With a JEE Main rank of 22,500 in the Open Category (OC):

• Top Government Engineering Colleges : Your rank might be challenging for top-tier NITs or IIITs in core branches. However, you may still get a seat in some of the following institutions:
  
  

• Newer or lesser-known NITs : Some newer NITs may offer branches in line with your rank.
  
  
• State Engineering Colleges : You might have a good chance in government engineering colleges in your home state or nearby states.
  
  

• Private Engineering Colleges : You are likely to secure a seat in private engineering colleges, which might offer branches such as Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering.

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Recommended Colleges :

• New NITs or newer IIITs : Such as NIT Arunachal Pradesh, NIT Meghalaya, IIIT Kalyani.
  
  
• State Government Colleges : Such as JNTU Hyderabad, College of Engineering Pune, or similar institutions in your state.
  
  
  
  I would recommend you to use JEE college predictor tool by Careers360 to get the list of possible colleges you can get with your rank.
  
  Here is the link to the tool:
  
  https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor?utm_source=qna&utm_medium=jee_cp
  
  Click on the above link, fill the required details and you will get the list of possible colleges at your rank.
  
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