Agricultural Engineering

A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of systems, equipment and facilities for production, processing, storage, handling, distribution and use of food, feed, and fiber. Includes applications to aquaculture, forestry, human and natural resources.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 36 institutions across the United States, with a total of 3984 degrees awarded annually.

Associate Degrees

3

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

936

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

4

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

264

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

121

degrees awarded

Other Awards

2,656

awards given

Top Schools for Agricultural Engineering

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank Institution Degrees
1 Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN
483
2 University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD
375
3 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
297
4 Iowa State University
Ames, IA
240
5 Texas A & M University-College Station
College Station, TX
213
6 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA
201
7 Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus, OH
198
8 North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
177
9 Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
177
10 Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
156
11 University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
156
12 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
141
13 Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
129
14 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA
111
15 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, PA
99
16 University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
90
17 University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
75
18 Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
69
19 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus
Stillwater, OK
66
20 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
63
21 Clemson University
Clemson, SC
57
22 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
54
23 Washington State University
Pullman, WA
54
24 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
51
25 University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI
51
26 North Dakota State University-Main Campus
Fargo, ND
42
27 South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD
42
28 North Carolina A & T State University
Greensboro, NC
24
29 University of Georgia
Athens, GA
24
30 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Tallahassee, FL
21
31 University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
15
32 Brigham Young University-Idaho
Rexburg, ID
9
33 Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute
Wooster, OH
9
34 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA
6
35 University of Wisconsin-River Falls
River Falls, WI
6
36 University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff, AR
3