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MA Development Studies Colleges in India
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NIRFMA Development Studies institutes ranked by NIRF where published, with JoSAA closing ranks on engineering pathways and official programme data only.
MA Development Studies is a tracked programme in Knwdle's directory. Institutes listed below offer this course according to their official catalogues.
- Institutes
- 15
- NIRF-ranked
- 5
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Colleges offering MA Development Studies
15 institutes · 5 with NIRF rank on this page
Ranked by NIRF Engineering (best rank first)
15 institutes offer MA Development Studies. When two institutes share a programme, the one with the better (lower) NIRF Engineering rank appears first. Institutes without a numeric NIRF rank sort after ranked ones, alphabetically. JoSAA closing ranks are shown when available; non-JoSAA paths (VITEEE, LPUNEST, MHT-CET, etc.) are labeled separately.
MA Development Studies — live list facts
Computed from the institutes listed on this page — not marketing estimates.
Institutes
15
With NIRF rank
5
With GO score
0
Avg GO (when present)
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By institute type
- PRIVATE10
- IIT4
- NIT1
Best NIRF ranks on this page
How to use this page
- 1Institutes are ordered by NIRF Engineering rank (best first); unranked sort after.
- 2JoSAA closing ranks appear when that programme is in our cutoff dataset.
- 3Open a profile for scorecards, official admissions/fees when sourced, and related programmes.
Frequently asked questions
Answers use counts from this page's live institute list.
- How many institutes appear for MA Development Studies?
- 15 institutes currently match this page’s filter. 5 of them have a numeric NIRF Engineering rank in our database.
- Is “best” based on editorial opinion?
- No. Where we sort or headline by rank, the order follows published NIRF Engineering ranks (nirfindia.org). Unranked institutes are not given a fabricated Knwdle rank.
- What is Graduation Outcomes (GO)?
- GO is an NIRF sub-score computed independently of self-reported placement packages. None of the institutes on this page currently have a GO value stored.
- Why do some institutes lack a JoSAA closing rank?
- Non-JoSAA admission paths (institute entrance exams, state counselling) are labeled separately. We do not invent closing ranks for those routes.
What we publish — and what we don't
Included when sourced
- NIRF Engineering ranks & sub-scores (nirfindia.org)
- JoSAA closing ranks already in our database
- Programmes from AICTE EOA / institute official catalogues
- Fees & admissions copy only from the institute's own site
- Campus images from Wikimedia Commons or official media
Deliberately excluded
- Star reviews and self-reported placement packages
- Fees estimated or copied from aggregator directories
- Facts that appear only on compiled third-party college directories
NIRF Graduation Outcomes (GO) is the honest substitute for placement-intent browsing — an independent metric, not a package figure.
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