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2023 Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Virginia

1 Ranked Colleges
6 Degrees Awarded
$33,200 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for AE for a Doctorate

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for AE for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Virginia, there were 95 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,131 and $25,250 respectively.

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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for AE for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia doctor’s degree vets studying ae.

Top 1 Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Virginia

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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia

Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for AE for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #1 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s AE degrees to qualified students.

Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list.Of the 37,024 students enrolled at Virginia Tech, 119 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 108 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,314. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Virginia Tech]](/colleges/virginia-polytechnic-institute-and-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

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