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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in California

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$28,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,564 people earned their degree in agricultural engineering, making the major the 203rd most popular in the United States. 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 California, there were 47 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

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 Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in California

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - Davis is located in Davis, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s AE degrees to qualified students.

UC Davis also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UC Davis are $28,700.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at University of California - Davis

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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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