Haveri district has well over a hundred pre-university colleges across its eight taluks, most of them government or aided institutions charging state-norm fees under ₹3,000 a year. The district recorded 84.11% in the 2026 II PUC examinations, placing it 22nd of Karnataka's 32 districts and 2.37 points below the state average of 86.48%.
Where Haveri Stands After the 2026 Results
The honest number first. In 2026, 13,837 Haveri students sat the II PUC examinations and 11,088 passed, a district rate of 84.11% (source: Prajavani, reporting Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board results, April 2026). That put Haveri 22nd among the state's districts, behind neighbouring Dharwad at 83.31% only narrowly, and well behind Uttara Kannada at 91.78%.
No listicle will tell you that, because most pages ranking for this search are written by a single college. The number matters for a practical reason covered further down: it shapes how much work your choice of college has to do.
Eight taluks make up the district. Ranebennur, the largest town and a seed-production centre of national importance, holds the densest cluster of colleges. Haveri town, the district headquarters, carries the government and KLE institutions along with the district's medical college. Hangal in the south-west has the most active private science market. Byadgi, Shiggaon, Savanur, Hirekerur and Rattihalli are served mainly by government provision, with local trust colleges filling gaps.
Students still deciding which course to take after Class 10 should note that Haveri's pool is broad but shallow. There are many colleges. There are few that publish anything about themselves.
Haveri's eight taluks and where its pre-university colleges concentrate.
PU Colleges in Haveri District, College by College
What follows covers the institutions with a verifiable record. Where a college publishes nothing about its streams, fees or facilities, that is stated rather than guessed.
1. KLE Society's Gudleppa Hallikeri PU College, Haveri
Established in 1963 and run by the Karnatak Lingayat Education Society of Belagavi, this is the oldest PU college in the district still operating under its original name. The same campus carries the Gudleppa Hallikeri Arts, Science and Commerce degree college, founded the same year, which gives a student continuity from I PUC through graduation without changing institutions.
KLE's scale is the argument here. The society runs institutions across north Karnataka and retains faculty better than standalone colleges in small towns. The college does not publish its stream combinations or fees; both need a direct enquiry.
2. KLE Society's Raj Rajeshwari Composite PU College for Girls, Ranebennur
Founded in 1980, this is a girls-only composite college, meaning the PU section sits alongside school sections on one campus. KLE also runs a Raj Rajeshwari high school, higher primary school and a business administration institute at the same location, and a separate Raj-Rajeshwari Arts and Commerce College for Women in Ranebennur for degree study.
For families in the eastern taluks wanting girls' education in a single continuous setting, this is the district's most established option.
3. Devika PU College, Ranebennur
Established in 2007 at Ganesh Nagar, Ranebennur, and managed by the Shri Venkateshwara Education Society, Devika is unaided and co-educational, teaching in both English and Kannada. It offers science in PCM and PCB combinations alongside commerce, and the college states that it prepares students for JEE, NEET, KCET, CA and CLAT. Treat that coaching list as the college's own claim until you see the timetable. Contact: +91 63634 85424.
Devika is one of only two colleges in the district that describes a coaching programme in any detail publicly. If the science combination is still undecided, our comparison of PCMB against PCMC after Class 10 works through what each closes off.
4. KLE Society's Independent PU College, Hangal
Opened in 2008, the newest of KLE's three Haveri-district PU colleges. Streams, fees and facilities are not published; enquire directly.
5. R.T.E.S. PU College, Ranebennur
The Ranebennur Taluka Education Society was founded in 1966 and opened its first college in 1967. Its PU college sits within a group that also runs degree, law, education and nursing colleges plus a school of nursing, all in Ranebennur. The society's degree college is affiliated to Haveri University and holds NAAC "A" grade with a CGPA of 3.13.
That accreditation belongs to the degree college, not the PU college, and the distinction is worth holding onto when a prospectus quotes it. The group's breadth does mean a student who wants law or nursing after II PUC has a local route. Society contact: 08373-266461.
6. Right Guidance PU College, Hangal
At Gejjihalli on Hirur Road in Hangal, this is the only PU college in Haveri district publishing a complete fee card, and it runs the most detailed coaching offer in the district: NEET built into the PCMB fee, JEE Main and KCET for PCMC, CA Foundation for commerce taught by a practising chartered accountant, and UPSC guidance for arts students.
Its published 2026–27 annual fees are ₹48,000 for PCMB, ₹47,000 for PCMC, ₹35,000 for commerce and ₹27,000 for arts, with a one-time ₹500 registration and payment in two instalments. The college advertises a merit waiver of up to 25% for students scoring above 85% in SSLC, a 10% sibling discount and an early-admission reduction.
Two cautions. The college's results claims, including a 95% board pass rate and an 85% NEET qualification rate, are self-reported and not independently corroborated anywhere. And its own pages contradict each other on accommodation: the fee page says hostel is arranged through partner facilities off campus at separate cost, while its marketing page describes an on-campus hostel. Ask which is true before assuming either. The trade-off between formats is set out in our guide to day college against a PU college with hostel.
