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2023 Best Value AE Schools in the Far Western US Region

5 Ranked Colleges
126 Degrees Awarded
$17,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value AE Schools in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value AE Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 1,472 people earned their degree in agricultural engineering, making the major the 204th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, agricultural engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,068 and had an average of $23,086 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 126 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,691 and $23,967 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value AE Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the agricultural engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value AE Schools in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region ae students.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in the Far Western US Region

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Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value AE Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Pullman, Washington, this large public school awarded 20 degrees to qualified ’s AE students in 2020-2021.

Wazzu not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $15,300 for Far Western US Region AE students per year to attend Wazzu.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at Washington State University

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value AE Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a large school located in San Luis Obispo, California that handed out 51 ’s AE degrees in 2020-2021.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $20,677 for Far Western US Region AE students per year to attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value AE Schools in the Far Western US Region list. This large school is located in Davis, California, and it awarded 13 ’s AE degrees in 2020-2021.

UC Davis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $15,768 for Far Western US Region AE students per year to attend UC Davis.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at UC Davis

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Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value AE Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Corvallis, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s AE degrees to 30 students in 2020-2021.

Oregon State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Oregon State is $21,508 for Far Western US Region AE students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Oregon State University Agricultural Engineering Report

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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value AE Schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 ’s AE degrees to qualified students.

UH Manoa also took the #4 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UH Manoa is $14,687 for far western us region ae students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at UH Manoa

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