Is 2500 Rank Good in NIFT 2026?

Is 2500 Rank Good in NIFT 2026?

Sumeet SudarshanUpdated on 08 Feb 2026, 12:51 PM IST

With around 5000+ seats on offer in NIFT 2026, a rank of 2500 will place the candidate in the middle. A rank of 2500 in NIFT 2026 may not be a good rank for candidates from the open category. However, candidates under the state quota and from the SC/ST categories can manage to get a seat in the NIFT admission process. In this article, find out whether 2500 is a good rank in NIFT 2026.

Is 2500 Rank Good in NIFT 2026?
Is 2500 Rank Good in NIFT 2026?

The NIFT seat allotment will be done based on the candidate’s rank and campus preferences, with NIFT cutoff ranks published for each round.

Is 2500 Rank Good In NIFT 2026?

A rank of 2500 is not a very high rank in the NIFT entrance exam when seen in comparison to the seat matrix. However, a 2500 rank is good for SC/ST candidates for admission into various NIFT campuses. Aspirants can also secure admission into the state domicile quota into top campuses with NIFT CMR 2500. An open category candidate can secure admission into tier 2 NIFT campuses with a 2500 rank.

List of Top Campuses for 2500 Rank in NIFT 2026

The table below provides some of the top campuses for NIFT rank 2500 based on the previous year's NIFT campus-wise cutoffs. Aspirants can provide these NIFT campus preferences at the time of college option entry during NIFT counselling. The authorities will tentatively conduct three counselling rounds.

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Top Campuses for NIFT Rank 2500

Round

Campus

Programme

Quota

Category

Opening rank

Closing rank

Round 1

NIFT Mumbai

Bachelor of Design (Knitwear Design)

All India Quota

SC

1949

4492

Round 1

NIFT New Delhi

Bachelor of Design (Knitwear Design)

All India Quota

Gen-EWS

1883

3104

Round 1

NIFT New Delhi

Bachelor of Design (Knitwear Design)

All India Quota

SC

2239

3765

Round 1

NIFT Patna

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

Gen-EWS

1904

3134

Round 1

NIFT Patna

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

Bihar Quota

OBC

2446

2625

Round 1

NIFT Raebareli

Bachelor of Design (Leather Design)

All India Quota

Open

2159

2584

Round 1

NIFT Raebareli

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

OBC

2416

2972

Round 1

NIFT Shillong

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

OBC

2010

3835

Round 1

NIFT Kangra

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design)

All India Quota

OBC

2051

4199

Round 1

NIFT Jodhpur

Bachelor of Design (Textile Design)

All India Quota

OBC

2046

4142

Round 1

NIFT Jodhpur

Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel Production)

All India Quota

ST

2199

2862

Round 1

NIFT Jodhpur

Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design)

All India Quota

OBC

1979

2774

Round 1

NIFT Jodhpur

Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design)

All India Quota

Gen-EWS

1362

2571

Round 1

NIFT Bhubaneswar

Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel Production)

All India Quota

ST

2487

2637

Round 1

NIFT Bhubaneswar

Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design)

All India Quota

OBC

2489

3493

Round 1

NIFT Bhubaneswar

Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design)

Odisha Quota

Open

2281

2849

Round 1

NIFT Bhubaneswar

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

Odisha Quota

OBC

2427

3831

Round 1

NIFT Varanasi

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

OBC

1800

3607

Round 1

NIFT New Delhi

Bachelor of Design (Textile Design)

All India Quota

SC

346

2636

Round 1

NIFT New Delhi

Bachelor of Design (Leather Design)

All India Quota

OBC

1730

2703

Round 1

NIFT New Delhi

Bachelor of Design (Leather Design)

All India Quota

Gen-EWS

1694

2743

Round 1

NIFT Patna

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design)

All India Quota

OBC

2180

3138

Round 1

NIFT Patna

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design)

All India Quota

Gen-EWS

2327

3458

Round 1

NIFT Panchkula

Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel Production)

