2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in New York

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 New York For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 New York, there were 63 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,250 and $12,590 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural engineering programs and cost less that 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 picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k.

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

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

#1 in overall quality

$30,042 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ithaca, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s AE degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

Cornell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell are $30,042, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at Cornell University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

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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