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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Far Western US Region

5 Ranked Colleges
83 Degrees Awarded
$55,691 Avg Salary
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on AE Major in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 1,472 people earned their degree in agricultural engineering, making the major the 204th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, agricultural engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,068 and had an average of $23,086 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 126 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,691 and $23,967 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 83 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their agricultural engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in the Far Western US Region

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Far Western US Region. Located in San Luis Obispo, California, this large public school handed out 51 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s AE students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Agricultural Engineering Report

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Oregon State crest
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Far Western US Region. Corvallis, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s AE degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full Oregon State Agricultural Engineering Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Far Western US Region. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s AE degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at UH Manoa

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Far Western US Region list. UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s AE degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full UCLA Agricultural Engineering Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Berkeley, California, this large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s AE students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of California - Berkeley Agricultural Engineering Report

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