Agricultural Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 72 students received a bachelor's degree in AE from Purdue.

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
• Doctorate Degree in AE

Purdue Agricultural Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the AE progam at Purdue 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5

In 2021, 37 students received their master’s degree in AE from Purdue. This makes it the #1 most popular school for AE master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

Earnings of Purdue AE Graduates

The median salary of AE students who receive their bachelor's degree at Purdue is $63,560. This is 7% higher than $59,306, which is the national average for all AE bachelor's degree recipients.

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

The AE program at Purdue awarded 72 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 46% of these degrees went to men with the other 54% going to women. The typical AE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

About 67% 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	0
White	48
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Purdue Agricultural Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students earned a master's degree in AE from Purdue. About 62% of these graduates were women and the other 38% were men.

Of the students who received a AE master's degree from Purdue, 51% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	19
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in AE. In 2021, 16 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

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