Agricultural Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

If you plan to study agricultural engineering, take a look at what Purdue University - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 46,655.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of ae bachelor's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. The typical ae bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% women. So female students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of ae master's degrees went to men and 47% went to women.

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

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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