7. Government and Aided PU Colleges Across the Eight Taluks
These carry the overwhelming majority of Haveri's PU students. Every taluk has government provision, and Haveri town alone has separate government independent colleges for boys and girls. The district also has residential government colleges under the Morarji Desai scheme at Savanur, a Karnataka Public Schools government PU college at Karajagi, and minority institutions including Anjuman-e-Islam PU College at Savanur and Anjuman PU College at Hangal.
Karnataka government PU colleges charge state-norm tuition of roughly ₹1,500 to ₹3,000 a year, which makes them the cheapest route to a II PUC qualification by a wide margin. None offers integrated entrance coaching. Scholarship cover matters more here than anywhere: our walkthrough of the SSP scholarship application is worth following closely, since rural applications fail on document mismatches more often than on eligibility, and the broader guide to Karnataka student scholarships lists every scheme open at PU level.
What each established Haveri college actually publishes. Most publish very little.
What a Year of PUC Costs in Haveri
Haveri is unusual in how little fee information exists publicly. One private college publishes a card. Every other institution in the district, government and private alike, quotes on enquiry.
| Route | Annual cost | Coaching included | Source of the figure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government PU college | ₹1,500 – ₹3,000 | No | Karnataka state norm |
| Arts, Right Guidance Hangal | ₹27,000 | UPSC guidance | College's published card |
| Commerce, Right Guidance Hangal | ₹35,000 | CA Foundation | College's published card |
| Science PCMC, Right Guidance | ₹47,000 | JEE Main, KCET | College's published card |
| Science PCMB, Right Guidance | ₹48,000 | NEET | College's published card |
| Every other private college | Not published | Varies | Enquire directly |
Private figures are the college's own published 2026–27 rates. Confirm before paying.
Set against a metro, the saving is large. A comparable NEET-integrated residential programme in Bangalore runs past ₹1.5 lakh a year, and even the ordinary Bangalore PU fee structure starts above Haveri's private ceiling. Two years of the difference covers a substantial share of an engineering degree.
When a college will not quote a fee over the phone, ask for the figure in writing before the document-verification stage. A number given verbally at admission has a way of growing by the second instalment.
Haveri's Colleges Arrived Before Its Results Did
Here is the fact that should shape a Haveri family's decision, and it appears nowhere else on this topic.
In the space of about fifteen years, Haveri acquired serious higher-education capacity. Government Engineering College, Haveri opened at Devagiri in 2007, affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, with roughly 240 undergraduate seats across computer science, electronics and communication, mechanical and civil. Haveri Institute of Medical Sciences opened in 2022 with 150 government MBBS seats, affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. Haveri University was established the same year, so degree colleges in the district now affiliate locally instead of routing through Dharwad. Sri Taralabalu Jagadguru Institute of Technology has been running in Ranebennur since 1980.
Meanwhile the district's II PUC output sits at 84.11%, below the state average and 22nd of 32.
Those two facts pull against each other. Seats at HIMS and at Government Engineering College are allotted on NEET and KCET rank through Karnataka Examinations Authority counselling, not on where a candidate lives. Haveri is in the Bombay Karnataka region, not Kalyana Karnataka, so the Article 371(J) regional quota that helps students in Bidar, Raichur, Koppal and Ballari does not apply here. A Haveri student competes for a Haveri MBBS seat against candidates from Udupi and Dakshina Kannada on equal terms.
The practical consequence is that the PU college choice carries more weight in Haveri than in a high-performing district. A local seat is only local if the rank clears it. That makes coaching depth, not proximity, the thing to interrogate when shortlisting. Our Karnataka NEET preparation guide sets out what a realistic target looks like, and the list of engineering colleges reachable at each KCET rank shows where the bands fall. For students aiming at medicine specifically, our MBBS admission assistance for Karnataka covers how government and private seats are claimed.
The district built professional-course capacity faster than its II PUC output improved.
NEET, JEE and KCET Coaching Options in Haveri
Three routes, and the right one depends on budget and how firm the target already is.
Integrated coaching inside a private college. Right Guidance at Hangal and Devika at Ranebennur are the two colleges describing entrance preparation built into the timetable. At ₹47,000 to ₹48,000 a year this is the most expensive route in the district and still cheaper than any city equivalent. Ask for batch-level results across two years before enrolling.
Government college plus an outside class. Tuition at the state norm, coaching bought separately from centres in Haveri town or Ranebennur. Total outlay usually stays below a single integrated private fee. The weakness is that no single institution owns the outcome.
Commuting or shifting to a larger town. Hubballi sits about 70 km north with a far deeper coaching market, and Davangere is a similar distance south-east. Both are reachable by rail and by bus on NH-4. Families targeting ranks under 10,000 often decide the city's coaching infrastructure is worth the living costs. Our guides to PU colleges in Hubballi and to science-stream colleges in Dharwad cover those options, and Davangere's PU colleges are the usual alternative for students in Ranebennur and Hirekerur.
Haveri has no branch of a national coaching chain. That is the single clearest gap between this district and Hubballi or Davangere, and it is worth weighing plainly rather than assuming a local integrated programme matches a city one.
