2025 Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
3Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
213AE Degrees Awarded
$64,855Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, agricultural engineering sits in the middle of the road, ranking #204 out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of agricultural engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 213 degrees in agricultural engineering annually.
Your choice of agricultural engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Agricultural Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Agricultural Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the ae degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student who is interested in agricultural engineering has to check out Cornell University. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 55 agricultural engineering students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the ae program report average early career income of $54,435.
It is hard to beat University of Maryland - College Park if you wish to pursue a degree in agricultural engineering. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 35 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were roughly 95 agricultural engineering students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent data year. Agricultural Engineering degree recipients from University of Maryland - College Park earn a boost of approximately $4,993 above the average income of agricultural engineering majors.
Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a great decision for students interested in a degree in agricultural engineering. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 11 agricultural engineering students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).