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2024 Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in Iowa

1 Ranked Colleges
81 Degrees Awarded
$16,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value AE Schools in Iowa

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value AE Schools in Iowa” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agricultural Engineering is the 341st most popular major in the country with 1,472 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Iowa, there were 81 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value AE Schools in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa ae students.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in Iowa

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2024 Best Value AE Schools in Iowa list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school handed out 80 diplomas to qualified ’s ae students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our iowa ae students list, Iowa State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in Iowa” ranking. It costs about $16,002 for Iowa AE students per year to attend Iowa State University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.

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