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Biological & Agricultural Engineering

The Green Giants

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Cornell
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY 24 8% 54% / 46% 8% $91,284 85 — —
2 Iowa State
Ames, IA
Ames, IA 35 85% 71% / 29% 3% $77,659 86 98% —
3 North Carolina State
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC 32 40% 59% / 41% 3% $85,625 91 97% —
4 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 78 43% 50% / 50% 5% $85,404 91 100% —
5 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 30 52% 57% / 43% 0% $81,198 86 92% —
6 U. of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Davis, CA 13 44% 46% / 54% 8% $90,845 91 — —
7 U. of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 25 23% 52% / 48% 4% $75,981 86 96% —
8 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL 73 37% 78% / 22% 1% $87,830 91 95% —

Farm to Lab

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Kansas State
Manhattan, KS
Manhattan, KS 22 95% 59% / 41% 0% $79,748 88 100% —
2 Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 40 83% 33% / 68% 0% $81,288 84 100% —
3 Ohio State
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH 43 49% 53% / 47% 2% $72,572 75 97% —
4 Pennsylvania State
University Park, PA
University Park, PA 32 55% 44% / 56% 6% $80,397 85 95% —
5 U. of Georgia
Athens, GA
Athens, GA 42 30% 60% / 40% 2% $90,904 94 100% —
6 U. of Nebraska, Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
Lincoln, NE 48 80% 60% / 40% 2% $74,029 82 100% —
7 U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI 31 41% 58% / 42% 3% $78,773 82 97% —
8 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg, VA 31 55% 52% / 48% 10% $80,460 88 97% —

Field Tested

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Auburn
Auburn, AL
Auburn, AL 38 47% 42% / 58% 0% $75,397 82 100% —
2 Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
Fort Collins, CO — 82% — — — — — —
3 Oklahoma State
Stillwater, OK
Stillwater, OK 12 68% 42% / 58% 0% $81,847 90 96% —
4 Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
New Brunswick, NJ 17 68% 53% / 47% 6% $93,505 95 100% —
5 U. of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
Fayetteville, AR 13 75% 46% / 54% 0% $76,786 84 100% —
6 U. of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Lexington, KY 15 90% 40% / 60% 0% $90,188 93 96% —
7 U. of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis, MN 22 65% 45% / 55% 9% $86,218 91 100% —
8 Washington State
Pullman, WA
Pullman, WA — 75% — — — — — —

Growing Strong

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Clemson
Clemson, SC
Clemson, SC 21 42% 33% / 67% 5% $88,318 91 100% —
2 Mississippi State
Mississippi State, MS
Mississippi State, MS 3 60% 67% / 33% 0% $76,196 85 — —
3 North Dakota State
Fargo, ND
Fargo, ND 8 92% 75% / 25% 13% $86,932 95 100% —
4 Oregon State
Corvallis, OR
Corvallis, OR 78 75% 64% / 36% 3% $79,056 86 97% —
5 South Dakota State
Brookings, SD
Brookings, SD 15 85% 73% / 27% 7% $77,736 90 100% —
6 U. of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Tucson, AZ 18 85% 50% / 50% 0% $79,117 85 96% —
7 U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD 88 45% 41% / 59% 0% $106,061 98 97% —
8 U. of Missouri
Columbia, MO
Columbia, MO 9 77% 22% / 78% 11% $77,295 84 98% —

Roots Run Deep

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA
San Luis Obispo, CA 32 30% 66% / 34% 0% $89,957 95 100% —
2 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical
Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL 2 32% 50% / 50% 0% $74,517 89 — —
3 Louisiana State
Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge, LA — 71% — — — — — —
4 Montana State
Bozeman, MT
Bozeman, MT — 99% — — — — — —
5 North Carolina A&T State
Greensboro, NC
Greensboro, NC 8 42% 63% / 38% 0% $70,055 83 — —
6 U. of Idaho
Moscow, ID
Moscow, ID 10 75% 50% / 50% 0% $77,287 86 — —
7 U. of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
Knoxville, TN 11 48% 73% / 27% 0% $83,438 89 100% —
8 Utah State
Logan, UT
Logan, UT 27 93% 63% / 37% 0% $73,007 84 90% —