2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

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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 Far Western US region, there were 119 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $24,500 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region.

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

#1

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$27,561 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region. Pullman, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s AE degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

Wazzu did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Washington State University are $27,561.

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#2

University of California - Davis

Davis, California

#2 in overall quality

$28,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. UC Davis is a large public school situated in Davis, California. It awarded 3 doctorate’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Davis also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Davis are $28,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#4 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s AE students in 2019-2020.

Oregon State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State University are $28,121.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at Oregon State

#3

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#3 in overall quality

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a fairly large school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 9 doctorate’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hawaii at Manoa are $34,550, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at UH Manoa

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering

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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