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2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
25 Degrees Awarded
$21,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

Agricultural Engineering is the 330th most popular major in the country with 1,564 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 266 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s AE degrees to qualified students.

UMN Twin Cities also made our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities are $28,845, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UMN Twin Cities Agricultural Engineering Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s AE degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at Iowa State

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s AE students in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University also made our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University - Main Campus are $11,589, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at North Dakota State University

#4

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. South Dakota State University is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also made our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State University are $16,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full South Dakota State University Agricultural Engineering Report

#5

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #5 spot on the list. K -State is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 3 doctorate’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at K -State are $24,115, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at K -State

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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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