Agricultural Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679.

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.

UIUC Agricultural Engineering Degrees Available

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

UIUC Agricultural Engineering Rankings

The ae major at UIUC 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 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in ae, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

AE Student Demographics at UIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ae majors at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC Agricultural Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of ae bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ae at UIUC are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ae bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in ae.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	44
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UIUC Agricultural Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of ae master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in ae.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	15
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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Agricultural Engineering	128

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Nuclear Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Operations Research

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010
Agricultural Engineers	70	$86,690

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
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