Agricultural Engineering at North Carolina State University

If you are interested in studying agricultural engineering, you may want to check out the program at North Carolina State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and has a total student population of 36,042. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received their master's degree in AE.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Agricultural Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

NC State Agricultural Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in AE
• Doctorate Degree in AE

Online Classes Are Available at NC State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

NC State does offer online education options in AE for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

NC State Agricultural Engineering Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in AE, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

AE Student Demographics at NC State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the AE majors at North Carolina State University.

NC State Agricultural Engineering Master’s Program

The AE program at NC State awarded 10 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 90% of these degrees went to men with the other 10% going to women.

Of the students who received a AE master's degree from NC State, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the AE master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 20% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from North Carolina State University with a master's in AE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• General Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Operations Research

Careers That AE Grads May Go Into

A degree in AE can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for North Carolina State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,060	$140,980
Engineering Professors	1,400	$89,850

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Haruhide000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.