The Ministry of Education (MoE) has released the NIRF ranking 2025. As per the rankings, Madras School of Social Work has achieved an NIRF rank of 55 in the College category with a score of 58.9.
MSSW Chennai has been featured in the NIRF 2025. According to the NIRF Ranking 2025, MSSW Chennai is ranked 55 in College category. The rankings reflect the MSSW Chennai's consistent efforts toward academic growth and student development.
The table below shows MSSW Chennai’s NIRF ranking trends across major categories in 2025 and 2023. MSSW Chennai has shown slight dip in the College category compared to last year.
| Category/Stream | 2025 Rank | 2023 Rank |
| College | 55 | 39 |
NIRF evaluates institutions on various parameters like OVERALL, TLR, RP, GO, OI, PR, QNR, QLR, SFC. In the College, MSSW Chennai scored 58.9.The following table shows MSSW Chennai’s performance across all the parameters in the College category:
| Parameter | 2025 Score | 2023 Score |
| Total Score | 58.9 | - |
Comparison of MSSW Chennai against similar NIRF - 2025 ranked college in College category.
| College Name | 2025 Rank | 2023 Rank | 2022 Rank |
| MSSW Chennai | 55 | 39 | 38 |
| St. Berchmans College | 56 | 54 | 62 |
| Fergusson College | 57 | 79 | 57 |
| Kamala Nehru College | 58 | 43 | 40 |
| The American College | 59 | 58 | - |
| STC Ernakulam | 60 | 41 | 37 |
| Govt. College for Women (GCW), Thiruvananthapuram | 54 | 75 | 53 |
| St. Thomas College (STC), Thrissur | 53 | 53 | 63 |
| Holy Cross College (HCC), Tiruchirappalli | 52 | 40 | 67 |
| Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for Postgraduate Studies | 51 | 50 | 80 |
| SKASC | 50 | 33 | 33 |