Modern higher education was brought into India in the early nineteenth century by Christian missions.There are over 230 colleges in India today managed by Churches or Church related institutions. Twenty five colleges were founded in the 19th century. C.M.S. College in Kottayam, Kerala was founded in 1813, followed by Serampore College in Calcutta in 1818. Forty seven colleges were founded in the pre-independence years of the twentieth century and the rest during the post independence years.
20th Century Colleges: Pre-independence
| S No | Year | Name of College | State |
| 1 | 1901 | William Holland University College | Uttar Pradesh |
| 2 | 1902 | Ewing Christian College | Uttar Pradesh |
| 3 | 1903 | Bankura Christian College | West Bengal |
| 4 | 1904 | St. Bede's College | Himanchal Pradesh |
| 5 | 1909 | Malabar Christian College | Kerala |
| 6 | 1910 | Allahabad Agricultural Institute | Uttar Pradesh |
| 7 | 1912 | Loreto College | West Bengal |
| 8 | 1915 | Spicer Memorial College | Maharashtra |
| 9 | 1915 | Women's Christian College | Tamil Nadu |
| 10 | 1919 | St. Thomas College | Kerala |
| 11 | 1920 | YMCA College of Physical Education | Tamil Nadu |
| 12 | 1921 | St. Agnes College | Karnataka |
| 13 | 1921 | Union Christian College | Kerala |
| 14 | 1922 | St. Berchman's College | Kerala |
| 15 | 1923 | Holy Cross College | Tamil Nadu |
| 16 | 1923 | St. Christopher's College | Tamil Nadu |
| 17 | 1923 | St. Xavier's College | Tamil Nadu |
| 18 | 1924 | St. Edmund's College | Meghalaya |
| 19 | 1925 | Loyola College | Tamil Nadu |
| 20 | 1925 | St. Teresa | Kerala |
| 21 | 1927 | St. Joseph's College | West Bengal |
| 22 | 1928 | Hawabagh Women's College | Madhya Pradesh |
| 23 | 1933 | St. Anthony's College | Meghalaya |
| 24 | 1935 | Salesian College | West Bengal |
| 25 | 1937 | Meston College of Education | Tamil Nadu |
| 26 | 1937 | St. Mary's College | Meghalaya |
| 27 | 1938 | Union Christian Training College | West Bengal |
| 28 | 1940 | Patna Women's College | Bihar |
| 29 | 1941 | Sophia College | Maharashtra |
| 30 | 1942 | Christian Medical College | Tamil Nadu |
| 31 | 1943 | St. Ann's College of Education | Karnataka |
| 32 | 1944 | Christ College | Orissa |
| 33 | 1944 | Sacred Heart College | Kerala |
| 34 | 1944 | St. Xavier College | Bihar |
| 35 | 1944 | Stewart Science College | Orissa |
| 36 | 1945 | Women's Christian College | West Bengal |
| 37 | 1946 | St. Joseph's College | Andhra Pradesh |
| 38 | 1946 | St. Mary's College | Kerala |
| 39 | 1946 | St. Philomena's College | Karnataka |
| 40 | 1947 | Ahmednagar College | Maharashtra |
| 41 | 1947 | Stella Maris College | Tamil Nadu |
Post-Independence Colleges
|
1 |
1948 |
Baring Union Christian College |
Punjab |
|
2 |
1948 |
Lady Doak College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
3 |
1948 |
Mount Carmel College |
Karnataka |
|
4 |
1948 |
Nirmala College for Women |
Tamil Nadu |
|
5 |
1948 |
St. Mary's College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
6 |
1949 |
Mar Ivanios College |
Kerala |
|
7 |
1949 |
Xavier Labour Relations Institute |
Bihar |
|
8 |
1950 |
Andhra Lutheran College |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
9 |
1950 |
Assumption College |
Kerala |
|
10 |
1950 |
St. Thomas College |
Kerala |
|
11 |
1950 |
St. Xavier College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
12 |
1951 |
Fatima Mata National College |
Kerala |
|
13 |
1951 |
Sacred Heart College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
14 |
1951 |
St. Aloysius College |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
15 |
1952 |
Catholicate College |
Kerala |
|
16 |
1952 |
Mar Thoma College |
Kerala |
|
17 |
1952 |
Nirmala College Kerala |
Kerala |
|
18 |
1952 |
Providence Women's College |
Kerala |
|
19 |
1952 |
Union Christian College |
Meghalaya |
|
20 |
1953 |
Andhra Loyola College |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
21 |
1953 |
Fatima College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
22 |
1953 |
Mount Carmel Training College |
Kerala |
|
23 |
1953 |
St Theresa's College |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
24 |
1953 |
St. Thomas College |
Kerala |
|
25 |
1953 |
St. Xavier Institute of Education |
Maharashtra |
|
26 |
1954 |
Auxilium College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
