2023 Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$57,639
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for AE for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Agricultural Engineering is the 204th most popular major in the country with 1,472 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, agricultural engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,068 and had an average of $23,086 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 526 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,639 and $22,958 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 409 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for AE for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in agricultural engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural engineering programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the agricultural engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for AE for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for AE for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 5 Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for AE for a Bachelor’s list. Purdue University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 72 bachelors’s AE degrees in 2020-2021.
Purdue also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 46,655 students enrolled at Purdue, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,765. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Purdue University - Main Campus]](/colleges/purdue-university-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for AE for a Bachelor’s list. UIUC is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 103 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UIUC also made our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3.According to our most recent data, UIUC supports 52,679 students, and 10 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UIUC does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for AE for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #3 spot on the list. UW - Madison is a public institution located in Madison, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 60 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 44,640 students enrolled at UW - Madison, 4 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for AE for a Bachelor’s list. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s AE degrees to 116 students in 2020-2021.
Ohio State also took the #5 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 61,369 students enrolled at Ohio State, 2 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Ohio State]](/colleges/ohio-state-university-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for AE for a Bachelor’s. Michigan State University is located in East Lansing, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 50 bachelors’s AE degrees to qualified students.
Michigan State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 49,695 students enrolled at Michigan State University, 2 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,686. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.
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