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    9 States With Maximum Engineering Colleges and Their Placement Analysis

    Atul AdeUpdated on 19 Dec 2023, 03:47 PM IST

    In India, engineering is a very popular and competitive stream of study. Right from the extremely demanding JEE Coaching, to campus placements post completion of their BTech or BE degree, the whole duration of entrance exam, admissions and seat allotment and then the job is all very complex and competitive.

    9 States With Maximum Engineering Colleges and Their Placement Analysis
    Top 10 Engineering Colleges From Six States Of India Students Opting For Higher Studies (Source: Shutterstock)

    However, if you have set your eye on the prize and are motivated to get the best qualification and score a good job opportunity, you must know which is the best college for your engineering qualification. For this very reason, Careers360 undertakes various studies to deconstruct the complex and vast data and present it in a simplified informative article.

    In this article, Careers360 has analysed and discussed nine states which NIRF ranked as having the maximum number of engineering colleges. These states also feature as having the highest number of “ranked” colleges. Let us try to understand how each of these nine states fared in terms of graduates who accepted placements and those who went for further studies.

    NIRF, which conducts annual ranking for educational institutions across India, in 2023 ranked a total of 100 engineering institutes.

    Out of these 100, 15 engineering colleges, the highest number are from Tamil Nadu (TN), Karnataka, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh has seven colleges each, next in line are Punjab and Telangana with six colleges each and finally with five colleges each in Maharashtra, Odisha and Rajasthan. Other than these the remaining 36 colleges from 27 states are not considered in this study as our article is focused on top states with the highest number of colleges ranked in NIRF 2023.

    The table below gives you a clear idea on the nine states, the number of students graduating, placed and those who chose higher studies in 2021-22.

    State

    Graduated

    Placed

    Higher Studies

    Tamil Nadu

    96.3

    78.22

    9.47

    Delhi

    93.59

    87.24

    11.37

    Karnataka

    97.85

    71.83

    9.77

    Uttar Pradesh

    95.50

    85.05

    12.15

    Punjab

    97.82

    68.83

    13.65

    Telangana

    91.28

    68.71

    19.03

    Maharashtra

    86.01

    85.68

    12.83

    Odisha

    100.97

    67.35

    4.6

    Rajasthan

    98.56

    88.3

    5.91

    Tamil Nadu Top 10 Engineering Colleges

    TN has the highest engineering institutes with the 78.22 per cent of campus placement percentage among all these nine states. Around 96.33 per cent of the students graduated from Tamil Nadu, out of them 9.47 per cent of the students went for higher education. Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar of Engineering had the highest placement percentage (94.02) and IIT Madras had the highest percentage of students opting for higher studies (20.103). Anna University saw the lowest placement percentage (63.39).

    Students placed and Students Chose Higher Study (In %)

    Institute Names

    Placed students

    Higher Study

    Indian Institute of Technology Madras

    76.55

    20.103

    National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

    74.57

    15.376

    Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore

    67.98

    15.493

    Anna University, Chennai

    63.39

    5.393

    Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore

    78.77

    12.245

    S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai

    93.92

    2.840

    Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy,Thanjavur

    88.41

    5.825

    Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Srivilliputtur

    94.02

    4.508

    Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam

    83.56

    9.049

    PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore

    74.44

    9.164

    Also read: Top Colleges In Tamil Nadu Placed 26.4% Graduates; Many Chose Higher Studies say NIRF Report

    Karnataka Top Engineering Colleges

    Karnataka has the second highest number of colleges with Delhi and UP listed in the NIRF 2023. Here, around 9.77 per cent of the graduates chose higher studies instead of campus placements. More than 77 per cent of the students were successfully placed. Third generation IIT, IIT-Dharwad reported a fairly good placement season (79.82), second to NIT Surathkal which had 87.69 per cent of their students placed.

    Students placed and Students Chose Higher Study (In %)

    Institute Names

    Placed Students

    Higher studies

    National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal

    87.69

    3.82

    Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal

    58.01

    12.19

    M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore

    79.80

    12.46

    Indian Institute Of Technology Dharwad

    79.82

    7.89

    R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore

    74.48

    7.53

    Uttar Pradesh Top Engineering Institutes

    Uttar Pradesh has more than 95 per cent of graduates. While the overall placement and higher studies percentage are about average among the states, individually two engineering colleges from the UP showed the best percentage of students opting for higher studies. The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and Aligarh Muslim University. Telangana had the highest percentage of students going for further education among all the states.

