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2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

7 Ranked Colleges
23 Degrees Awarded
$29,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered 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.

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 the Southeast Region

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

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in the Southeast Region

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Clemson University is located in Clemson, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s AE degrees to qualified students.

Clemson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’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 Clemson University are $23,246.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at Clemson University

#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. University of Georgia is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 4 doctorate’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Georgia Agricultural Engineering Report

#3

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s AE students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Virginia Tech, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at Virginia Tech

#4

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s AE students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree ae students list, NC State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’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.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at North Carolina State University

#5

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. University of Florida is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s AE degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UF, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UF Agricultural Engineering Report

#7 in overall quality

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region ranking. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 1 doctorate’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Knoxville, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’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 UT Knoxville are $31,798.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at UT Knoxville

#7

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, University of Kentucky did quite well on the 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s AE degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree ae students list, UK has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’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 UK are $33,216.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at University of Kentucky

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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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