NIRF Overall Top 20 Colleges: Check 2025 Median Package and Placement Details Here
This article analyzes the 2025 placement performance and trending median salaries for India's top multi-disciplinary institutions, engineering colleges, and universities, using NIRF data. It provides crucial insights for prospective students evaluating career ROI and institutional success based on market demand.
The process of assessing career ROI and institutional success gets underway with the analysis of the NIRF data, which is the ultimate benchmark in higher education in India. When the potential applicants look for the best institutions in the country, the placement statistics and the average pay packages provide the needed information about market demand and the results for graduates from those institutions. This article provides a detailed analysis of the placement performance for 2025 along with the trending average salaries of India’s best multi-disciplinary institutions, highly reputed engineering colleges, and universities.
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NIRF Ranking 2026: List of Top 20 Colleges
| Rank | Institute Name | City | Score |
| 1 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras | Chennai | 87.31 |
| 2 | Indian Institute of Science | Bengaluru | 85 |
| 3 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | Mumbai | 81.62 |
| 4 | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | New Delhi | 80.67 |
| 5 | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | Kanpur | 77.25 |
| 6 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Kharagpur | 73.99 |
| 7 | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | Roorkee | 71.73 |
| 8 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi | New Delhi | 70.57 |
| 9 | Jawaharlal Nehru University | New Delhi | 69.62 |
| 10 | Banaras Hindu University | Varanasi | 68.71 |
| 11 | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | Guwahati | 67.67 |
| 12 | Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad | Hyderabad | 67.04 |
| 13 | Jamia Millia Islamia | New Delhi | 66.99 |
| 14 | Manipal Academy of Higher Education-Manipal | Manipal | 66.86 |
| 15 | University of Delhi | Delhi | 66.19 |
| 16 | Birla Institute of Technology & Science - Pilani | Pilani | 65.06 |
| 17 | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | Coimbatore | 64.97 |
| 18 | Jadavpur University | Kolkata | 64.34 |
| 19 | Aligarh Muslim University | Aligarh | 63.76 |
| 20 | Homi Bhabha National Institute | Mumbai | 63.03 |
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NIRF Overall Top 20 Colleges: 2025 Median Package and Placement Details Here
| Institute Name | Median Placement / Salary |
| Indian Institute of Technology Madras | 1750000 |
| Indian Institute of Science | 300000 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | 1961000 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | 1908000 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | 1940000 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | 1500000 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | 1700000 |
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi | 1250000 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru University | 650000 |
| Banaras Hindu University | 800000 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | 1948000 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad | 2100000 |
| Jamia Millia Islamia | 780000 |
| Manipal Academy of Higher Education-Manipal | 800000 |
| University of Delhi | 800000 |
| Birla Institute of Technology & Science - Pilani | 1770000 |
| Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | 700000 |
| Jadavpur University | 1000000 |
| Aligarh Muslim University | 600000 |
| Homi Bhabha National Institute | 1440000 |
Jaya Gupta is an Education Content professional with over four years of experience in writing marketing and academic content, alongside a year of experience working with an indie publishing house. Currently, she is covering higher education content for Jagran Josh (Jagran New Media), leveraging her academic knowledge. She specializes in covering management, engineering, law, medical colleges, study abroad and GATE exams. She holds a Master's degree in English Literature, successfully qualified the 2024 UGC NET, and has guided more than 100 students in framing effective study-abroad academic essays. Her writing interests vary across education, creative expression, and digital culture.
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