Agricultural Mechanization at North Carolina State University

What traits are you looking for in a ag mech school? To help you decide if North Carolina State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's ag mech program.

NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and approximately 36,042 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 9 ag mech majors received their bachelor's degree from NC State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Agricultural Mechanization section at the bottom of this page.

NC State Agricultural Mechanization Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ag Mech

NC State Agricultural Mechanization Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks ag mech programs across the country. The following shows how NC State performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ag mech major at NC State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Agricultural Mechanization. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	18

How Much Do Ag Mech Graduates from NC State Make?

The median salary of ag mech students who receive their bachelor's degree at NC State is $43,530. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $51,141 for all ag mech students.

Ag Mech Student Demographics at NC State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ag mech majors at North Carolina State University.

NC State Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in ag mech from NC State in 2021, 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical ag mech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 10% women. So female students are more repesented at NC State since its program graduates 23% more women than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ag mech at NC State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from North Carolina State University with a bachelor's in ag mech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NC State also has a doctoral program available in ag mech. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Soil Sciences
• Horticulture
• Agricultural Public Services
• Food Science Technology
• General Agriculture

Careers That Ag Mech Grads May Go Into

A degree in ag mech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for North Carolina State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics	4,340	$47,050
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	4,150	$60,820
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	1,050	$37,230
Agricultural Sciences Professors	760	$50,720
Agricultural Equipment Operators	680	$27,440

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Haruhide000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.