Manipal Academy of Higher Education along with its institutions have done pretty well in the ranking of 2018. Almost all the institutions have seen their rankings go up and Faculty of Architecture has made its presence felt in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranking for the first time.

MAHE continues to be the best private university in the country being ranked #1 by three prominent ranking agencies, The Week, India Today and Education World. The Week has ranked MAHE number one for the fourth time in a row and Education World, third consecutive year. There was a considerable improvement in the NIRF ranking as well -- moving seven places up to the 11^th position from the 2017 ranking. Kasturba Medical College, Manipal and Mangalore too have done well in the rankings, particularly the NIRF. Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences has maintained its seventh position in NIRF.