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2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

3 Ranked Colleges
167 Degrees Awarded
$24,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Agricultural Engineering is the 330th most popular major in the country with 1,564 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 200 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 167 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 3 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree ae students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 117 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree ae students whose families make $75-$110k list, UMCP has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $22,710 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of Maryland - College Park.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 32 bachelors’s AE degrees to qualified students.

Cornell also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Cornell is $23,128 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#3

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Rutgers New Brunswick is $26,914 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree ae students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at Rutgers New Brunswick

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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