2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Indiana

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agricultural Engineering is the 203rd most popular major in the country with 1,564 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Indiana, there were 171 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,700 and $22,071 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 73 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,737 and $39,894 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural engineering programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The ae school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k.

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

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$28,794 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school handed out 73 diplomas to qualified masters’s AE students in 2019-2020.

Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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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