Yashwantrao Mohite College of Arts, Science and Commerce was born under the aegis of Bharati Vidyapeeth.  Bharati Vidyapeeth has played a pioneering role in higher education. Establishing three institutes in June 1978, with Yashwantrao Mohite College being the first, reflects a commitment to providing quality education.

The college is accredited with NAAC ‘A’ grade in 2004, Re-accredited with ‘A’ grade in 2011 and for Third cycle in 2017 re-accredited with ‘A+’ grade. At present, the college is one of the constituent units of Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University).The college offers under graduate and post graduate programmes in various disciplines of Arts, Science, Commerce and Computer Science leading to B.A., B.Sc., B.Sc. (Computer Science), B.Com., M.A. (English), M.Sc. (Analytical Chemistry), M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry), M.Sc. (Microbiology), M.Sc. (Computer Science) M.Com. B.Lib& I.Sc. and M.Lib& I.Sc. degrees.

The college is recognized Research Centre for Ph.D. degrees in English, Economics, Chemistry, Microbiology, Computer Science, Commerce and Library & Information Science. The special feature of the college is that along with degree courses, the College also conducts two diploma programmes: (1) Diploma in Banking and (2) Diploma in Marketing, which have proved of great help to the students for their placements. In addition, two UGC sponsored Career Oriented Courses in (1) Spoken English (2) Identification and Conservation of Medicinal Plants are introduced for enhancing the employability skills of the students.