Placements: What Is The Scope of Electrical Engineering Degree?

Placements: What Is The Scope of Electrical Engineering Degree?

Nidhi AgarwalUpdated on 09 Sep 2024, 12:38 PM IST

Careers360 has compiled the placement data 2023-24 in this article, for top IIT and NIT colleges in India with the help of RTI information. Rs 90.00 LPA has been offered to BTech EE graduates at IIT BHU, making it the top college in India based on placement 2023-24. Among NITs, MNIT Jaipur has performed the best in terms of the highest salary package, amounting to Rs 47.00 LPA. IIT Goa, IIT Jodhpur and NIT Jamshedpur have recorded 90% and above placement percentage. Check this page to learn more about the highest, lowest and average salary packages at top NIT and IIT colleges in India.

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Placements: What Is The Scope of Electrical Engineering Degree?
The Scope of Electrical Engineering Degree Placement Performance (Source: Shutterstock)

Top IIT Colleges with B.Tech Electrical Engineering Salary Packages 2023-24

Out of the total enrolled Electrical Engineering (EE) students, who registered for placement in 2023-24 from some of the top engineering institutes of India, about 80 per cent of them landed a job. The average annual salary offered was in seven figures. This information is based on the placement data of top technical institutions (ranked by NIRF 2024) in the country which offer electrical engineering specialisations. Careers360 obtained the data via RTIs. Considering the rising power requirements and modulation, the demand for Electrical Engineers (EE) is sure to continue for a long time. Where data was unavailable or unclear, the institute was left out of the analysis.

BTech EE Salary Packages at Top IIT Colleges

Institute Name

Maximum Annual Salary

Minimum Annual Salary

Average Annual Salary

Placement offers accepted by students

Students placed (in percentage)

IIT BHU

9,000,000

625,000

2,747,119

120

81.63%

IIT Bhilai

1,810,000

700,000

_

9

18%

IIT Bhubaneswar

6,400,000

500,000

1,940,000

51

82.20%

IIT Dharwad

3,600,000

780,000

1,600,000

11

19.04%

IIT Gandhinagar

_

_

2,354,000

15

34.88%

IIT Goa

3,642,000

600,000

1,579,000

24

92%

IIT Hyderabad

5,103,000

5,103,000

_

47

78.33%

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

5,103,000

600,000

1,758,000

80

58.82%

IIT Jammu

1,200,000

500,000


11

30.56%

IIT Jodhpur

5,100,000

850,000

2,200,000

71

95.94%

IIT Palakkad

3,672,000

600,000

_

22

40.43%

IIT Patna

1,800,000

450,000

760,000

61

64.89%

IIT Ropar

_

_

_

49

74.24%

IIT Tirupati

3,642,000

870,000

1,665,000

18

32.14%

Top NIT Colleges with B.Tech Electrical Engineering 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

1,980,000

550,000

1,056,000

42

85.71%

MNIT Jaipur

4,700,000

500,000

1,013,000

_

67.57%

NIT Durgapur

3,642,000

500,000

1,070,000

75

75%

NIT Hamirpur

1,800,000

450,000

774,000

76

76.77%

NIT Jamshedpur

4,400,000

500,000

1,087,000

101

91.82%

NIT Kurukshetra

3,642,000

500,000

1,191,000

58

38.41%

NIT Meghalaya

650,000

360,000

556,000

9

54.54%

NIT Mizoram

1,450,000

_

768,000

12

92%

NIT Patna

1,800,000

450,000

760,000

61

64.89%

NIT Raipur

5,500,000

360,000

1,009,000

67

62%

NIT Sikkim

4,400,000

_

1,087,000

18

_

NIT Silchar

1,087,000

500,000

1,184,000

70

46.98%

Top Engineering Colleges with B.Tech Electrical Engineering Salary Packages 2021-22

Check the table below for the maximum salary packages offered for BTech Electrical Engineering students at top Engineering colleges in India. The placement report 2021-22 shows that IIT Patna, IIT Goa and NIT Rourkela have recorded the highest CTC for BTech EE course.

