What is the median salary at IIIT Allahabad?

If you go through the placement brochure, you will come to know about other significant details such as the campus life, coding culture, and also the placement procedure.

If you look through the official website of IIIT Allahabad, you will come across the following data:

Note that they provide information only about the average salary and the highest salary. There is no information regarding the median salary on the official website.

There is a difference between average salary and median salary. Average salary is the sum of the salaries of all the students divided by the number of students. This includes the highest salary as well and therefore, can be higher. The median salary is the salary that is exactly in the middle of the list of salaries of all the students. Half of the students will be above it and half will be below it. Hence, the average salary is generally higher than the median salary.