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2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
437 Degrees Awarded
$6,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 1,564 people earned their degree in agricultural engineering, making the major the 330th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 584 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 437 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. UW - Madison is a public institution located in Madison, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 61 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also made our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $4,367 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree ae students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UW - Madison.

The student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Madison

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 108 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $5,477 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The low 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full UIUC Agricultural Engineering Report

#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s AE degrees to 83 students in 2019-2020.

Purdue also made our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Purdue University - Main Campus is $5,483 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Purdue University - Main Campus Agricultural Engineering Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 125 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus is $8,194 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree ae students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.

Full Ohio State University - Main Campus Agricultural Engineering Report

#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Michigan State University is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 53 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also made our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $6,686 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Michigan State University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 Michigan State Agricultural Engineering Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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