JNTU Kakinada has been featured in the NIRF 2023. According to the NIRF Ranking 2023, JNTU Kakinada is ranked 83 in Engineering category. The rankings reflect the JNTU Kakinada's consistent efforts toward academic growth and student development.
The table below shows JNTU Kakinada’s NIRF ranking trends across major categories in 2023 and 2022. JNTU Kakinada has shown improvement in the Engineering category compared to last year.
| Category/Stream | 2023 Rank | 2022 Rank |
| Engineering | 83 | 129 |
NIRF evaluates institutions on various parameters like OVERALL, TLR, RP, GO, OI, PR, QNR, QLR, SFC. In the Engineering, JNTU Kakinada scored 44.75.The following table shows JNTU Kakinada’s performance across all the parameters in the Engineering category:
| Parameter | 2023 Score | 2022 Score |
| Total Score | 44.75 | 42.77 |
| TLR | 65.91 | 65.66 |
| RP | 27.62 | 27.4 |
| GO | 49.71 | 44.02 |
| OI | 55.17 | 53.95 |
| PR | 12.3 | 6.54 |
Comparison of JNTU Kakinada against similar NIRF - 2023 ranked college in Engineering category.
| College Name | 2023 Rank | 2022 Rank | 2021 Rank |
| JNTU Kakinada | 83 | 129 | 62 |
| GGSIPU | 84 | 74 | 108 |
| Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology and Research (Deemed to be University) | 85 | 99 | 111 |
| REC Chennai | 86 | 95 | 110 |
| Vel Tech University | 87 | 84 | 93 |
| IIITM Gwalior | 88 | 78 | 106 |
| NIT Srinagar | 82 | 66 | 69 |
| IIT Bhilai | 81 | - | - |
| MANIT Bhopal | 80 | 70 | 60 |
| Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology | 79 | 182 | 167 |
| Ramaiah Institute of Technology | 78 | 67 | 65 |