Top 15: Fashion institutes
MINT - C fore Survey
| Rank | Colleges | Intellectual Capital (250) | Infrastructure & Support Systems (150) | Pedagogic Systems and Processes (200) | Placements (200) | TOTAL (800) |
| 1 | NIFT, New Delhi | 218 | 132 | 172 | 174 | 696 |
| 2 | NID, Ahmedabad | 221 | 130 | 171 | 170 | 692 |
| 3 | NIFT,Mumbai | 214 | 127 | 168 | 167 | 676 |
| 4 | NIFT, Gandhinagar | 208 | 129 | 165 | 163 | 665 |
| 5 | Pearl Academy of Fashion , Delhi | 202 | 120 | 161 | 156 | 639 |
| 6 | NIFT, Chennai | 197 | 118 | 155 | 158 | 628 |
| 7 | NIFT, Hyderabad | 191 | 119 | 149 | 153 | 612 |
| 8 | NIFT, Kolkata | 195 | 114 | 146 | 154 | 609 |
| 9 | NIFT, Bangalore | 189 | 112 | 141 | 150 | 592 |
| 10 | Northern Indian Institute of Fashion Technology,Mohali | 181 | 108 | 137 | 117 | 543 |
| 11 | SNDT Women's University, Mumbai | 176 | 103 | 132 | 112 | 523 |
| 12 | Apeejay Institute of Design, Delhi | 171 | 98 | 127 | 107 | 503 |
| 13 | Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore | 168 | 95 | 124 | 104 | 491 |
| 14 | Wigan & Leigh India, Delhi | 166 | 93 | 122 | 102 | 483 |
| 15 | Sophia S B K S Polytechnic, Mumbai | 161 | 100 | 117 | 103 | 481 |