Kuntala Kumari Sabat Women’s College, Balasore was established on the 1st July 1960 by the local elite with a view to promoting higher education for women in Balasore.First named as Women’s College, Balasore, it started under private management as a degree College, with teaching facilities in Humanities only. Late K.C. Dey was the first Principal and Chief Patron. The State Government took over the management of college from 01.10.1965. Subsequently, the college was named after the illustrious Odia Poet, Kuntala Kumari Sabat.

Continuing for a few years with U.G Honours teaching provision in eleven subjects in Humanities and four Science subjects (opened in 2013-14), the College has reached the glorious height to add Mathematics and Computer Science with honours, to introduce U.G. teaching in Commerce with honours, and most remarkably to introduce P.G. teaching in Education, Home Science and Sanskrit in 2022. Affiliated to Fakir Mohan University, Balasore since 1999, the college is included in section 2(f) & 12(b) of the UGC Act and listed in the UGC Directions of recognized Institutions at Sl No. 15 of page 473. In 2016, CBCS Syllabus was introduced and was modified again in 2019. Accredited with ‘B ++ ’ in third cycle by NAAC of India.

+2 Arts and Science faculty in the college came into being in 1996. However, in 2001-2002, +2 Arts and Science began to function independently as KKS Women’s Junior College, Balasore. Currently it has again been renamed as K.K.S. Women’s Higher Secondary School, Balasore while still remaining affiliated to the Council of Higher Secondary Education Odisha and functioning under the Ministry of School and Mass Education.