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    Top Engineering Colleges in India With Median Salary

    Top Engineering Colleges in India With Median Salary

    K Guna SahitiUpdated on 28 May 2026, 12:27 PM IST

    Top Engineering Colleges in India With Median Salary- Every year, the Ministry of Education (MoE) releases the NIRF rankings for India’s top colleges based on various parameters, including placement performance. According to the 2025 NIRF rankings, IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, and IIT Kharagpur secured the top five positions among engineering colleges in India. These institutes are also known for offering some of the best placement opportunities in the country. However, due to the global economic slowdown, many leading institutions in India witnessed a decline in median salary packages in 2026. In 2026, the median salary offered at top engineering colleges ranged from Rs 34.40 lakh per annum to Rs 4 lakh per annum. This page provides details of the best engineering institutions based on their salary packages and NIRF rankings. The median salary figures mentioned here are based on the placement statistics of the top 40 engineering colleges in India for 2026.

    Top Engineering Colleges in India With Median Salary
    Top Engineering Colleges in India With Median Salary

    Top 40 Engineering Colleges in India With the Highest Median Salary

    Explore the top 40 engineering colleges in India ranked by highest median salary packages, featuring premier institutes known for exceptional placements, industry connections, and strong career opportunities for graduates. As per the latest update, the IIIT Hyderabad has the highest median salary among all the top 40 engineering colleges in India. Refer to the table given below to check the name of engineering colleges in India with given the median salary during the 2026-27 placement offer.

    Median Salary Offered at Top Engineering College

    CollegesMedian Salary
    International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad34,40,000
    Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad26,00,000
    Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi25,20,800
    Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior24,70,000
    Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur21,70,000
    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur20,74,000
    Indian Institute of Technology Bombay20,20,860
    Indian Institute of Technology Delhi20,00,000
    Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani20,00,000
    Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad19,15,000
    National Institute of Technology Rourkela18,37,500
    PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing Jabalpur18,25,000
    Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee18,00,000
    Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University Varanasi18,00,000
    Indian Institute of Technology Indore18,00,000
    Indian Institute of Technology Ropar18,00,000
    Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi18,00,000
    Indian Institute of Technology Madras17,78,000
    Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati17,00,000
    Indian Institute of Technology Mandi17,00,000
    Netaji Subhas University of Technology, New Delhi17,00,000
    National Institute of Technology Nagaland16,75,000
    Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar15,28,300
    Indian Institute of Technology Indian School of Mines Dhanbad15,00,000
    Delhi Technological University, Delhi15,00,000
    Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati15,00,000
    National Institute of Technology Warangal14,60,000
    National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli14,01,000
    National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal14,00,000
    Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar14,00,000
    Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur13,75,000
    Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal13,70,000
    Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur13,65,000
    Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar13,30,000
    Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad13,25,000
    PES University, Bangalore13,05,000
    University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad12,85,000
    Indian Institute of Technology Goa12,67,000
    Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad Prayagraj12,60,000
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    Previous Year's Top 20 Engineering Colleges in India With Highest Median Salary

    IIIT Hyderabad tops the list of colleges with the highest median salary. Along with BITS Pilani, these two are the best private colleges for engineering based on the median salary offered. Out of top 20 engineering colleges based on median salary, 18 are public institutions (comprising 14 IITs, 2 IIITs, one NIT and one state govt. college) and 2 are private institutes. Check the table given below to know the names of top colleges in India for engineering as per the recorded median salary package during the 2022-23 placement drive and their placement percentage.

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    Median Salary Offered at Top Engineering Colleges

    NIRF 2024 Rank

    College Name

    Median Salary 2022-23

    Placement %

    47

    IIIT Hyderabad

    30,30,000

    100%

    87

    IIIT Allahabad

    30,00,000

    99%

    5

    IIT Kharagpur

    24,00,000

    85%

    4

    IIT Kanpur

    23,00,000

    92%

    31

    IIT Mandi

    22,00,000

    100%

    7

    IIT Guwahati (IITG)

    21,60,000

    99%

    16

    IIT Indore

    21,20,000

    88%

    8

    IIT Hyderabad

    21,00,000

    97%

    2

    IIT Delhi

    20,00,000

    86%

    10

    IIT BHU

    20,00,000

    100%

    22

    IIT Ropar (IIT-RPR)

