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
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Rank
|
Institute Name
|
City
|
Score
|
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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
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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
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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
|
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