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    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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