by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 448 people earned their degree in agricultural mechanization, making the major the 644th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 281 agricultural mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major” ranking, we looked at 16 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural mechanization. That schools that top this list have a program in agricultural mechanization in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The ag mech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Cobleskill. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major. This small school is located in Cobleskill, New York, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Agricultural Mechanization at SUNY Cobleskill
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Crookston. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major. This small school is located in Crookston, Minnesota, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Agricultural Mechanization at University of Minnesota - Crookston
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public institution located in San Luis Obispo, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Agricultural Mechanization at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major list. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ag mech students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Agricultural Mechanization at South Dakota State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major. SHSU is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 37 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, Iowa State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major list. Iowa State is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 54 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Wisconsin - River Falls did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major ranking, coming in at #7. University of Wisconsin - River Falls is a medium-sized public school situated in River Falls, Wisconsin. It awarded 7 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%.
Full University of Wisconsin - River Falls Agricultural Mechanization Report
University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major ranking. UNL is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 24 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Agricultural Mechanization at University of Nebraska - Lincoln
North Dakota State University - Main Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 10 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full North Dakota State University Agricultural Mechanization Report
With a ranking of #10, Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major list. Purdue University - Main Campus is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s ag mech degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Purdue University - Main Campus Agricultural Mechanization Report
Kansas State University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major ranking. This large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Missouri - Columbia came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major ranking. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school handed out 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ag mech students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Agricultural Mechanization at University of Missouri - Columbia
With a ranking of #13, University of Idaho did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major list. University of Idaho is located in Moscow, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s ag mech degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
Stephen F Austin State University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major ranking. Nacogdoches, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ag mech degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Full Stephen F Austin State University Agricultural Mechanization Report
With a ranking of #15, North Carolina State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Agricultural Mechanization at North Carolina State University
With a ranking of #16, Tarleton State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Ag Mech Major list. This fairly large school is located in Stephenville, Texas, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Agricultural Mechanization at Tarleton State University
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