    Students placed and Students Chose Higher Study (In %)

    Institute Name

    Placed Students

    Higher studies

    Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

    78.61

    20.89

    Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi

    95.53

    4.09

    Amity University, Gautam Budh Nagar

    82.57

    11.91

    Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

    79.74

    20.26

    Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Prayagraj

    86.39

    8.77

    Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Amethi

    73.15

    26.85

    Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj

    94.91

    5.09

    Also Read | IITs Across India See A Steady Increase Of Women Students In 2021

    Delhi Top Engineering Institutes

    Out of the 93.59 percent of graduates, around 11.37 per cent of the students went for higher study. While 87.24 per cent of the students accepted the campus placement offers with the average median salary of Rs.14.11 lakh per annum.

    Percentage of students placed and those who chose higher study

    Institute Names

    Placed Students

    Higher Study

    Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

    90.66

    9.34

    Jamia Millia Islamia,New Delhi

    75.21

    22.84

    Delhi Technological University, New Delhi

    88.22

    11.78

    National Institute of Technology Delhi

    87.12

    9.20

    Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), South West

    92.19

    7.81

    Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi

    95.77

    3.66

    Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi

    59.78

    21.01

    Punjab Top Engineering Institutes

    Around 97.82 per cent of the students graduated from all the engineering colleges of Punjab, out of which 13.65 per cent of the students went for higher studies. Over 68 per cent students got the placement offer with the average median salary of Rs.9.7 lakh per annum.

    Percentage of students placed and those who chose higher study

    Institute Names

    Placed Students

    Higher studies

    Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed-to-be-university), Patiala

    84.04

    10.46

    Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

    84.50

    2.58

    Chandigarh University, Mohali

    51.62

    22.53

    Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar

    83.99

    12.54

    Lovely Professional University, Phagwara

    68.73

    11.06

    Chitkara University, Rajpura

    79.68

    6.03

    Telangana Top Engineering Institutes

    Telangana has the highest percentage of graduates going for higher education which is 19.03 per cent with the highest average median salary of Rs. 15.311 lakh per annum among all the nine states in the academic year 2021-22.

    Percentage of students placed and those who chose higher study

    Institute Names

    Placed Students

    Higher studies

    Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

    88.43

    7.84

    National Institute of Technology Warangal

    73.53

    7.13

    International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad

    90.97

    7.10

    Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad

    51.22

    36.78

    SR University, Warangal

    80.36

    10.55

    Maharashtra Top Engineering Colleges

    Maharashtra has the lowest per cent of graduates among all the nine states which is only 86.01 per cent. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai had the highest percentage of students opting for higher studies among all the top colleges of Maharashtra.

    Percentage of students placed and those who chose higher study

    Institute Names

    Placed Students

    Higher studies

    Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

    87.69

    12.31

    Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

    51.20

    33.49

    Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

    99.55

    0.45

    College of Engineering, Pune

    80.81

    18.91

    Odisha Top Engineering Colleges

    Odisha had 100.97 per cent of graduates among all the nine states where some students from the previous batch completed their degree in 2021-22 that’s why the graduation per cent is showing more than 100 per cent.

    But the state also was the lowest in terms placement- it has the lowest placement percentage and median salary among all the states, also it remained last in terms of students who went for higher education.

    Students placed and those Chose Higher Study (In %)

    Institute Names

    Placed Students

    Higher studies

    National Institute of Technology Rourkela

    89.89

    2.11

    Siksha `O` Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar

    88.11

    6.45

    Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar

    46.21

    P

    Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar

    92.91

    5.91

    C.V. Raman Global University, Bhubaneswar

    93.35

    6.65

    Rajasthan Top Engineering Colleges: Higher Studies

    Around 98.56 per cent of students graduate from the engineering colleges of Rajasthan, out of them 98.56 per cent of students got successfully placed-88.3 per cent which is highest among all the states. Only 5.91 per cent of graduates choose higher study.

    Students placed and Students Chose Higher Study (In %)

    Institute Names

    Placed Students

    Higher studies

    Birla Institute of Technology & Science -Pilani

    89.43

    3.22

    Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur

    79.23

    20.77

    Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

    83.82

    1.22

    Banasthali Vidyapith, Banasthali

    88.98

    8.32

    Manipal University Jaipur

    89.26

    10.57

    As we can see there is disparity in how each state performed based on individual college records. Careers360 undertakes such in depth studies often, keep reading for such analysis and informative articles.

    Also Read | Placement Report Analysis Of Top Engineering Colleges In Telangana, 68.71% BTech Graduates Placed

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