Delhi University applicants are currently in the process of listing the programme preferences for which they want to be considered by the authorities. This preference listing for application process is important because the seats allotment to candidates will be done on the basis of the preferences they have listed. Their ranks in the merit lists will be based on their CUET, Common University Entrance Test scores by Delhi University. Based on their rank on the Delhi University merit list, a candidate will be allotted the highest possible preference in the list.
Below is a list of the 50 college-programme combinations which the highest number of candidates have listed as one of their preferences so far. This list tells the total number of times a course has been listed as a preference.
Note: This list does not indicate where the combination features on these preference lists, i.e., whether they are at the top/middle/bottom of the candidate’s preference list. This Delhi University preference listing process will continue till October 10.
The 50 college-programme combinations which have been listed the highest number of times as a preference is given below.
| S. No. | Name of college | Programme chosen | Prefrences by applicants |
| 1. | Ramjas College | B.Com | 35295 |
| 2. | Kirori Mal College | B.Com | 35246 |
| 3. | Sri Venketeswara College | B.Com | 33634 |
| 4. | Delhi College of Arts and Commerce | B.Com | 33044 |
| 5. | Shaheed Bhagat Singh College | B.Com | 31279 |
| 6. | Hans Raj College | B.Com (Hons.) | 31033 |
| 7. | Shri Ram College of Commerce | B.Com (Hons.) | 30928 |
| 8. | Hindu College | B.Com (Hons.) | 30795 |
| 9. | Hindu College | B.A. (Hons.) English | 30630 |
| 10. | Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College | B.Com | 30625 |
| 11. | Hans Raj College | B.A. (Hons.) English | 30320 |
| 12. | Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce | B.Com | 29844 |
| 13. | Dyal Singh College | B.Com | 29753 |
| 14. | St. Stephen’s College | B.A. (Hons.) English | 29562 |
| 15. | Ramjas College | B.Com (Hons.) | 29165 |
| 16. | Kirori Mal College | B.Com (Hons.) | 29127 |
| 17. | Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College | B.Com | 29110 |
| 18. | Motilal Nehru College | B.Com | 28908 |
| 19. | Aryabhatta College | B.Com | 28715 |
| 20. | Sri Venketeswara College | B.Com (Hons.) | 28224 |
| 21. | Kirori Mal College | B.A. (Hons.) English | 28220 |
| 22. | Hindu College | B.A. (Hons.) Political Science | 27915 |
| 23. | Ramanujan College | B.Com | 27831 |
| 24. | Ramjas College | B.A. (Hons.) English | 27303 |
| 25. | Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar College | B.Com | 26910 |
| 26. | Delhi College of Arts and Commerce | B.Com (Hons.) | 26754 |
| 27. | Shivaji College | B.Com | 26371 |
| 28. | Ram Lal Anand College | B.Com | 26191 |
| 29. | Kirori Mal College | B.A. (Hons.) Political Science | 26178 |
| 30. | Ramjas College | B.A. (Hons.) Political Science | 25806 |
| 31. | Sri Venketeswara College | B.A. (Hons.) English | 25756 |
| 32. | Shaheed Bhagat Singh College | B.Com (Hons.) | 25727 |
| 33. | Satyawati College | B.Com | 25567 |
| 34. | Sri Aurobindo College (Day) | B.Com | 25454 |
| 35. | Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce | B.Com (Hons.) | 25048 |
| 36. | Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College | B.Com (Hons.) | 25006 |
| 37. | Zakir Husain Delhi College | B.Com | 24839 |
| 38. | P.G.D.A.V. College | B.Com | 24806 |
| 39. | Shyam Lal College | B.Com | 24672 |
| 40. | Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College | B.Com | 24430 |
| 41. | Sri Venketeswara College | B.A. (Hons.) Political Science | 24375 |
| 42. | Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College | B.Com (Hons.) | 24053 |
| 43. | Delhi College of Arts and Commerce | B.A. (Hons.) English | 23853 |
| 44. | Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College | B.Com (Hons.) | 23780 |
| 45. | Dyal Singh College | B.Com (Hons.) | 23445 |
| 46. | Hindu College | B.A. (Hons.) History | 23375 |
| 47. | Hans Raj College | B.A. (Hons.) History | 22998 |
| 48. | Motilal Nehru College | B.Com (Hons.) | 22984 |
| 49. | Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College | B.A. (Hons.) English | 22938 |
| 50. | Delhi College of Arts and Commerce | B.A. (Hons.) Political Science | 22794 |