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2023 Best Value Agricultural Engineering Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$17,634 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,190 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Agricultural Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 128 degrees and certificates were awarded to agricultural engineering students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #146 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Agricultural Engineering Schools in Illinois ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Check out the AE programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Agricultural Engineering School

$17,634 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the best value school in Illinois for agricultural engineering students. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $17,634 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, AE graduates from UIUC take out $19,500 in student loans while working on their degree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $278.

UIUC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Agricultural Engineering Schools in Illinois list.

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Best Value Agricultural Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Agricultural Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 59
Ohio 139
Indiana 125
Wisconsin 75

One of 40 majors within the area of study, agricultural engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to AE

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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