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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in the Plains States Region

6 Ranked Colleges
33 Degrees Awarded
$65,986 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on AE Major in the Plains States Region

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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 Plains States region, there were 205 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,540 and $24,910 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in agricultural engineering.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree ae students.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in the Plains States Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Plains States Region list. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 18 masters’s AE degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 full report on Agricultural Engineering at Iowa State University

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South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Plains States Region list. South Dakota State University is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 3 masters’s AE degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at South Dakota State

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 6 masters’s AE degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at UNL

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Plains States Region. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s AE degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 North Dakota State University - Main Campus Agricultural Engineering Report

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Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Plains States Region list. Kansas State University is a public institution located in Manhattan, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at K -State

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 45 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UMN Twin Cities Agricultural Engineering Report

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