Computer Science : Placement Rates, Salaries Top Institutes In India

Maniprabha SinghUpdated on 17 Dec 2024, 05:29 PM IST

Based on placement data 2023-24, IIT BHU has recorded the highest salary package for CSE. The overall salary range at top IIT colleges varies between Rs 1.68 CPA to Rs 11.30 LPA. The RTI information shows that NIT Durgapur was offered Rs 81 LPA, which is the maximum CTC for CSE graduates at NITs. In terms of the percentage of students placed, IIT Jodhpur and NIT Trichy are placed at the top. Read this article for more details on the BTech Computer Science and Engineering salary packages based on the data collected for IIT and NIT placements 2023-24. Also, compare previous year information on this page.

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Computer Science: Placements And Salaries At India’s Top Engineering Colleges

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Top IIT Colleges with CSE Salary Packages 2023-24

Of all the branches of engineering taught in India, Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) is perhaps the most in demand. Students emerging from top institutions with a BTech in CSE tend to get the best offers and land the highest salaries during placements. This is certainly true of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), India’s premier public technical school. Here are the IIT placement details regarding the salary packages offered.

CSE Salary Package at Top IIT Colleges in India

Institute Name	Maximum Annual Salary	Minimum Annual Salary	Average Annual Salary	Placement offers accepted by students	Students placed (in percentage)
IIT BHU	16,800,000	1,000,000	3,487,933	97	89.81%
IIT Bhilai	4,211,000	850,000	_	32	51.67%
IIT Bhubaneswar	6,400,000	1,000,000	2,260,000	61	92.40%
IIT Dharwad	5,200,000	800,000	1,800,000	37	61.67%
IIT Gandhinagar	_	_	2,273,000	34	69.39%
IIT Goa	5,100,000	850,000	1,632,000	29	91%
IIT Hyderabad	9,000,000	9,000,000	_	48	76.19%
IIT (ISM) Dhanbad	5,900,000	849,000	2,477,000	124	81.58%
IIT Jammu	5,200,000	900,000	_	37	92.50%
IIT Jodhpur	5,300,000	800,000	2,631,000	100	98.03%
IIT Palakkad	4,161,750	600,000	_	32	64%
IIT Patna	3,400,000	400,000	1,130,000	138	65.09%
IIT Ropar	_	_	_	69	80.23%
IIT Tirupati	4,164,000	800,000	1,839,000	37	67.27%

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Top NIT Colleges with CSE Salary Packages 2023-24

Institute Name	Maximum Annual Salary	Minimum Annual Salary	Average Annual Salary	Placement offers accepted by students	Students placed (in percentage)
NIT Jalandhar	6,200,000	600,000	1,300,000	120	89.55%
MNIT Jaipur	6,400,000	500,000	1,933,000	_	58.20%
NIT Delhi	5,000,000	650,000	1,723,000	34	62.26%
NIT Durgapur	8,100,000	500,000	1,738,000	120	64.86%
NIT Goa	2,000,000	510,000	1,072,000	17	58.60%
NIT Hamirpur	5,000,000	800,000	1,575,000	79	66.95%
NIT Jamshedpur	_	550,000	_	107	93.04%
NIT Meghalaya	1,200,000	_	703,000	6	40.74%
NIT Mizoram	1,300,000	_	715,000	10	63%
NIT Patna	3,400,000	400,000	1,130,000	138	65.09%
NIT Puducherry	_	500,000	1,016,000	37	69.80%
NIT Raipur	6,200,000	540,000	1,461,000	79	75.96%
NIT Sikkim	1,786,000	_	1,376,000	24	_
NIT Silchar	_	650,000	1,914,000	106	63.10%
NIT Trichy	5,289,000	700,000	2,727,000	_	95.60%
NIT Uttarakhand	_	500,000	_	11	61.11%

Top Engineering Colleges with CSE Salary Packages 2021-22

IIT BHU reported the maximum annual salary for BTech CSE programme during the year 2021-22. Its students were offered as high as Rs 91.18 LPA for domestic placements. Go through the table for more information on the BTech Computer Science and Engineering salary packages at best colleges in India.

CSE Salary Package at Top Engineering Colleges in India

Institute Name	Maximum Annual Salary in lakhs	Minimum Annual Salary in lakhs	Average Annual Salary in lakhs	Placement Offer Accepted by Students
IIT BHU	91.18	15.57	35.17	67
NIT Rourkela	83.6	3.6	26.2	107
IIT Patna	61.00	7.00	33.53	66
IIT Dhanbad	55.75	5.40	26.98	113
NIT Raipur	55	6	15.86	_
IIT Jodhpur	53	9.5	26	62
IIT Jammu	52.00	12.00	23.19	36
IIT Dharwad	52	14	21.3	_
IIT Bhilai	48.64	11.50	19.89	40
NIT H	48.00	6.50	15.48	91
IIT Goa	48	10	21.59	_
VNIT Nagpur	34.25	5	16.04	129
NIT Meghalaya	32	5.5	14.23	22
IIT Palakkad	30.1	9	22.12	42
NIT Puducherry	20.24	7.5	13.25	55
NIT Sikkim	14.5	_	10.24	45

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Computer Science And Engineering: Jobs Data

How well do Computer Science Engineering students do across colleges? Careers360 analysed the placement performance of one batch of BTech CSE students who graduated from the top engineering colleges, as ranked by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024. Data obtained through an RTI application shows that CSE departments across institutions routinely posted the highest – or close to the highest – placement rates in the 2023-24 placement season. The highest of 98 per cent of the registered CSE students secured a job at IIT Jodhpur. With 51.67% per cent, the lowest placement percentage was of IIT Bhilai.