27 |
1954 |
St. Joseph's College |
Kerala |
|
28 |
1955 |
B.C.M. College K |
Kerala |
|
29 |
1955 |
College of Social Work |
Maharashtra |
|
30 |
1955 |
Little Flower College |
Kerala |
|
31 |
1955 |
Mar Athanasius College |
Kerala |
|
32 |
1955 |
St. Xavier's College |
Gujarat |
|
33 |
1956 |
Christ College |
Kerala |
|
34 |
1956 |
Mar Theophilus Training College |
Kerala |
|
35 |
1956 |
St. Francis De Sales' College |
Maharashtra |
|
36 |
1956 |
St. Joseph's College |
Kerala |
|
37 |
1957 |
St. Ignatius College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
38 |
1957 |
St. Joseph's Training College |
Kerala |
|
39 |
1957 |
St. Joseph's Training College for Women |
Kerala |
|
40 |
1957 |
St. Thomas Training College |
Kerala |
|
41 |
1957 |
Titus II Teachers College |
Kerala |
|
42 |
1958 |
St. Joseph's College |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
43 |
1958 |
St. Philomena's College |
Karnataka |
|
44 |
1959 |
Sophia Girls' College |
Rajasthan |
|
45 |
1959 |
St. Francis College for Women |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
46 |
1960 |
Karmela Rani Training College |
Kerala |
|
47 |
1960 |
Mount Tabor Training College |
Kerala |
|
48 |
1960 |
Peet Memorial Training College |
Kerala |
|
49 |
1960 |
School of Social Work |
Karnataka |
|
50 |
1961 |
Loreto College |
West Bengal |
|
51 |
1961 |
Stella Matutina College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
52 |
1962 |
Maris Stella College |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
53 |
1962 |
Pope's College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
54 |
1963 |
J.M.J. College for Women |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
55 |
1963 |
Loyola College of Social Sciences |
Kerala |
|
56 |
1963 |
Nirmala Institute of Education |
Goa |
|
57 |
1963 |
St. John's Medical College |
Karnataka |
|
58 |
1963 |
St. Xavier College |
Goa |
|
59 |
1963 |
Teresian College |
Karnataka |
|
60 |
1964 |
All Saints' College |
Kerala |
|
61 |
1964 |
Alphonsa College |
Kerala |
|
62 |
1964 |
Baselius College |
Kerala |
|
63 |
1964 |
Bishop Moore College |
Kerala |
|
64 |
1964 |
Carmel College of Arts, Science and Commerce for women |
Goa |
|
65 |
1964 |
Christian College |
Kerala |
|
66 |
1964 |
Deva Matha College |
Kerala |
|
67 |
1964 |
Indore School of Social Work |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
68 |
1964 |
Kuriakose Elias College |
Kerala |
|
69 |
1964 |
Mercy College | |
|
70 |
1964 |
Nesamony Memorial Christian College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
71 |
1964 |
Newman College |
Kerala |
|
72 |
1964 |
Nirmalgiri College |
Kerala |
|
73 |
1964 |
St. Gregorios College |
Kerala |
|
74 |
1964 |
St. John's College |
Kerala |
|
75 |
1964 |
St. Joseph's College |
Kerala |
|
76 |
1964 |
St. Peter's College |
Kerala |
|
77 |
1964 |
St. Stephen's College |
Kerala |
|
78 |
1964 |
St. Stephen's College |
Kerala |
|
79 |
1964 |
St. Thomas College |
Kerala |
|
80 |
1964 |
St. Xavier's College |
Kerala |
|
81 |
1964 |
St. Xavier's College |
Kerala |
|
82 |
1965 |
Bharata Mata College |
Kerala |
|
83 |
1965 |
Bishop Kurialacherry College |
Kerala |
|
84 |
1965 |
Christian College |
Kerala |
|
85 |
1965 |
Holy Cross College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
86 |
1965 |
St. Aloysius College |
Kerala |
|
87 |
1965 |
St. Dominic College |
Kerala |
|
88 |
1965 |
St. George's College |
Kerala |
|
89 |
1965 |
St. Mary's College |
Kerala |
|
90 |
1965 |
Synod College |
Meghalaya |
|
91 |
1966 |
Bishop Heber College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
92 |
1966 |
Jyoti Nivas College |
Karnataka |
|
93 |
1966 |
Noble College |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
94 |
1966 |
Providence College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
95 |
1966 |
St. Aloysius Evening College |
Karnataka |
|
96 |
1966 |
St. Ann's College of Education |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
97 |
1967 |
Milages College |
Karnataka |
|
98 |
1967 |
Nazareth Margoschis College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
99 |
1967 |
Rajagiri College of Social Sciences |
Kerala |
|
100 |
1967 |
St. Michael's College |
Kerala |
|
101 |
1967 |
Vimala College |
Kerala |
|
102 |
1968 |
Jesus And Mary College |
Delhi |
