Reaccredited by NAAC with A+ grade, the college is affiliated with University of Calicut.

Pazhassi Raja College, Pulpally, was started in the year 1982 to cater to the higher education needs of the community in this locality and the surrounding places in Wayanad district.

The College had a humble beginning on 20 October 1982 with two pre-degree batches of students.

The Society struggled to get a suitable land for this College, and finally they succeeded in buying a piece of land of about fifteen acres, just 1.5 kilometers away from the zero points of Pulpally.

The present patron of the college is Bishop Dr. Joseph Mar Thomas, who retired as Principal from the Mar Theophilos Training College, Trivandrum, and a noted Economist and Educationist.