CSAB 2026 Colleges That Accept Rank Below 55K: Have a rank under 55k but didn’t get any good college through JOSAA? Then, CSAB counseling is another option to get a seat in a preferred college and course. However, the seats are limited. To help students in making an informed decision, here we have listed the last year’s CSAB cut off ranks which shows the probability of landing a preferred seat. The list includes the Home State Rank and All India rank for better clarity. Moreover, candidates with a good home state rank have high chances to get the seat.
NIT Rourkela is one of the older NITs where chances of getting Metallurgical & Materials, Ceramic Engineering, and Mining Engineering is high. Another college to get under 55K JEE Main rank is Sardar Vallabhbhai NIT Surat, where Civil and Industrial Chemistry remain open in CSAB counselling.
These are closing ranks of General category candidates, not guarantees. Closing ranks shift every counselling round. Treat this list as a shortlist to track on JoSAA, not a final answer.
College Name | T4 Name | Category | OPEN |
B.Tech ECE | OHS | 45167 | |
B.Tech CSE | OHS | 45298 | |
B.Tech EEE | OHS | 45409 | |
NIT Jamshedpur | B.Tech Civil Engg | OHS | 45599 |
IIIT, Una | B.Tech CSE with Data Science | AI | 45713 |
NIT Rourkela | B.Tech M.Tech Metallurgical and Materials Engg | OHS | 45798 |
Visvesvaraya NIT Nagpur | B.Tech Metallurgical and Materials Engg | OHS | 45961 |
NIT Patna | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 46025 |
Dr B R Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar | B.Tech Chemical Engg | OHS | 46097 |
NIT Durgapur | B.Tech and M.Tech Chemical Engg | OHS | 46182 |
NIT Agartala | B.Tech Electronics and Instrumentation Engg | OHS | 46429 |
IIIT, Bhopal | B.Tech Mathematics and Computing | AI | 46529 |
Sardar Vallabhbhai NIT Surat | B.Tech Civil Engg | OHS | 46622 |
IIIT, Una | B.Tech CSE with Cyber Security | AI | 47183 |
NIT Hamirpur | B.Tech Engg Physics | OHS | 47184 |
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra | BE EEE | AI | 47243 |
NIT Rourkela | B.Tech Ceramic Engg M.Tech Industrial Ceramics | OHS | 47742 |
IIIT, Kota | B.Tech ECE | AI | 48011 |
Maulana Azad NIT Bhopal | B.Tech Civil Engg | OHS | 48022 |
NIT Hamirpur | B.Tech Chemical Engg | OHS | 48241 |
IIIT Kalyani | B.Tech CSE Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | AI | 48636 |
Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science, Indore | BE Information Technology | AI | 48894 |
Motilal Nehru NIT Allahabad | B.Tech Biotechnology Engg | OHS | 48979 |
IIEST Shibpur | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 49048 |
NIT Sikkim | B.Tech ECE | OHS | 49155 |
IIIT, Sonipat | B.Tech CSE with Data Science and Analytics | AI | 49257 |
NIT Raipur | B.Tech Chemical Engg | OHS | 49453 |
IIIT, Bhopal | B.Tech CSE with Cyber Physical System | AI | 49482 |
NIT Durgapur | B.Tech Civil Engg | OHS | 49717 |
NIT Patna | B.Tech and M.Tech in Chemical Technology Dual Degree | OHS | 49719 |
IIIT, Kottayam | B.Tech CSE | AI | 50277 |
Dr B R Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar | B.Tech Civil Engg | OHS | 51229 |
NIT Rourkela | B.Tech M.Tech Mining Engg | OHS | 51378 |
IIIT, Bhopal | B.Tech Information Technology | AI | 51775 |
Maulana Azad NIT Bhopal | B.Tech Material Science and Metallurgical Engg | OHS | 52088 |
Dr B R Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar | B.Tech Industrial and Production Engg | OHS | 52305 |
Visvesvaraya NIT Nagpur | B.Tech Mining Engg | OHS | 52313 |
IIIT, Sonipat | B.Tech Information Technology | AI | 52399 |
NIT Jamshedpur | B.Tech Metallurgical and Material Engg | OHS | 52504 |
NIT Puducherry Karaikal | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 52559 |
NIT Jamshedpur | B.Tech Production and Industrial Engg | OHS | 52599 |
NIT Meghalaya | B.Tech EEE | OHS | 52822 |
NIT Srinagar | B.Tech Elecrical Engg | OHS | 52830 |
IIIT, Nagpur | B.Tech ECE Internet of Things | AI | 53384 |
Sardar Vallabhbhai NIT Surat | B.Tech Industrial Chemistry | OHS | 53700 |
NIT Uttarakhand | B.Tech Mechanical Engg | OHS | 54056 |
NIT Hamirpur | B.Tech Civil Engg | OHS | 54222 |
NIT Patna | B.Tech M.Tech Mechanical Engg with Specialization in Manufacturing and Industrial Engg | OHS | 54983 |
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi | B.Tech ECE | AI | 55021 |
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JEE Main Ranks move year to year. A branch that closed at 46,000 last cycle might close at 43,000 or 49,000 in 2026, depending on how many people apply and how choices get filled. Hence, use this as a direction.
Home state changes everything for NITs. If you're eyeing an OHS rank at an NIT outside your home state, that number won't apply to you—check the AI rank for that same seat instead.
A core branch at a strong NIT is not a downgrade. If anything, in a market where everyone's chasing the same handful of CS seats, a well-chosen core branch at an institute like NIT Rourkela, Surat, or Jalandhar is quietly one of the less crowded, more differentiated paths into a good career.
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