2024 Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region
9Colleges in the Southeast Region
271AE Degrees Awarded
$56,469Avg Early-Career Salary
Agricultural Engineering is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #204 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for agricultural engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 271 degrees in agricultural engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of agricultural engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Agricultural Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Agricultural Engineering in the Southeast Region
The schools below may not offer all types of ae degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's difficult to beat University of Florida if you want to pursue a degree in agricultural engineering. UF is a fairly large public university located in the city of Gainesville. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were roughly 22 agricultural engineering students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in agricultural engineering needs to check out North Carolina State University. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #92 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NC State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 42 agricultural engineering students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent year we have data available. Those agricultural engineering students who get their degree from North Carolina State University receive $3,341 more than the typical ae student.
Virginia Tech is a good decision for students interested in a degree in agricultural engineering. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were approximately 95 agricultural engineering students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the agricultural engineering degree program at Virginia Tech make $3,662 more than the typical college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Clemson University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in agricultural engineering. Clemson is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Clemson. This university ranks 1st out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 21 agricultural engineering students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the ae program earn around $54,666 for their early career.
UGA is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #72 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were approximately 21 agricultural engineering students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent year we have data available.
UT Knoxville is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Knoxville. This university ranks 2nd out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 13 agricultural engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 38 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 38 agricultural engineering students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the ae program make about $51,269 in their early career salary.
UARK is a very large public university located in the small city of Fayetteville. This university ranks 1st out of 34 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were approximately 4 agricultural engineering students who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Greensboro, NC A&T is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 41st out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 11 agricultural engineering students who graduated with this degree at NC A&T in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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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Your choice of agricultural engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Agricultural Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