|
103 |
1968 |
Kittel Arts College |
Karnataka |
|
104 |
1968 |
Kittel Science College |
Karnataka |
|
105 |
1968 |
Morning Star Home Science College |
Kerala |
|
106 |
1968 |
St. Aloysius College |
Kerala |
|
107 |
1969 |
Christ College |
Karnataka |
|
108 |
1969 |
College of Home Science |
Maharashtra |
|
109 |
1969 |
Nirmala College |
Bihar |
|
110 |
1969 |
St. Justin's Teachers College for Women |
Tamil Nadu |
|
111 |
1969 |
YMCA Institute of Engineering |
Haryana |
|
112 |
1970 |
Arul Anandar College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
113 |
1970 |
Danielson College |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
114 |
1970 |
St. Vincent College |
Maharashtra |
|
115 |
1971 |
Gossner College |
Bihar |
|
116 |
1971 |
Holy Cross Home Science College |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
117 |
1971 |
Jayaraj Annapackiam College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
118 |
1971 |
S.T.B.C. Degree College |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
119 |
1971 |
St. Joseph's College of Education |
Karnataka |
|
120 |
1971 |
Ursuline Women's Teachers Training College |
Bihar |
|
121 |
1972 |
St. Joseph's College |
Karnataka |
|
122 |
1972 |
St. Joseph's Evening College |
Karnataka |
|
123 |
1972 |
T.B.M. Lutheran College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
124 |
1973 |
St. Teresa's Institute of Education |
Maharashtra |
|
125 |
1973 |
Women's Christian College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
126 |
1973 |
CSI College for Commerce |
Karnataka |
|
127 |
1974 |
Andhra Christian College |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
128 |
1974 |
Patkai Christian College |
Nagaland |
|
129 |
1975 |
Holy Cross Home Science College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
130 |
1975 |
Loyola College |
Bihar |
|
131 |
1976 |
Loyola Academy |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
132 |
1978 |
St. Augustine's College |
Bihar |
|
133 |
1978 |
St. Joseph's College |
Bihar |
|
134 |
1979 |
St. Jude's College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
135 |
1980 |
Sacred Heart College |
Kerala |
|
136 |
1980 |
St. Mary's College |
Karnataka |
|
137 |
1980 |
St. Mary's Syrian College |
Karnataka |
|
138 |
1981 |
Carmel College |
Kerala |
|
139 |
1981 |
Kuriakose Gregorios College |
Kerala |
|
140 |
1981 |
Mar Thoma College |
Kerala |
|
141 |
1981 |
St. Ann's College |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
142 |
1981 |
St. Joseph's College |
Kerala |
|
143 |
1981 |
Henry Baker College |
Kerala |
|
144 |
1981 |
St. Mary's College |
Kerala |
|
145 |
1981 |
St. Xavier College |
Kerala |
|
146 |
1981 |
St. Mary's College |
Kerala |
|
147 |
1981 |
St. Xavier College |
Kerala |
|
148 |
1981 |
St. Joseph's Girls Degree College |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
149 |
1982 |
Pavanatma College |
Kerala |
|
150 |
1982 |
Marthoma College for Women |
Kerala |
|
151 |
1982 |
Sacred Heart College |
Karnataka |
|
152 |
1983 |
St. Andrew's College of Arts, Science and Commerce |
Maharashtra |
|
153 |
1983 |
Stanley Degree College for Women |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
154 |
1984 |
Crossland College |
Karnataka |
|
155 |
1984 |
St. Gonsal Garcia College of Arts and Commerce` |
Maharashtra |
|
156 |
1984 |
St. Thomas College |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
157 |
1984 |
Tarlupadu College of Education |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
158 |
1984 |
Bishop Thorp College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
159 |
1985 |
Bishop Cotton Women's Christian College |
Karnataka |
|
160 |
1985 |
St. Joseph's College |
Nagaland |
|
161 |
1986 |
Pope John Paul II College |
Pondicherry |
|
162 |
1987 |
Annai Velankkani College |
Tamil Nadu |
|
163 |
1988 |
Fatima College of Education |
Andhra College |
|
164 |
1988 |
St. Mary's Centenary College |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
165 |
1988 |
St. Xavier's College |
Bihar |
|
166 |
1990 |
Rosary College of Commerce |
Goa |
|
167 |
1991 |
Fr. Agnel Degree College |
Goa |
|
168 |
1995 |
Mary Matha Arts & Science College |
Kerala |
|
169 |
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Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary |
Tamil Nadu |