Biological / Agricultural Engineering
Ranked in 2017, part of Best Engineering Schools
Biological and agricultural engineers aim to improve the natural world, working toward goals such as safer food, cleaner water and less polluted air. These are the top graduate engineering schools for biological / agricultural engineering. Each school's score reflects its average rating on a scale from 1 (marginal) to 5 (outstanding), based on a survey of academics at peer institutions.
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Save | Rank | School name | Score | Tuition | Total graduate engineering enrollment | Average GRE quantitative score (master's and Ph.D. students) (new test) | Engineering school research expenditures (2016 fiscal year) | |||||
#1 | Iowa State University Ames, IA | 4.6 | $9,770 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,024 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,337 | 167 | $94,520,571 | ||||||
#2Tie | Purdue University—West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN | 4.4 | $10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,744 | 164 | $259,111,348 | ||||||
#2Tie | Texas A&M University—College Station College Station, TX | 4.4 | $258 per credit (in-state, full-time); $681 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,469 | 164 | $282,798,000 | ||||||
#4Tie | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | 4.1 | $29,500 per year (full-time) | 2,069 | 165 | $118,254,750 | ||||||
#4Tie | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | 4.1 | $12,737 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,130 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,067 | 163 | $69,346,000 | ||||||
#4Tie | University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL | 4.1 | $17,834 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,628 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,806 | 166 | $227,584,892 | ||||||
#7 | University of Nebraska—Lincoln Lincoln, NE | 3.9 | $411 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,098 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 644 | 161 | $32,848,045 | ||||||
#8 | University of California—Davis Davis, CA | 3.8 | $13,237 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,339 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,090 | 163 | $83,858,768 | ||||||
#9 | Pennsylvania State University—University Park University Park, PA | 3.7 | $21,294 per year (in-state, full-time); $35,650 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,029 | 163 | $100,096,457 | ||||||
#10 | North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC | 3.6 | $8,088 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,610 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,303 | 164 | $188,960,115 | ||||||
#11Tie | Ohio State University Columbus, OH | 3.5 | $11,928 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,376 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,849 | 164 | $128,840,826 | ||||||
#11Tie | University of Wisconsin—Madison Madison, WI | 3.5 | $11,942 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,269 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,821 | 164 | $141,939,724 | ||||||
#11Tie | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA | 3.5 | $14,532 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,644 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,338 | 162 | $128,303,167 | ||||||
#14 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | 3.4 | $706 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,386 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 735 | 162 | $44,693,240 | ||||||
#15Tie | Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK | 3.1 | $209 per credit (in-state, full-time); $825 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 618 | 160 | $15,335,050 | ||||||
#15Tie | University of Kentucky Lexington, KY | 3.1 | $12,236 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,380 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 474 | 160 | $37,371,000 | ||||||
#17 | Kansas State University Manhattan, KS | 3.0 | $403 per credit (in-state, full-time); $910 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 475 | 162 | $16,215,282 | ||||||
#18 | Washington State University Pullman, WA | 2.9 | $11,784 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,216 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 763 | 161 | $33,004,410 | ||||||
#19 | University of Arkansas—Fayetteville Fayetteville, AR | 2.8 | $410 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,047 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 514 | 159 | $18,372,457 | ||||||
#20Tie | Mississippi State University (Bagley) Mississippi State, MS | 2.7 | $7,670 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,790 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 665 | 158 | $38,304,000 | ||||||
#20Tie | University of Georgia Athens, GA | 2.7 | $12,738 per year (in-state, full-time); $36,135 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 107 | 160 | $5,359,000 | ||||||
#22Tie | Auburn University (Ginn) Auburn, AL | 2.6 | $9,072 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,216 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 897 | 163 | $61,678,000 | ||||||
#22Tie | University of Tennessee—Knoxville (Tickle) Knoxville, TN | 2.6 | $12,834 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,252 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,118 | 160 | $70,692,000 | ||||||
#24Tie | North Dakota State University Fargo, ND | 2.5 | $338 per credit (in-state, full-time); $904 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 163 | 151 | $2,692,290 | ||||||
#24Tie | Oregon State University Corvallis, OR | 2.5 | $14,130 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,769 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,248 | 160 | $42,442 |