BTech EE Salary Packages at Top Engineering Colleges

Institute Name

Maximum Annual Salary in lakhs

Minimum Annual Salary in lakhs

Average Annual Salary in lakhs

Placement Offer Accepted by Students

IIT Patna

61.00

4.75

29.76

66

IIT Goa

59

6

15.65

_

NIT Rourkela

52.89

3.6

14.82

84

IIT Jammu

52.00

9.00

18.65

23

IIT BHU

51.03

8.50

31.71

88

IIT Dhanbad

51.03

8.00

20.31

79

IIT Jodhpur

51

8.5

21

45

NIT Raipur

44.15

4.75

10.7

_

IIT Dharwad

35

6.5

13.94

30

VNIT Nagpur

32.85

3.37

11.16

112

IIT Palakkad

32

8

16.6

21

IIT Bhilai

28.10

8.50

14.95

39

NIT H

15.00

3.63

8.87

75

NIT Meghalaya

15

5.5

9.3

23

Electrical Engineering: Jobs Data

Among the top colleges that shared complete data for the analysis, the placement percentage for EE ranged from 50 to 95 per cent. The highest placement took place at the IIT Jodhpur. The overall placement percentage was 76.7 per cent out of the total registered for placement from EE branch. The EE branch performed better than most other branches of engineering in terms of placement as well as salary. Out of the total 662 enrolled EE students, 61 students did not register for the placement programme while 201 were not placed as per the 2020-21 data.

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Electrical Engineering Placement Rate

Nearly all the colleges included in the analysis reported an average placement rate of over 68 per cent. The EE branch of these colleges, except a few, showed a better placement percentage than the overall placement percentage of the college.

IIT Patna’s EE branch was the only department which showed a seven per cent point lower placement than the overall placement. While Jadavpur University’s EE branch showed a 14 per cent point higher placement.

BTech Placement: Electrical Engineering 2020-21 (In %)

Institution

Average Placement Rate (%)

Electrical Engineering Placement Rate (%)

IIT Gandhinagar

69

69

IIT Hyderabad

69

78

IIT Madras

73

74

IIT Patna

68

61

IIT Ropar

82

81

NIT Rourkela

89

88

IIT ISM Dhanbad

68

66

Jadavpur University

75

89

IIT Roorkee

74

76

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IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur and IIT Kharagpur had the best placement percentage out of the total students who sat for the placement programme. But the information shared by these colleges was not complete. They did not provide the total enrolled data and so it was not added in the analysis. But rest of the information from these colleges is mentioned in the table below.

BTech In EE Placement In Numbers

Institution

Enrolled

Registered

Placed

Placement Rate / Registered (In %)

Placement Rate / Enrolled (In %)

IIT Gandhinagar

33

29

20

69.0

60.6

IIT Hyderabad

51

49

38

77.6

74.5

IIT Madras

54

39

29

74.4

53.7

IIT Patna

59

57

35

61.4

59.3

IIT Ropar

60

52

42

80.8

70.0

NIT Rourkela

84

74

65

87.8

77.4

IIT ISM Dhanbad

92

94

62

66.0

67.4

Jadavpur University

109

93

83

89.2

76.1

IIT Roorkee

120

114

87

76.3

72.5

IIT Delhi

-

65

61

93.8

-

IIT Kanpur

-

92

82

89.1

-

IIT Kharagpur

-

64

64

100.0

-

Electrical Engineering Jobs: Average Salary

All the listed institute's EE departments were able to get the students a salary package way higher than the overall average salary package of the institute. Simply implying that graduates of EE get a better salary package than most other branches of engineering.

Electrical Engineering Salaries (In Lakh Per Annum)

Institution

Average Salary

Average salary- Electrical Engineering

Variance

IIT Hyderabad

19.98

21.92

9.7

IIT BHU

17.64

24.24

37.4

IIT Kanpur

20.19

27.34

35.4

IIT Madras

17

18.49

8.8

IIT Ropar

12

12.85

7.1

IIT ISM Dhanbad

12

13.34

11.2

IIT Gandhinagar

10.5

13.54

29

IIT Patna

13

14.56

12

NIT Rourkela

7.7

9.43

22.5

Jadavpur University

8.3

9

8.4

There was a vast difference in the salary packages received by students. Data shows that it was as low as nine lakhs at Jadavpur University and as high as 27 lakhs per annum at IIT Kanpur.

If only the IITs are compared, the difference in salary was almost 14.5 lakhs. The highest being from IIT Kanpur and the lowest was from IIT Ropar.

The salary information shared above is the average salary, which means the actual salary received by the students could be higher and in almost half of the cases lower too.

Electrical Engineering: Maximum, Minimum Salary

Few IITs, like Delhi, Kharagpur and Roorkee, did not share their salary details in the RTI responses. While few IITs choose not to disclose details on salary other than the averages as a matter of policy. Among the ones that did disclose, four IITs had the top maximum salary and the lowest minimum in the list was offered at NIT Rourkela.

BTech EE Placement: Maximum, Minimum Annual Salary

Institution

Maximum Salary (In Rs Lakh)

Minimum Salary (In Rs Lakh)

IIT Madras

45.03

6

IIT ISM Dhanbad

45.03

4

IIT BHU

45.03

7.2

IIT Hyderabad

45.03

6

Jadavpur University

43

3.6

NIT Rourkela

33

3

IIT Patna

32

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