    20,00,000

    92%

    6

    IIT Roorkee

    19,69,000

    100%

    3

    IIT Bombay

    19,63,000

    100%

    20

    BITS Pilani

    19,00,000

    98%

    85

    IIIT Delhi

    18,50,000

    99%

    34

    IIT Patna

    17,00,000

    99%

    57

    NSUT Delhi

    17,00,000

    92%

    60

    MNNIT Allahabad

    17,00,000

    89%

    1

    IIT Madras

    16,63,440

    91%

    18

    IIT Gandhinagar

    16,00,000

    76%

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    Top 20 Private Engineering Colleges in India With Highest Median Salary

    Given below is the list of the top 20 private colleges in India with a focus on Median Salary. Based on the 2022-23 placement data, IIT Hyderabad ranks as the best college with a consistent placement performance in terms of salary packages offered. BITS Pilani and Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology are other best private engineering colleges in India that offer the highest median salary.

    Median Salary Offered at Top Private Engineering Colleges

    NIRF 2024 Rank

    College Name

    Median Salary 2022-23

    Placement %

    47

    International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad

    30,30,000

    100%

    20

    Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

    19,00,000

    98%

    29

    Thapar University

    11,89,000

    95%

    48

    BIT Mesra

    10,57,982

    76%

    99

    RVCE Bangalore

    10,00,000

    83%

    78

    Banasthali Vidyapith

    9,05,000

    99%

    11

    VIT Vellore

    9,00,000

    82%

    56

    MIT Manipal

    8,88,250

    82%

    35

    KL University Guntur

    8,05,500

    95%

    75

    MSRIT Bangalore

    8,00,000

    88%

    100

    SIT Tumkur

    8,00,000

    100%

    32

    Chandigarh University

    8,00,000

    100%

    46

    SSN College of Engineering

    8,00,000

    93%

    38

    SASTRA University Thanjavur

    7,60,000

    96%

    37

    KIIT University

    7,50,000

    75%

    23

    Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

    7,24,000

    100%

    67

    PSG Tech Coimbatore

    7,00,000

    79%

    91

    Vignan's Foundation for Science Technology and Research

    6,82,000

    85%

    36

    Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education

    6,75,000

    99%

    42

    UPES Dehradun

    6,50,000

    99%

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    What is the MS Score in the NIRF Ranking?

    MS score plays an important role in deriving the NIRF rank. Median Salary (MS) is one of the parameters of Graduation Outcomes under the NIRF Ranking parameters. MS, as part of GO, has 20% weightage in overall score. Maximum marks possible under MS parameter is 25. These marks are provided mainly based on the median salary recorded by the institute in the past three years. In NIRF 2024 Ranking, IIIT Hyderabad has obtained the highest score of 25 out of 25 marks under this parameter, followed by IIIT Allahabad and IIT Kanpur with scores of 23.63 and 21.84 marks respectively.

    Weightage of Median Salary (MS) Parameter

    Parent Category

    Graduation Outcomes (GO)

    Other subcategories of GO

    • Placement & Higher Studies

    • University Examinations

    • Ph.D Students

    Wightage Within GO

    25 marks

    Overall percentage weightage of MS

    20%

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    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: Which engineering college is the best based on the Median salary offered?
    A:

    IIIT Hyderabad has shown a consistent performance with regard to the median salary offered. Rs 30.30 Lakhs is the IIIT Hyderabad median salary package.

    Q: What is the meaning of the median salary in Engineering colleges?
    A:

    The median salary is that value which divides the placement demographics into two halves. Half of the graduates have earned more than the median salary and the rest have been offered less than that. It is a good indicator that acts as a benchmark for placement performance.

    Q: What is the weightage of the MS score within the NIRF ranking 2024?
    A:

    The median salary parameter contributes 20% to the overall NIRF 2024 score. 

    Q: What is the median salary package offered at IIT Madras?
    A:

    The median salary package that was offered at IIT Madras is Rs. 16.63 LPA in 2023.

    Q: What is the lowest median salary offered in the top 100 engineering colleges in India as per the NIRF ranking 2024?
    A:

    Rs 4.00 LPA is the lowest amount of the median salary offered.

    Q: When will the NIRF ranking 2025 be released?
    A:

    Ministry of Education is expected to release the NIRF ranking 2025 in the month of August. 

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