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2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
197 Degrees Awarded
$17,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 the Plains States region, there were 266 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,750 and $23,226 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 197 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural engineering programs, but they also 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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Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree ae students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 76 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Iowa State is $15,496 for plains states region bachelor’s degree ae students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Iowa State University Agricultural Engineering Report

#2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 44 bachelors’s AE degrees to qualified students.

UMN Twin Cities did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is $17,740 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at UMN Twin Cities

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for North Dakota State University - Main Campus is $16,584 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full North Dakota State University Agricultural Engineering Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 16 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL also took the #5 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNL is $17,208 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree AE students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Agricultural Engineering at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

#5

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Manhattan, Kansas, this large public school handed out 38 degrees to qualified bachelors’s AE students in 2019-2020.

K -State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for K -State is $18,285 for plains states region bachelor’s degree ae students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at Kansas State University

#6

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, South Dakota State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s AE degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at South Dakota State, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $19,252 for plains states region bachelor’s degree ae students with aid per year to attend South Dakota State University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at South Dakota State

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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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