Three top IITs - Delhi, Kanpur and Kharagpur did not share any information about the total students enrolled and so have been omitted from the list of analysis in the graph below. It is based on 2020-21 placement data.

Placement Performance Of CSE Branch

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BTech CSE Placement Rates

Just like the electrical department of top engineering colleges across India, the CSE department too had a placement better than the overall placement of each institute.

IIT Madras is the top engineering college as ranked in NIRF 2021, yet its CSE placement percentage was one of the lowest. The only ones to place all registered students were IIT Ropar and two NITs [Surathkal and Calicut].

BTech CSE Placement 2020-21 (In %)

Institution	Overall Average Placement Rate	CSE Placement Rate
IIT Gandhinagar	69	75
IIT Hyderabad	69	95.83
IIT Madras	73	81.25
IIT Patna	68	95
IIT Ropar	82	100
IIT ISM Dhanbad	68	88.08
IIT Roorkee	74	93.06
IIT Guwahati	78	93.98
IIT Kharagpur	86	98.18
IIT Delhi	86	94.87
IIT Kanpur	81.22	95.24
NIT Rourkela	89	98.82
NIT Surathkal	92	100
NIT Calicut	87.3	100
Jadavpur University	75	95

Out of the 44 students enrolled at IIT Madras, CSE department, 32 students sat for the placement programme in 2020-21 and only 26 CSE students were offered placements.

As per the data shared via the RTI application, IIT ISM Dhanbad had three students more registered for placement than the total enrolled students. This could be due to lateral entry however, there was no clarity in the RTI so, we have used the information as it was provided.

BTech In CSE Placement In Numbers

Institution	Students enrolled	Students Registered	Students Placed	Placement Rate / Registered (In %)	Placement Rate / Enrolled (In %)
IIT Gandhinagar	33	28	21	75	63.64
IIT Hyderabad	50	48	46	95.83	92
IIT Madras	44	32	26	81.25	59.09
IIT Patna	61	60	57	95	93.44
IIT Ropar	61	62	62	100	101.64
IIT ISM Dhanbad	148	151	133	88.08	89.86
IIT Roorkee	76	72	67	93.06	88.16
IIT Guwahati	87	83	78	93.98	89.66
NIT Rourkela	98	85	84	98.82	85.71
NIT Surathkal	98	98	98	100.00	100
NIT Calicut	145	124	124	100	85.52
Jadavpur University	63	60	57	95	90.48
IIT Kharagpur	-	55	54	98.18	-
IIT Delhi	-	78	74	94.87	-
IIT Kanpur	-	84	80	95.24	-

Computer, Software Engineering: Average Salary

The CSE branch commanded some of the highest salaries and was instrumental in raising the average salary for each of the institutions.

The present analysis does not include salary details from IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur and IIT Roorkee as their RTI responses did not include this data.

CSE departments at some colleges show more than 100 per cent better salary packages than the overall salary package.

Computer Science Engineering Salaries (In Lakh Per Annum)

Branch wise Average Salary	Overall Average Salary	Average salary- CSE	Variance (In %)
IIT Gandhinagar	10.5	16.64	58.5
IIT Hyderabad	19.98	24.99	25.1
IIT Madras	17	32.06	88.6
IIT Patna	13	24.24	86.5
IIT Ropar	12	18.85	57.1
IIT ISM Dhanbad	12	24.47	103.9
IIT Guwahati	19.35	29.17	50.7
IIT BHU	17.64	30.08	70.5
IIT Kanpur	20.19	33.88	67.8
NIT Rourkela	7.7	15.18	97.1
NIT Surathkal	11.67	16.44	40.9
NIT Calicut	8.51	17.14	101.4
Jadavpur University	8.3	19.2	131.3

CSE: Maximum, Minimum Salary

IIT Madras had a low placement percentage compared to other colleges but topped the salary chart for the highest maximum salary, as well as the highest minimum salary offered to students. The state-run Jadavpur University clocked the third highest salary offered.

CSE: Annual Maximum, Minimum Salary (In Rs Lakh)

Institute	Maximum Salary	Minimum Salary
IIT Madras	64.27	11
IIT BHU	64.27	9
IIT Guwahati	64	7
IIT Patna	54.57	6.5
Jadavpur University	52	3.6
IIT ISM Dhanbad	45.03	6.3
IIT Hyderabad	45.03	8.93
NIT Rourkela	45	3.7
NIT Calicut	43.31	4
NIT Surathkal	43	7