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2023 Most Popular Agricultural Engineering Master's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Agricultural Engineering Master'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.

The Most Popular Agricultural Engineering Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 32 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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 master's degree.

#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 working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 62% of the AE majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular agricultural engineering schools in the United States. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.

About 26% of the students majoring in AE at the school are women while 74% are male.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Iowa State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular agricultural engineering schools in the United States. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 18 students majoring in AE at Iowa State, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at Iowa State University

#3

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 # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

About 33% of the students majoring in AE at the school are women while 67% are male.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Ohio State University - Main Campus is a great place for agricultural engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 36% of the AE majors at the school.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at Ohio State University - Main Campus

With a ranking of #6, North Carolina State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for agricultural engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a very large student population.

About 10% of the students majoring in AE at the school are women while 90% are male.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at North Carolina State University

#6

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Agricultural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Blacksburg.

About 40% of the students majoring in AE at the school are women while 60% are male.

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#8

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree agricultural engineering programs. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 38% of the students majoring in AE at the school are women while 63% are male.

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#9

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Agricultural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

Women make up 43% of the AE majors at the school.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at Michigan State University

University of Nebraska - Lincoln did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for agricultural engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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 32 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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