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2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

9 Ranked Colleges
38 Degrees Awarded
$28,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value AE Schools for a Master's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Agricultural Engineering is the 203rd most popular major in the country with 1,564 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, agricultural engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $55,175 and had an average of $22,449 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 242 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,275 and $24,366 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 38 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. UF is a public institution located in Gainesville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UF also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UF are $30,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at University of Florida

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s AE degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

NC State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999.

Full North Carolina State University Agricultural Engineering Report

#3

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Georgia is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 2 masters’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476.

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#4

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and it awarded 6 masters’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also took the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at Virginia Tech

#5

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UK is a large school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 5 masters’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

UK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kentucky are $33,216, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7 in overall quality

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s AE degrees to qualified students.

UT Knoxville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville are $31,798, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UT Knoxville Agricultural Engineering Report

#7

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
#9 in overall quality

University of Arkansas did quite well in the 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #7. UARK is a large school located in Fayetteville, Arkansas that handed out 3 masters’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree ae students whose families make $30-$48k list, UARK has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UARK are $22,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Arkansas Agricultural Engineering Report

#8

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#5 in overall quality

Clemson University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Clemson, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s AE degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree ae students whose families make $30-$48k list, Clemson has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson are $23,246, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at Clemson

#8 in overall quality

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s AE students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Louisiana State University, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University are $29,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at Louisiana State University

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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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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