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2025 Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

5 Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
509 AE Degrees Awarded
Agricultural Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #341 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 509 degrees in agricultural engineering annually.

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Choosing a Great Agricultural Engineering School

Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region The ae program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Agricultural Engineering rankings. We derive our Best Overall Agricultural Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Agricultural Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

The schools below may not offer all types of ae degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools in AE

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IL
142 AE Degrees Awarded

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in agricultural engineering. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #41 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.

There were roughly 142 agricultural engineering students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IN
115 AE Degrees Awarded

It is difficult to beat Purdue University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in agricultural engineering. Purdue is a very large public university located in the city of West Lafayette. This university ranks 3rd out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.

There were roughly 115 agricultural engineering students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent data year.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In WI
74 AE Degrees Awarded

It is difficult to beat University of Wisconsin - Madison if you want to pursue a degree in agricultural engineering. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.

There were roughly 74 agricultural engineering students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.

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4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In OH
110 AE Degrees Awarded

Ohio State University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in agricultural engineering. Ohio State is a very large public university located in the large city of Columbus. This university ranks 1st out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.

There were approximately 110 agricultural engineering students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent year we have data available.

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MI
57 AE Degrees Awarded

Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.

There were about 57 agricultural engineering students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.

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Best Agricultural Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best agricultural engineering schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Ohio 939 139
Michigan 915 59
Illinois 870 128
Indiana 737 125
Wisconsin 672 75

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