All India Quota

SC

1576

2726

Round 1

NIFT Panchkula

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

OBC

1566

3420

Round 1

NIFT Panchkula

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

SC

2135

3376

Round 1

NIFT Shillong

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design)

All India Quota

OBC

1915

4416

Round 1

NIFT Kangra

Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel Production)

Himachal Pradesh Quota

Open

1733

2512

Round 1

NIFT Kangra

Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design)

All India Quota

OBC

2287

4169

Round 1

NIFT Kangra

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

OBC

1700

3098

Round 1

NIFT Kangra

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

Gen-EWS

2277

3169

Round 1

NIFT Kangra

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

Himachal Pradesh Quota

Open

1808

7159

Round 1

NIFT Jodhpur

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design)

All India Quota

OBC

1895

2800

Round 1

NIFT Jodhpur

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design)

All India Quota

Gen-EWS

2247

3122

Round 1

NIFT Jodhpur

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

Gen-EWS

1868

2730

Round 1

NIFT Bhubaneswar

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design)

All India Quota

Gen-EWS

2042

3480

Round 1

NIFT Chennai

Bachelor of Design (Knitwear Design)

All India Quota

OBC

1678

3579

Round 1

NIFT Gandhinagar

Bachelor of Design (Textile Design)

All India Quota

Gen-EWS

1806

3295

Round 1

NIFT Gandhinagar

Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design)

All India Quota

SC

1063

3230

Round 1

NIFT Srinagar

Bachelor of Design (Textile Design)

All India Quota

Open

2284

2692

Round 1

NIFT Srinagar

Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design)

All India Quota

Open

2002

2633

Round 1

NIFT Srinagar

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

OBC

2444

3695

Round 1

NIFT Srinagar

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

Gen-EWS

2217

3987

Round 1

NIFT Kolkata

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design)

All India Quota

Gen-EWS

2008

2507

Round 1

NIFT Kolkata

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design)

All India Quota

SC

909

2989

Round 1

NIFT Mumbai

Bachelor of Design (Textile Design)

All India Quota

SC

2153

2938

Round 1

NIFT Mumbai

Bachelor of Design (Knitwear Design)

All India Quota

Gen-EWS

1247

2762

Round 1

NIFT Bengaluru

Bachelor of Design (Knitwear Design)

All India Quota

ST

2131

6325

Round 1

NIFT Bengaluru

Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design)

All India Quota

SC

1347

2635

Round 1

NIFT Bengaluru

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

ST

1886

4237

Round 1

NIFT Bhopal

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design)

All India Quota

OBC

2280

3127

Round 1

NIFT Bhopal

Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design)

All India Quota

OBC

2166

2956

Round 1

NIFT Bhopal

Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design)

Madhya Pradesh Quota

Open

2405

2528

Round 1

NIFT Bhopal

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

SC

2249

4963

Round 1

NIFT Daman

Bachelor of Design (Textile Design)

All India Quota

OBC

2441

4892

Round 1

NIFT Gandhinagar

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design)

All India Quota

SC

911

2543

Round 1

NIFT Bengaluru

Bachelor of Design (Knitwear Design)

All India Quota

OBC

1859

2652

Round 1

NIFT Hyderabad

Bachelor of Design (Textile Design)

All India Quota

OBC

2018

2678

Round 1

NIFT Hyderabad

Bachelor of Design (Textile Design)

All India Quota

Gen-EWS

2279

3349

Round 1

NIFT Kannur

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design)

Kerala Quota

OBC

2458

2549

Round 1

NIFT Kolkata

Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel Production)

All India Quota

Gen-EWS

2330

2708

Round 1

NIFT Kolkata

Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel Production)

All India Quota

ST

2100

2743

Round 1

NIFT Kolkata

Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design)

All India Quota

Gen-EWS

1637

3260

Round 1

NIFT Kolkata

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

SC

2302

3050

Round 2

NIFT Bengaluru

Bachelor of Design (Textile Design)

All India Quota

SC

2265

3851

Round 2

NIFT Bengaluru

Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design)

