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2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
197 Degrees Awarded
$17,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 266 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 197 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s AE degrees to 76 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree ae students with aid list, Iowa State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Iowa State University is $15,496 for plains states region bachelor’s degree ae students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 more about Agricultural Engineering at Iowa State

#2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school handed out 44 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s AE students in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also made our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is $17,740 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University also made our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for North Dakota State University - Main Campus is $16,584 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus Agricultural Engineering Report

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UNL is $17,208 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at UNL

#5

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Kansas State University is a large public school situated in Manhattan, Kansas. It awarded 38 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State also made our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Kansas State University is $18,285 for plains states region bachelor’s degree ae students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at K -State

#6

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#6 in overall quality

South Dakota State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. South Dakota State is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 8 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for South Dakota State University is $19,252 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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 South Dakota State University Agricultural Engineering Report

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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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