Admission Process and Key Dates for 2026
Admission follows the standard Karnataka PU admission process. For Haveri, the sequence runs as follows.
Step 1. Complete the SSLC examination. Results are usually announced in April and set eligibility for government and aided seats.
Step 2. Register on the Department of Pre-University Education portal when admissions open, generally in May.
Step 3. Rank college and stream preferences. List at least three, including one government college in your own taluk as a fallback.
Step 4. Upload documents: SSLC marks card, transfer certificate, caste and income certificates where applicable, Aadhaar and a passport photograph.
Step 5. Attend document verification at the allotted college within the dates on the allotment letter.
Step 6. Pay fees and confirm. Government fees are payable at the counter; private colleges vary.
Private colleges in Hangal and Ranebennur run parallel timelines opening straight after SSLC results, sometimes in April. Because so few publish fees, start those enquiries early enough to compare two or three in writing. Anyone who wants help matching eligibility to a specific college can use our admission assistance service.
How Haveri Compares With Neighbouring Districts
| Factor | Haveri | Dharwad | Davangere | Uttara Kannada |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| II PUC 2026 pass rate | 84.11% | 83.31% | 81.99% | 91.78% |
| State rank (of 32) | 22nd | 23rd | 25th | 5th |
| 371(J) regional quota | No | No | No | No |
| National coaching chains | None | Several | Several | Limited |
| Government medical college | Yes, 2022 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Government engineering college | Yes, 2007 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Colleges publishing fees | One | Several | Several | Few |
Pass rates from KSEAB district results, April 2026. Coaching and fee-transparency columns reflect what is publicly findable as of September 2026.
Haveri outperforms Dharwad and Davangere on the 2026 result, narrowly, while lagging both badly on coaching depth and fee transparency. Uttara Kannada is the regional outlier on results and worth a look for families able to relocate; our guide to PU colleges across Uttara Kannada covers the coastal options.
The conclusion for most Haveri families is unglamorous but useful. If the target is a government seat in any stream, a government PU college in your own taluk plus a separately chosen coaching class is the efficient answer, and the money saved funds the coaching. If the target is a competitive medical or engineering rank, interrogate coaching depth hard, and accept that the honest comparison may point to Hubballi. For the state-wide picture, our guide to Karnataka's best PU colleges maps every district we cover.
Frequently Asked Questions About PU Colleges in Haveri
Which are the best PU colleges in Haveri for NEET preparation?
Right Guidance PU College at Hangal and Devika PU College at Ranebennur are the two colleges in Haveri district that publicly describe integrated NEET coaching alongside the II PUC science curriculum. Right Guidance publishes a PCMB fee of ₹48,000 a year with NEET preparation included. Ask both for batch-level results before enrolling, as neither college's claims are independently verified.
What do PU colleges in Haveri cost per year?
Government PU colleges charge the Karnataka state norm of roughly ₹1,500 to ₹3,000 a year. Right Guidance PU College at Hangal publishes ₹27,000 for arts, ₹35,000 for commerce, ₹47,000 for science PCMC and ₹48,000 for science PCMB for 2026–27. No other private college in the district publishes its fees, so ask for figures in writing before admission.
How did Haveri district perform in the 2026 II PUC exams?
Haveri recorded an 84.11% pass rate in the 2026 II PUC examinations. Of 13,837 students who appeared, 11,088 passed. That placed the district 22nd among Karnataka's 32 districts and 2.37 points below the state average of 86.48%.
Does Haveri get the 371(J) Kalyana Karnataka quota?
No. Haveri is in the Bombay Karnataka region, not Kalyana Karnataka, so the Article 371(J) regional reservation that applies in Bidar, Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Raichur, Koppal and Ballari does not extend to Haveri students. Seats at Haveri Institute of Medical Sciences and Government Engineering College, Haveri are allotted on NEET and KCET rank through KEA counselling, not on district of residence.
Is there a medical or engineering college inside Haveri district?
Yes to both. Haveri Institute of Medical Sciences opened in 2022 with 150 government MBBS seats, affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. Government Engineering College, Haveri has run at Devagiri since 2007 under Visvesvaraya Technological University, and Sri Taralabalu Jagadguru Institute of Technology has operated in Ranebennur since 1980. Haveri University was established in 2022.
Which PU colleges in Haveri have hostel facilities?
Hostel information is poorly published across the district. Government residential provision exists under the Morarji Desai scheme at Savanur. Right Guidance PU College at Hangal gives contradictory accounts on its own website, describing an on-campus hostel on one page and off-campus partner accommodation at separate cost on another. Confirm accommodation arrangements directly and in writing with any college before accepting a seat.
Should a Haveri student move to Hubballi or Davangere for II PUC?
It depends on the target rank. Haveri has no branch of a national coaching chain, while Hubballi, roughly 70 km north, has several. Students aiming at competitive medical or engineering ranks often find the city's coaching infrastructure worth the additional living costs. Students targeting government seats in any stream are usually better served by a government college in their own taluk with a separately chosen coaching class.
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