All India Quota

SC

2443

3092

Round 2

NIFT Bhopal

Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel Production)

All India Quota

SC

2375

2952

Round 2

NIFT Bhopal

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

OBC

1649

2531

Round 2

NIFT Chennai

Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel Production)

All India Quota

ST

2162

2736

Round 2

NIFT Chennai

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

Gen-EWS

2217

2647

Round 2

NIFT Daman

Bachelor of Design (Textile Design)

All India Quota

Open

1968

2600

Round 2

NIFT Hyderabad

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

SC

2479

2687

Round 2

NIFT Kolkata

Bachelor of Design (Textile Design)

All India Quota

OBC

2496

3439

Round 2

NIFT New Delhi

Bachelor of Design (Leather Design)

All India Quota

OBC

1554

2764

Round 2

NIFT Patna

Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel Production)

All India Quota

SC

2497

3005

Round 2

NIFT Panchkula

Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel Production)

All India Quota

OBC

2102

2528

Round 2

NIFT Raebareli

Bachelor of Design (Leather Design)

All India Quota

Open

850

2753

Round 2

NIFT Raebareli

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

OBC

2149

2961

Round 2

NIFT Shillong

Bachelor of Design (Textile Design)

All India Quota

Open

2417

2692

Round 2

NIFT Kangra

Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel Production)

All India Quota

OBC

2231

2715

Round 2

NIFT Jodhpur

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design)

All India Quota

OBC

2145

2827

Round 2

NIFT Bhubaneswar

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

OBC

1995

2547

Round 2

NIFT Bhubaneswar

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

Odisha Quota

Open

2427

2799

Round 2

NIFT Srinagar

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design)

All India Quota

Open

2283

2539

Round 2

NIFT Srinagar

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

Open

2006

2500

Round 2

NIFT Varanasi

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Interiors)

All India Quota

Open

984

2562

Round 3

NIFT Kolkata

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design)

All India Quota

OBC

1872

2697

Round 3

NIFT Kolkata

Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel Production)

All India Quota

SC

2247

2971

Round 3

NIFT New Delhi

Bachelor of Design (Leather Design)

All India Quota

OBC

2041

2947

Round 3

NIFT Patna

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

OBC

1566

2707

Round 3

NIFT Bengaluru

Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel Production)

All India Quota

Gen-EWS

1753

2603

Round 3

NIFT Bengaluru

Bachelor of Design (Knitwear Design)

All India Quota

OBC

2498

3248

Round 3

NIFT Bengaluru

Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design)

All India Quota

Gen-EWS

1999

3328

Round 3

NIFT Bhopal

Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel Production)

All India Quota

OBC

2117

3050

Round 3

NIFT Bhopal

Bachelor of Design (Knitwear Design)

All India Quota

Open

2271

2690

Round 3

NIFT Bhopal

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

OBC

2155

2972

Round 3

NIFT Chennai

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design)

All India Quota

Gen-EWS

2230

5396

Round 3

NIFT Chennai

Bachelor of Design (Leather Design)

All India Quota

OBC

2469

3956

Round 3

NIFT Daman

Bachelor of Design (Textile Design)

All India Quota

Open

2369

2709

Round 3

NIFT Shillong

Bachelor of Design (Accessory Design)

All India Quota

Open

2165

2556

Round 3

NIFT Jodhpur

Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel Production)

All India Quota

OBC

1715

3044

Round 3

NIFT Jodhpur

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

Gen-EWS

2277

3169

Round 3

NIFT Bhubaneswar

Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel Production)

All India Quota

OBC

1596

2777

Round 3

NIFT Bhubaneswar

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)

All India Quota

OBC

2010

3090

Round 3

NIFT Varanasi

Bachelor of Design (Fashion Interiors)

All India Quota

Open

2436

2634

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: Is 2500 a good rank in NIFT 2026?
A:

2500 is a good rank in NIFT for SC/ST candidates for admission into top NIFT campuses.

Q: How many rounds of NIFT 2026 counselling?
A:

There will be tentatively three rounds of NIFT counselling.

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