2026 Best Value Agricultural Engineering Schools in Ohio

[Agricultural Engineering](/majors/engineering/agricultural-engineering-ae/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong agricultural engineering education at a price that pays off.
To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 3 schools on the balance of cost and outcomes for agricultural engineering students.
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2026 Best Value Agricultural Engineering Schools in Ohio
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in agricultural engineering, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Agricultural Engineering Schools
For return on investment in agricultural engineering, no school beat Ohio State University Main Campus this year. Ohio State University Main Campus is a very large public school located in the city of Columbus. Students from in state pay about $13,244 in tuition and fees, while out-of-state students pay about $40,022. Typical student debt for agricultural engineering graduates is $24,872. Soon after graduation, agricultural engineering degree recipients from Ohio State University Main Campus generally make around $62,981. That is a strong return on a $24,872 median debt. Ohio State University Main Campus admits about 61% of applicants.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 3 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.