The Ministry of Education (MoE) has released the NIRF ranking 2025. As per the rankings, St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai has achieved an NIRF rank of 48 in the College category with a score of 60.16.
ST.XAVIER'S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) has been featured in the NIRF 2025. According to the NIRF Ranking 2025, ST.XAVIER'S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) is ranked 48 in College category. The rankings reflect the ST.XAVIER'S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)'s consistent efforts toward academic growth and student development.
The table below shows ST.XAVIER'S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)’s NIRF ranking trends across major categories in 2025 and 2023. ST.XAVIER'S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) has shown improvement in the College category compared to last year.
| Category/Stream | 2025 Rank | 2023 Rank |
| College | 48 | 55 |
NIRF evaluates institutions on various parameters like OVERALL, TLR, RP, GO, OI, PR, QNR, QLR, SFC. In the College, ST.XAVIER'S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) scored 60.16.The following table shows ST.XAVIER'S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)’s performance across all the parameters in the College category:
| Parameter | 2025 Score | 2023 Score |
| Total Score | 60.16 | - |
Comparison of ST.XAVIER'S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) against similar NIRF - 2025 ranked college in College category.
| College Name | 2025 Rank | 2023 Rank | 2022 Rank |
| ST.XAVIER'S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) | 48 | 55 | 68 |
| PUC Aizawl | 49 | 34 | 45 |
| SKASC | 50 | 33 | 33 |
| Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for Postgraduate Studies | 51 | 50 | 80 |
| Holy Cross College (HCC), Tiruchirappalli | 52 | 40 | 67 |
| St. Thomas College (STC), Thrissur | 53 | 53 | 63 |
| LBC Kolkata | 47 | - | - |
| Bishop Heber College - [BHC], Thiruchirapalli | 46 | - | - |
| Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences | 45 | 22 | 25 |
| Sacred Heart College (SHC), Kochi | 44 | 72 | 59 |
| Shyam Lal College | 43 | - | - |