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2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
11 Degrees Awarded
$30,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value AE Schools for a Master's in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,564 people earned their degree in agricultural engineering, making the major the 203rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, agricultural engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $55,175 and had an average of $22,449 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 127 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,900 and $19,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree ae students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1 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 #1 for the Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s AE students in 2019-2020.

UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 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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