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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

1 Ranked Colleges
8 Degrees Awarded
$30,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois doctor’s degree ae students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #1 spot on the list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s AE degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’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.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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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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