Best Colleges in India Accepting JEE Main

Candidates looking for the best Engineering Colleges in India accepting JEE Main can go through this article. There are more than 15,000+ Engineering colleges in India that accept JEE Main exam scores. Among these colleges, 195+ colleges are government institutions, and 1,200+ colleges are privately owned. Most of these colleges accept valid JEE Main scores to provide admission to undergraduate engineering programmes. NIT Trichy, SRM Chennai, NIT Surathkal, Thapar University, and more are few of the top engineering colleges as per the NIRF 2025 rankings. Fees vary from college to college. Generally, the fee range for engineering colleges in India accepting JEE Main is ₹20,000 to ₹8,00,000. Government colleges tend to cost less compared to private colleges. Engineering is a branch of science and technology that is concerned with building, designing, and using machines and structures. Engineering is divided into diploma, UG and PG programmes.

Engineering Colleges in India

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Best Colleges in India Accepting JEE Main - Highlights

Number of colleges in India accepting JEE Main	Total- 1549 Private- 1354 Government- 195
Best colleges in India accepting JEE Main	NIT Trichy, SRM University, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education etc.
Range of tuition fee	₹20 K to ₹8 Lakhs
Top specializations	Electrical, Computer Science, Electronics and Communication, Information Technology, Civil, Mechanical etc.

Best Engineering College accepting JEE Main in India (NIRF Ranking)

As per NIRF, the best engineering colleges on the list are NIT Trichy, SRM University and NIT Surathkal with NIRF ranks 9, 14 and 17, respectively. Here is a list of the top 10 engineering colleges in India accepting JEE Main scores.

Top 10 JEE Main Colleges in India for Engineering- Rank Wise

College Name	NIRF Ranking 2024	NIRF 2025
NIT Trichy	9	9
SRM University Chennai	13	14
NIT Surathkal	17	17
NIT Rourkela	19	13
NIT Warangal	21	28
JMI New Delhi	24	24
NIT Calicut	25	21
Siksha 'O' Anusandhan	26	22
Thapar University	29	29
KL University Guntur	35	80

JEE Main College List Rank Wise (Careers360 Ranking)

College Name	Careeers360
NIT Trichy	AAAAA
SRM University Chennai	AAAAA
NIT Surathkal	AAAAA
NIT Rourkela	AAAAA
NIT Warangal	AAAAA
JMI New Delhi	AAAAA
NIT Calicut	AAAAA
Siksha 'O' Anusandhan	AAAA+
Thapar University	AAAAA
KL University Guntur	AAAA+

Top 5 Private Engineering Colleges in India Fees Strucutre 2025

The following table lists the top private engineering colleges in India, along with their total tuition fees and entrance exams.

Best Private Engineering Colleges in India 2025

Colleges Name	Tentative Fees	Required Exams
BITS Pilani	₹21,65,000	BITSAT, MHT CET, GATE
SRM University Chennai	₹19,00,000	JEE Main, GATE, SRMJEEE, SRMJEEE PG
Vellore Institute of Technology	₹4,87,000	JEE Main, VITEEE, VITMEE, GATE
Siksha O Anusandhan (SOA University)	₹11,45,000	JEE Main,
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham		AEEE, JEE Main

Best Private Colleges in India Accepting JEE Main (Fee-Wise)

The Table provides a list of private colleges accepting JEE Main score along with the total tuition fees for the courses.

Top Private Engineering Colleges in India Accepting JEE Main

College Name	Tentative Fees
Thapar Unoversity	₹14,48,000
Siksha 'O' Anusandhan	₹10,20,000
SRM University Chennai	₹11,00,000
SASTRA University Thanjavur	₹6,67,000
Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education	₹5,31,000

Best Government Engineering Colleges in India Accepting JEE Main (Fee-Wise)

The table given below provides information about admission to government engineering colleges in India through JEE Main along with their total tuition fee.

Top Government Engineering Colleges in India Accepting JEE Main

College Name	Tentative Fees
NIT Surathkal	₹5,72,000
NIT Trichy	₹₹6,18,00
NIT Rourkela	₹6,29,000
JMI New Delhi	₹64,600
IIEST Shibpur	₹5,44,000

State-wise Engineering colleges in India Accepting JEE Main

JMI, IIEST and VNIT are three of the best government colleges accepting JEE Main score other than NIT. The table below shows the state-wise best engineering colleges in India along with their total tuition fee.

Top Engineering Colleges in India (State-wise)

College Name	State Wise	Tentative Fees
NIT Raipur	Chattisgarh	₹5,46,000
NIT Trichy	Tamil Nadu	₹6,18,00
JMI New Delhi	New Delhi	₹64,600
IIEST Shibpur	West Bengal	₹5,44,000
VNIT Nagpur	Maharashtra	₹5,50,000

Top Engineering Colleges in India Accepting JEE Main

The following table has the JEE Main College list rank-wise, along with the median salary package.

Best Engineering Colleges in India Accepting JEE Main

College Name	Median Salary Package
NIT Trichy	₹15,76,000
ICT Mumbai	₹8,00,000
Thapar University	₹11,00,000
NIT Rourkela	₹10,00,000
Shastra University Thanjavur	₹7,50,000

Best Colleges in India Accepting JEE Main Scores (Cut off)

Listed below are the Engineering colleges in India along with their JEE Main Cut-Offs based on All India closing ranks for B.Tech Computer Science Engineering

Top Engineering Colleges in India

College Name	All India Category rank
NIT Trichy	1679
NIT Surathkal	2302
NIT Warangal	2659
NIT Raipur	15714
Thapar University	23344

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