Read the cohort before comparing a salary
CMC Vellore’s 2026 NIRF institutional submission reports outcomes for three programme-length groups: UG five-year programmes, PG two-year programmes and PG three-year programmes. These are broad cohorts, not MBBS, MD/MS specialty, nursing or individual Allied Health programme breakdowns. The submitted figures cover graduates in minimum stipulated time and state students placed, median salary of placed graduates, and higher-study counts. They should not be read as a promise for a current student or as a complete campus-wide placement census.
The median salary figures below are annual amounts. The NIRF data-entry manual defines this field as “Median Salary per annum should be entered.” Each amount therefore refers to the annual median for placed graduates in the named programme-length group and graduation year, not a total multi-year package. The report does not give recruiter names, job titles, salary distribution, placement timing or a programme-by-programme split on these rows.
Reported outcomes by programme-length group
The UG five-year cohort median rose from ₹4,76,905 in 2022-23 to ₹5,10,315 in 2023-24, an increase of ₹33,410 (about 7.0%). That is a two-year comparison between successive reported cohorts, not a forecast. The first listed cohort had only one graduate, so its ₹4,33,550 median is not a stable benchmark for a typical batch.
In the PG three-year group, the median changed little between 2022-23 and 2023-24, from ₹12,09,000 to ₹12,10,300, before reaching ₹12,95,450 in 2024-25. The placed count was 155 of 159, 175 of 177 and 175 of 175 respectively. Dividing placed by graduates in minimum stipulated time gives approximately 97.5%, 98.9% and 100%; these are calculations from the NIRF counts, not a separate placement-rate measure published by CMC. They do not include graduates outside the stated denominator or explain why an individual did not appear in the placed count.
The PG two-year group is very small in all three reported years: one, one and two graduates in minimum stipulated time. Its medians range from ₹7,63,685 to ₹7,95,665, but each is based on only one or two placed graduates. Do not use them as a reliable estimate for an applicant without first identifying which specific courses are grouped in the NIRF category. The same scope caution applies to the broader UG and PG three-year totals.
What these figures can and cannot tell you
The report shows outcomes for a stated cohort and institution, but does not identify degree names under each programme-length group in the placement table. It also does not indicate whether the placed graduates entered a particular specialty, location, employer type or role. As a result, the PG three-year median should not be quoted as an MD/MS salary, nor should the UG five-year median be assigned to MBBS alone. A course may have a different length or outcome pathway, and the table does not resolve those mappings.
Higher-study counts are similarly narrow. The report lists zero in each of the UG five-year and PG two-year rows; the PG three-year group lists one, two and zero for 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25. These are counts reported for the same NIRF groups, not evidence that no other CMC graduate pursued further study outside the specified measure.
Applicants should treat the figures as a historical institutional reference. For a course-specific decision, ask CMC for the latest programme-level outcome report, its denominator and cohort definition, and details of roles and compensation. Compare like with like: programme, graduation year, placed count, denominator and whether salary is annual. The 2026 NIRF submission is the latest captured source here; it does not establish outcomes for the 2027-28 intake.
Questions to ask about a course
Before treating a group median as a personal outcome estimate, ask which degrees were included in that NIRF programme-length group and whether the course you are considering is represented in it. Request the graduation year, the number who completed in minimum time, the placed count, and the rule used to count a graduate as placed. Ask whether the median is calculated from annual salaries and whether the reported amount excludes benefits, variable pay or other components; the NIRF field is annual, but the submission does not provide a detailed salary composition. Also ask for the share pursuing higher studies and whether it is counted separately from placement.
Those details matter because two cohorts can have the same median while differing in size, programme mix and number of outcomes. CMC’s NIRF table gives counts and a median but does not expose individual salaries or a distribution around that median. It therefore cannot show how many graduates earned above a chosen amount, the range of salaries, or the outcome for a particular specialty. Until course-level denominators are available, use these numbers to understand the reported institutional groups, not to predict one student’s likely offer.