Hello aspirant,

Any rank between 1 to 20k is considered to be a very good rank in a state-level engineering entrance examination like KCET. So you got the rank 17k which is pretty good ranking this year.

KCET is conducted for admission to professional courses like Engineering Technology, Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharma), Diploma in Pharmacy (DPharma), Agriculture courses (Farm Science) and Veterinary courses. This means you are eligible for all these courses.

If you are interested in Engineering I suggest some top colleges for your rank below :-

1. R.V. College of Engineering
2. BMS Institute of Technology
3. KLE Institute of Technology known as BVB Hubli
4. M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology
5. PES University Bengaluru
6. NMAM  Institute of Technology , Karkala
7. SDM College of Engineering, Dharawad.
8. NIE Mysore
9. JSS Mysore
10. Bengaluru Institute of Technology
11. Dayanand Sagara Institute of Technology
12. Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology

you can use college predictor link from the given link :-