NIT Placement Statistics 2026: Top 21 NITs by NIRF 2024 Rank, Median Package ₹11.5 LPA

How do National Institutes of Technology actually perform on placements? We pulled the NIRF 2024 engineering ranking, joined it with our institutional dataset, and analysed 21 NITs across India. The numbers below are sourced directly from NIRF — not aggregated from student surveys, not extrapolated from social media.

If you're a TPO benchmarking your college, a student comparing options, or a recruiter sizing campus drives, this is the dataset you should be looking at.

Headline numbers

• 21 NITs in the NIRF 2024 top 100 engineering ranking
• Best NIRF rank: #9 (National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli)
• Average placement rate: 78%
• Average median package: ₹11.5 LPA
• Highest single-offer package: ₹124 LPA at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
• NIRF rank range: #9 to #97

Centrally funded technical institutes spread across every Indian state. NITs are the second tier of public engineering institutions after IITs.

Top 10 NITs by NIRF 2024 rank

Browse all 21 NIT placement pages →

How to read this data

Three things to look at when comparing NITs:

1. Placement % matters less than median package. A college can hit 100% placement by accepting any offer; the median package tells you what the typical student actually gets.
2. Highest package is mostly noise. It usually represents one international offer to one outlier student, not the typical experience.
3. NIRF rank correlates loosely with placements. Two institutions with similar ranks often have very different placement profiles, especially across types — a top-30 IIT and a top-30 NIT can have a 2× package gap.

Compare any two institutions side-by-side on their dedicated placement pages — see NIT Trichy for example.

Top recruiters across NITs

These companies recruit at the most NITs in our dataset (21 institutions):

• Microsoft — recruits at 20 of the 21 NITs in this dataset
• TCS — recruits at 19 of the 21 NITs in this dataset
• Cognizant — recruits at 16 of the 21 NITs in this dataset
• Adobe — recruits at 13 of the 21 NITs in this dataset
• Wipro — recruits at 12 of the 21 NITs in this dataset
• Amazon — recruits at 11 of the 21 NITs in this dataset
• Capgemini — recruits at 8 of the 21 NITs in this dataset
• Goldman Sachs — recruits at 7 of the 21 NITs in this dataset
• Samsung — recruits at 7 of the 21 NITs in this dataset
• Infosys — recruits at 5 of the 21 NITs in this dataset
• Google — recruits at 3 of the 21 NITs in this dataset
• JP Morgan — recruits at 3 of the 21 NITs in this dataset

What this tells you: at well-ranked NITs, the recruiter overlap is significant. The same handful of large IT services and product companies appear at most campuses. Differentiation between colleges shows up in the long tail of recruiters — niche product companies, growth-stage startups, finance and consulting firms — not the top-of-list names.

Geographic distribution

NIRF 2024-ranked NITs span 21 states. The biggest concentrations:

• Tamil Nadu — 1 institutions
• Karnataka — 1 institutions
• Odisha — 1 institutions
• Telangana — 1 institutions
• Kerala — 1 institutions
• Maharashtra — 1 institutions

See state-level placement aggregations →

What this means for TPOs at NITs

If you're a Training & Placement Officer at a NIT not currently in the NIRF top 100, here's the honest read:

• The institutions that are in the top 100 average 78% placement and ₹11.5 LPA median. That's the bar.
• The gap between top-10 and rank-50 is mostly a recruiter-funnel problem, not a student-quality problem. Better recruiter outreach + structured pre-placement training closes most of it.
• NIRF data is annual and lagging. The colleges climbing the ranking are the ones that systematised assessment, mock interviews, and recruiter relationship management — not the ones that ran more workshops.

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Frequently asked questions

Which NIT has the best placements in NIRF 2024?

By NIRF rank, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (rank #9) leads the NIT category, with 88% placement and a median package of ₹16 LPA.

What is the average placement package at NITs?

Across the 21 NITs in NIRF 2024, the average median package is ₹11.5 LPA. Top-tier NITs typically post medians in the ₹16–21 LPA range; long-tail institutions in this category sit closer to ₹7 LPA.

How is NIRF placement data different from college-published numbers?

NIRF is a government framework that audits the data colleges submit, with verification against UGC/AICTE records. College-published numbers (often "highest package", "average package") are usually unaudited and exclude unplaced students. NIRF gives you a more honest view, though there's still a 6-12 month lag between the placement season and the published ranking.

Are NITs in NIRF 2024 only the public ones?

No — NIRF accepts submissions from all eligible institutions regardless of funding model. The 21 NITs in this analysis include both public and private where applicable to the category.

Can I get NAAC and AICTE compliance reports from PlacementPilot AI?

Yes. The platform exports NIRF, NAAC, and AICTE formatted placement reports as PDF and Excel. See the report generator →

Sources

• NIRF 2024 Engineering Ranking — Ministry of Education, Government of India
• AICTE Approval Process Handbook 2024-25
• College websites for accreditation status (NAAC grades)

This analysis was generated from PlacementPilot AI's curated NIRF 2024 dataset. Last updated 2026-05-04.