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2023 Most Popular Agricultural Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor's Degree 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Agricultural Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 27 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Agricultural Engineering program at each school on the list.

Check out the AE doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our analysis found Washington State University to be the most popular school for agricultural engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 29% of the AE majors at the school.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Out of the 27 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 38% of the AE majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UMCP is a very large public school located in the suburb of College Park.

About 58% of the students majoring in AE at the school are women while 42% are male.

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Out of the 27 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 4 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

About 20% of the students majoring in AE at the school are women while 80% are male.

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#5

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Florida is a great place for agricultural engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 8 students majoring in AE at UF, 38% are male and 63% are female.

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University of California - Davis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for agricultural engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 43% of the students majoring in AE at the school are women while 57% are male.

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Iowa State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a very large student population.

About 14% of the students majoring in AE at the school are women while 86% are male.

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#8

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree agricultural engineering programs. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Blacksburg.

About 17% of the students majoring in AE at the school are women while 83% are male.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for agricultural engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 6 students majoring in AE at UIUC, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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University of Hawaii at Manoa ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Honolulu, UH Manoa is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 60% of the AE majors at the school.

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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 27 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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