2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in the Plains States Region
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In 2019-2020, 1,564 people earned their degree in agricultural engineering, making the major the 330th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 266 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree 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.
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 for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region.
Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. North Dakota State University is a public institution located in Fargo, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.
North Dakota State University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University - Main Campus are $11,589, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at North Dakota State University
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.
South Dakota State also took the #5 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.
Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 5 doctorate’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Twin Cities, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Twin Cities are $28,845.
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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 Doctorate in the Plains States Region. This large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.
K -State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at K -State are $24,115, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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%.
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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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