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2023 Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s

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152 Degrees Awarded
$59,451 Avg Salary
Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor's

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agricultural Engineering is the 204th most popular major in the country with 1,472 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 152 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in agricultural engineering.

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Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s”.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s. Iowa State is a public institution located in Ames, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at Iowa State

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full UMN Twin Cities Agricultural Engineering Report

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Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Manhattan, Kansas, this large public school handed out 24 degrees to qualified bachelors’s AE students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 87%.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at Kansas State University

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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 Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school situated in Fargo, North Dakota. It awarded 14 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at North Dakota State University

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 12 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

With a ranking of #6, South Dakota State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended AE Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. South Dakota State University is located in Brookings, South Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s AE degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at South Dakota State University

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