Agricultural Engineering at Oregon State University

If you are interested in studying agricultural engineering, you may want to check out the program at Oregon State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Oregon State is located in Corvallis, Oregon and has a total student population of 32,312. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students received a bachelor's degree in AE from Oregon State.

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

Oregon State Agricultural Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in AE
• Master’s Degree in AE

Oregon State Agricultural Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the AE progam at Oregon State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The AE major at Oregon State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Agricultural Engineering. 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
Most Popular Agricultural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	16
Best Agricultural Engineering Schools	31

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in AE from Oregon State. This makes it the #17 most popular school for AE master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in AE, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Oregon State AE Graduates

The median salary of AE students who receive their bachelor's degree at Oregon State is $49,575. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $59,306 for all AE students.

AE Student Demographics at Oregon State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the AE majors at Oregon State University.

Oregon State Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 27 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Agricultural Engineering from Oregon State in 2020-2021, 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical AE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at Oregon State since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in AE at Oregon 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 Oregon State University with a bachelor's in AE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Oregon State Agricultural Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students earned a master's degree in AE from Oregon State. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men.

In the AE master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 45% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Oregon State University with a master's in AE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Architectural Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Robotics Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Forest Engineering

Careers That AE Grads May Go Into

A degree in AE can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for OR, the home state for Oregon State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,580	$133,490
Engineering Professors	430	$103,400

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 Gregkeene under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.