Top Marine Engineering Colleges in Karnataka: Fees, Admissions 2025, Placements

There are several Colleges in Karnataka, which are widely recognized for Top Notch Placement. Among them, MIT Manipal, RV College, and Ramaiah College are the best. RV College of Engineering's Highest Package stood at INR 52 LPA, whereas the average package stood at INR 8 LPA. In addition, MIT Manipal holds a 92% placement rate. The highest package offered is INR 54 LPA. In contrast, the average package stood at INR 25 LPA. Top recruiters include Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle, Flipkart and many more.

Some of the Top Engineering Colleges in Karnataka accepting KCET scores include RV College of Engineering, Ramaiah Institute of Technology, BMS College of Engineering, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, CMR University and many more.

The top 5 Engineering Colleges in Karnataka are:

• National Institute of Technology, Surathkal
• Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal
• R V College of Engineering, Bangalore
• Ramaiah Institute of Technology
• International Institute of Information Technology

120 to 150 out of 180 scores in KCET will be considered a good score for engineering. With such a score, students can be eligible to find admission to the top-most government or private engineering colleges in Karnataka. However, every year, the KCET cutoff varies on certain factors like Difficulty level exams, depending on the number of students who appear for the exam. In general, the higher your score, the better your chances of getting into popular branches like Computer Science, Electronics, and Mechanical Engineering in well-known colleges.

According to the NIRF Ranking 2024, NIT Suratkal is the No 1 Engineering College in Karnataka. It has gained the 17^th Rank in 2024. In 2023, it gained 12^th Rank. In the year 2022, it was ranked among the Top 10 Engineering Colleges in India by NIRF. 

Some engineering colleges in Karnataka have a very good placement record and around about 100% placements every year. Among such top colleges with very high placement rates are the NIT Surathkal, R.V. College of Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Ramaiah Engineering College, PES University, Jain University and many more. These colleges have excellent relationships with top companies, and many get job opportunities even before the completion of the course.

NIT Surathkal is Karnataka's top-ranked government engineering college. Its placement record is highly impressive, with the top companies recruiting its students regularly and in various streams, such as computer science, electronics, and mechanical engineering. So, it has a reputation for quality education along with excellent placement opportunities. NIT Suratkal Placement Percentage is 92.99%. The highest package stood at INR 54 LPA. While, the average package is 13 LPA.

CSE is one of the most promising future branches in Karnataka. There has been substantial growth in demand for this branch from professionals who want to go into software development, artificial intelligence, data science, and cybersecurity. As far as recruitment is concerned, all top companies hire students from this course by giving them high-paying jobs and excellent career growth. Aside, other branches like ECE and IT are very bright prospects as they go directly into the industry of tech. Such branches hold good promises of providing a wide range of job opportunities in both India and abroad.

The fee structure for Engineering in the state of Karnataka varies based on the type of College, Branch,  and Mode of admission category. If candidates are willing to get admission through KCET, the fees are affordable. In the case of COMEDK, the colleges charge 2 lakhs per annum. Also, In Karnataka government engineering colleges, the fees would vary in the range of INR 25,000 to INR 75,000 per annum. Private engineering colleges, however, would collect higher fees ranging from INR 1 lakh to INR 2.5 lakhs per year. And some top private colleges offer Management quota. The fees will be quite expensive than the general fees.