2025: Ranking, Fees, Placements 2025

Top Arts & Humanities Colleges in Tamil Nadu 2025

Arts courses always attract a huge population of students who have completed their class XIIth studies. According to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD - Now Ministry of Education after NEP 2020) data of 2019-20, around 36% of the total student population joining various Undergraduate programmes, joined Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences courses - the highest among various courses offered at the undergraduate level. There are more than 400 Arts colleges situated in the state of Tamil Nadu offering more than 1900 courses. The cities of Chennai, Coimbatore, Namakkal,Tiruchirapally and Madurai have the highest number of Arts colleges in the state. The admission process in each of these top Arts colleges in Tamil Nadu differs. Find out some interesting facts about these arts and humanities colleges located in Tamil Nadu on this page.

Important Facts About Arts Colleges in Tamil Nadu

Some interesting and important facts regarding the Arts and Humanities colleges in Tamil Nadu have been given below -

Total Number of Arts Colleges in Tamil Nadu	400+
Approval Authority of Arts Colleges in Tamil Nadu	University Grants Commission (UGC) Directorate of Collegiate Education, Chennai
Type of Arts Colleges in Tamil Nadu	Government Private Public
Total Number of Government Arts Colleges in Tamil Nadu	19
Total Number of Private Arts Colleges in Tamil Nadu	376
Total Number of Public Arts Colleges in Tamil Nadu	03
Admission Process	All the Arts and Humanities colleges of Tamil Nadu offer merit-based admissions to the students in the programmes they offer. The previous qualifying exam scores of the candidates are taken into consideration for admission purpose.

Top Arts Colleges in Tamil Nadu Rankings 2020

Knowing the rankings of the top Arts and Humanities colleges in Tamil Nadu will help the students make better decisions regarding which colleges should be at the top of their priority list. In order to provide the candidates with a list of top arts colleges in Tamil Nadu, we will consider the “India Rankings 2020 - Colleges” list released by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). Here is the list of top Arts colleges in the state of Tamil Nadu.

NIRF Ranking Parameters

The parameters of NIRF Ranking 2020 are as follows -

NIRF Parameters Arts

NIRF Ranking 2020 for Top Arts College in Tamil Nadu

Name of the College	NIRF Rank 2020
Presidency College, Chennai	05
Loyola College, Chennai	06
PSGR Krishnammal College for Women	10
Madras Christian College, Chennai	17
Thiagarjar College	22
PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore	25
Scott Christian College, Nagercoil	27
Sri Krishna Arts and Science College, Coimbatore	29
St.Joseph’s College, Tiruchirapalli	31
Government Arts College, Coimbatore	34
Women’s Christian College, Chennai	38
Stella Maris College	64
Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science	65
Kongunadu Arts & Science College	70
Alagappa Government Arts College	80
Dr. N. G. P. Arts and Science College	85
Mahendra Arts & Science College	90

Top Arts Colleges in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu Arts Colleges Admission Process

The admission process in the Arts colleges of Tamil Nadu is a merit-based admission process. Interested candidates have to visit the official website of their desired Tamil Nadu arts and humanities college and apply directly. While applying for admission into the arts programmes, the candidates have to provide their previous qualifying exam scores to the officials. Based on the qualifying scores obtained by the candidates, the Tamil Nadu arts colleges prepare a cutoff list and those fulfilling the cutoff requirements have to visit the college along with all their important relevant documents and follow the instructions of the admission committee to secure a seat in their desired arts programmes. The final step of the Tamil Nadu arts colleges admission process is the payment of the admission fee.

Top Arts Colleges in Tamil Nadu - Placements and Highest CTC

The placement record and highest CTC statistics also play a very important role in shortlisting the best arts and humanities college in Tamil Nadu. For that purpose, we bring to you the placement and highest CTC data of the top Arts colleges located in Tamil Nadu -

Name of the College	Highest CTC Offered (In INR)
Presidency College, Chennai	2 LPA (approximately)
Loyola College, Chennai	Rs. 6 LPA
PSGR Krishnammal College for Women	N/A
Madras Christian College, Chennai	N/A
PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore	N/A
Scott Christian College, Nagercoil	N/A
Sri Krishna Arts and Science College, Coimbatore	N/A
St.Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli	12 LPA
Government Arts College, Coimbatore	N/A
Women’s Christian College, Chennai	N/A