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2023 Best Agricultural Engineering Schools

27 Colleges
$57,068 Avg Salary
$23,086 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Agricultural Engineering School for You

Agricultural Engineering is the #203 most popular major in the country with 332 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Agricultural Engineering Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 27 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Agricultural Engineering Colleges.

Top 10 Best Agricultural Engineering Schools

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Our analysis found Purdue University - Main Campus to be the best school for agricultural engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Agricultural Engineering Schools list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a great place for agricultural engineering students. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

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#4

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Out of the 27 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Agricultural Engineering Schools list. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

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With a ranking of #6, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on this year’s best schools for agricultural engineering students. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

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University of Maryland - College Park landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best agricultural engineering programs. UMCP is a very large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.

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With a ranking of #8, Iowa State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for agricultural engineering students. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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North Carolina State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for agricultural engineering students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a very large student population.

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#10

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Agricultural Engineering Schools ranking. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

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Agricultural Engineering by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 39 majors within the area of study, agricultural engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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