Agricultural Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus
Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year.
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.
Purdue Agricultural Engineering Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in AE
- Master’s Degree in AE
Purdue Agricultural Engineering Rankings
The ae major at Purdue 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.
There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in ae, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.
AE Student Demographics at Purdue
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ae majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.
Purdue Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Program
About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ae at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in ae.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 3 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
White | 39 |
International Students | 9 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Purdue Agricultural Engineering Master’s Program
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in ae.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
White | 8 |
International Students | 80 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Concentrations Within Agricultural Engineering
If you plan to be a ae major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Purdue University - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.
Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
---|---|
Agricultural Engineering | 125 |
Related Majors
- Construction Engineering
- Nuclear Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Other Engineering
- General 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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.
Occupation | Jobs in IN | Average Salary in IN |
---|---|---|
Architectural and Engineering Managers | 4,120 | $123,180 |
Agricultural Engineers | 90 | $78,710 |
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 Abhijitsathe under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.