Agricultural Engineering

939 students earn a agricultural engineering credential each year across 34 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $65,396
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $85,625

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Bachelor's programs — 32 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia54$75,4341 year out$80,460$26,625 2Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas46$74,6551 year out$81,198$18,000 3University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, Nebraska5$73,9071 year out——4California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California37$72,7131 year out$89,957$16,420 5Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa62$72,3761 year out$77,659$21,500 6Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana57$72,1681 year out$85,404$20,000 7University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland125$69,8481 year out$106,061$22,500 8University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin47$67,7461 year out$78,773$23,500 9North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina34$67,2811 year out$85,625$25,000 10Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma17$65,4941 year out—$16,500 11Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan49$65,3961 year out$81,288$28,000 12Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas36$64,6441 year out—$22,873 13Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey19$64,4861 year out—$27,000 14Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio56$62,9811 year out$72,572$24,872 15Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania25$62,3821 year out$80,397$27,000 16University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois75$62,0321 year out$87,830$21,350 17University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota36$61,1451 year out$86,218$27,000 18University of Wisconsin-River FallsRiver Falls, Wisconsin2$57,6271 year out$66,809$23,000 19Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York27$54,4351 year out$102,051$15,502 20Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon22$54,0951 year out—$25,000 21Oregon State University-Cascades CampusBend, Oregon0$54,0951 year out—$25,000 22University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky19$51,8641 year out$90,188$19,500 23Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina18—1 year out$88,318—24The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee15—1 year out——25North Dakota State University-Main CampusFargo, North Dakota11—1 year out$86,932—26South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, South Dakota10—1 year out——27North Carolina A & T State UniversityGreensboro, North Carolina8—1 year out——28Florida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityTallahassee, Florida7—1 year out——29University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, Hawaii7—1 year out——30University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia6—1 year out$89,250—31Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho3—1 year out——32University of Arkansas at Pine BluffPine Bluff, Arkansas1—1 year out——

Associate programs — 2 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Ohio State University Agricultural Technical InstituteWooster, Ohio3—1 year out——2SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at CobleskillCobleskill, New York——1 year out$63,559—

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).