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Top Indian Education Hubs 's Top Which are the No. of Most Trusted Which are the Top No. of Most Trusted Top Indian Cities Educational Indian Cities for Educational for Education Institutes (MTEI) Higher Studies Institutes (MTEI) Students 1 96 1 81 The education business in India is already a $100 billion opportunity Magnets* 2 2 and is growing fast. It is expected to hit $180 billion by 2020, Bengaluru 86 Delhi 67 The favourite cities for according to a report by Technopak released earlier this month. out-of-town students 3 Mumbai 86 3 Bengaluru 57 Significantly, the growth is boosted by digital learning, an enabler for 1 4 69 4 Chennai 54 learners seeking advancement in their life, no matter where they are - 2 Chennai 5 51 5 39 — a veritable desire to go beyond geographical boundaries.ET Magazine Location 3 Delhi 6 Vizag 48 6 Vizag 27 has always been key to getting a good education. The has ranked Indian cities on the basis of the number of 4 7 41 7 Ahmedabad 26 TRA study these places have. In these two Most Trusted Educational Institutes 5 8 Kanpur 39 8 26 pages, you will find two rankings of cities, one including schools, the 6 Indore 9 Indore 9 Jaipur 37 26 other considering only colleges and higher. Note how ranks of some 7 Mumbai 10 Jaipur 36 10 25 cities change between the two lists. Also, find a list of the top 8 Noida 11 34 11 24 education magnets, cities that attract students from other towns. 9 12 30 12 Bhopal 22 Ever wondered, which is the:: best Suman place Layak to study accounting, or law? Find some answers here. 10 Bengaluru 13 Pune 29 13 Kota 21 11 14 27 14 Kolkata 20 12 Mysuru 15 24 15 19 13 16 Thiruvananthapuram 24 16 Mysuru 19 14 Tiruchirapalli 17 22 17 Lucknow 18 15 18 Guwahati 22 18 Kochi 17 16 Lucknow 19 Kota 22 19 Coimbatore 16 17 Bhopal 20 Nagpur 21 20 Jodhpur 15 18 Manipal 21 Puducherry 21 21 Nagpur 15 19 Kalol 22 Tiruchirapalli 17 22 15 20 23 Hyderabad 16 23 14 21 Kanpur 24 Raipur 15 24 Hyderabad 12 22 Guwahati 25 Bhubaneswar 14 25 Noida 12 23 Raipur 26 Noida 14 26 Jalandhar 11 24 Kolhapur 27 Jalandhar 12 27 Kolhapur 10 25 Bhubaneswar 28 Kolhapur 12 28 10 26 Ponda 29 Patna 10 29 Tiruchirapalli 9 27 30 4 30 Puducherry 8 28 Pune 31 Gandhinagar 4 31 Cuttack 3 29 Vizag 32 Dehradun 3 32 Gurgaon 2 SCIENCE 30 Coimbatore 33 Gurgaon 2 33 Rourkela 2 ARTS* 1 Chennai 31 Jalandhar 34 Mysuru 2 34 Varanasi 2 ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT 2 Guwahati 1 Delhi 32 Panjim 35 Raebareli 2 35 1 2 1 Delhi 1 Kanpur 3 Kolkata Kolkata * Based on the number of students 36 Rourkela 2 36 1 who shifted to the city for higher 2 Mumbai 2 Mumbai 4 Delhi 3 Chennai education (+2 onward) 37 Varanasi 2 37 Dehradun 1 Which 3 Hyderabad 3 Ahmedabad 5 Bengaluru 4 Pune 38 Agra 1 38 Gandhinagar 1 Stream 4 Vizag 4 Lucknow 6 Hyderabad 5 Kanpur 39 Allahabad 1 39 Kakinada 1 Takes You 5 Nagpur 5 Delhi 7 Mumbai 6 Jaipur 40 Bicholim 40 MEDICINE* 8 7 LAW 1 1 Where 6 Kolkata 6 Bhubaneswar Pune COMMERCE/ Mumbai 41 Kakinada 1 41 1 7 Jaipur 1 Mumbai 7 Indore 9 ACCOUNTANCY 8 Kota 1 Lucknow 42 Srinagar 1 42 Manipal 1 8 Ahmedabad 2 Patna 8 Chennai 10 Indore 9 Lucknow 2 Mumbai 43 Kharagpur 1 43 Mapusa 1 9 Lucknow 3 Jaipur 9 Raipur 11 Jaipur 1 Delhi 10 Tiruchirappalli 3 Hyderabad 44 Manipal 1 44 Punjab 1 10 Kota 4 Nagpur 10 Pune 12 Lucknow 2 Bengaluru 11 Puducherry 4 Delhi 12 45 Mapusa 1 45 Raebareli 1 11 Bhubaneswar 5 Kolkata 13 Puducherry 3 Mumbai Raipur 5 Kolkata 12 6 14 Kota 4 13 Guwahati 6 46 Punjab 1 46 Sangli 1 Bengaluru Nagpur Ahmedabad Varanasi 13 Chennai 7 Lucknow 15 Coimbatore 5 Pune 14 Nagpur 7 Kota 47 Sangli 47 Udupi 1 1 *Includes BSc Nursing and Pharmacy *Includes BA/ MA Arts — no data for Liberal Arts 48 Udupi 1