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2023 Most Popular Agricultural Engineering Schools

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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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Agricultural Engineering Schools ranking. This report analyzed 32 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Agricultural Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for AE majors pursuing a .

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Our 2023 rankings named Purdue University - Main Campus the most popular school in the United States for agricultural engineering students. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a very large student population.

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Out of the 32 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Agricultural Engineering Schools list. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.

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#4

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

The excellent programs at University of Florida helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best agricultural engineering schools in the United States. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a very large student population.

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#5

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Out of the 32 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Washington State University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Agricultural Engineering Schools list. Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Agricultural Engineering Schools list. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Blacksburg.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for agricultural engineering students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a very large student population.

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Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Agricultural Engineering Schools list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

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North Carolina State University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Agricultural Engineering Schools list. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a very large student population.

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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 26 schools only.

  • 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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