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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Plains States Region

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on AE Major in the Plains States Region

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Agricultural Engineering is the 341st most popular major in the country with 1,382 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Plains States region, there were 261 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their agricultural engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in the Plains States Region

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 10 masters’s ae degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 Iowa State

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South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 4 masters’s ae degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at South Dakota State University

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #3 spot on the list. UNL is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 5 masters’s ae degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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 full report on Agricultural Engineering at UNL

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. North Dakota State University is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 6 masters’s ae degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

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Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Plains States Region list. Kansas State University is located in Manhattan, Kansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 masters’s ae degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at K -State

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on AE Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 4 masters’s ae degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at UMN Twin Cities

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