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2023 Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s

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Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Master's

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 205 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular agricultural engineering programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree ae students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 masters’s AE degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Full Iowa State University Agricultural Engineering Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. UNL is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s AE degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Agricultural Engineering Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. North Dakota State University is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 3 masters’s AE degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

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South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #3 spot on the list. South Dakota State is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 3 masters’s AE degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full South Dakota State University Agricultural Engineering Report

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Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Manhattan, Kansas, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s AE students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at K -State

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s AE degrees to 45 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Agricultural Engineering Report

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