2024 Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

When it comes to popularity, a bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering sits in the middle of the road, ranking #158 out of 363 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 40 bachelor's degrees in agricultural engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to agricultural engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other agricultural engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt agricultural engineering students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized agricultural engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for agricultural engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Agricultural Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Agricultural Engineering in North Carolina

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering.

Top North Carolina Schools for a Bachelor's in AE

1

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

29 Annual Graduates

$59,810 Median Starting Salary

$25,000 Median Student Debt

It is hard to beat North Carolina State University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering. NC State is a very large public university located in the large city of Raleigh.

After graduation, ae bachelor's recipients typically make an average of $59,810 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in agricultural engineering from North Carolina State University

2

North Carolina A & T State University
Greensboro, NC

11 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat North Carolina A & T State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering. NC A&T is a large public university located in the large city of Greensboro.More information about a bachelor’s in agricultural engineering from North Carolina A & T State University

Best Agricultural Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Agricultural Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	4
Georgia	224	19
Tennessee	220	13
Virginia	213	79
South Carolina	195	18
Kentucky	187	28

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Agricultural Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Agricultural Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

AE Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Agricultural Engineering	40

Most Popular Majors Related to AE

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	703
Biomedical Engineering	346
Computer Engineering	335
Electrical Engineering	326
Civil Engineering	305
General Engineering	254
Textile Engineering	211
Chemical Engineering	163
Industrial Engineering	142
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	87

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.