2024 Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

a doctor's degree in agricultural engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #107 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for agricultural engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 23 doctor's degrees in agricultural engineering to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Agricultural Engineering School for Your Doctor's Degree

The ae doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to agricultural engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of agricultural engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for agricultural engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized agricultural engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for agricultural engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The ae school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Agricultural Engineering in the Southeast Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in agricultural engineering.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in AE

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

8 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in agricultural engineering has to check out University of Florida. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in agricultural engineering from University of Florida

2

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

2 Annual Graduates

North Carolina State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in agricultural engineering. NC State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Raleigh.More information about a doctorate in agricultural engineering from North Carolina State University

3

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

6 Annual Graduates

Virginia Tech is a great decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in agricultural engineering. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in agricultural engineering from Virginia Tech

4

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

2 Annual Graduates

University of Georgia is a great choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in agricultural engineering. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in agricultural engineering from University of Georgia

5

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

4 Annual Graduates

UK is a very large public university located in the city of Lexington.More information about a doctorate in agricultural engineering from University of Kentucky

Best Agricultural Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best agricultural engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	8
Virginia	127	6
Georgia	126	2
North Carolina	115	2
Tennessee	102	0
South Carolina	91	1
Kentucky	87	4

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Agricultural Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Agricultural Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

AE Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Agricultural Engineering	23

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	470
Mechanical Engineering	320
Biomedical Engineering	236
Civil Engineering	228
General Engineering	198
Chemical Engineering	175
Materials Engineering	143
Industrial Engineering	116
Computer Engineering	100
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	78

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.