2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on AE Major in the Far Western US Region

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Agricultural Engineering is the 341st most popular major in the country with 1,382 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 84 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,633 and $152,837 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on AE Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in agricultural engineering.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on AE Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree ae students.

Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in the Far Western US Region

1

Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on AE Major in the Far Western US Region. Located in Pullman, Washington, this large public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s ae students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at Wazzu

2

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on AE Major in the Far Western US Region list. UH Manoa is a fairly large school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 5 doctorate’s ae degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at University of Hawaii at Manoa

3

University of California - Davis
Davis, California

#18 overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on AE Major in the Far Western US Region list. Davis, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s ae degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at University of California - Davis

4

Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on AE Major in the Far Western US Region. Oregon State is a large school located in Corvallis, Oregon that handed out 2 doctorate’s ae degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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.

Full Oregon State Agricultural Engineering Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.