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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 34 8% 47% / 53% 12% $96,123 88 — —
2 Iowa State
Ames, IA
Ames, IA 43 85% 70% / 30% 5% $82,062 88 98% —
3 North Carolina State
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC 35 40% 37% / 63% 6% $87,663 91 97% —
4 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 97 43% 47% / 53% 2% $86,975 91 100% —
5 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 39 52% 64% / 36% 0% $85,116 88 92% —
6 U. of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Davis, CA 24 46% 42% / 58% 4% $84,939 87 — —
7 U. of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 15 20% 67% / 33% 0% $75,704 85 96% —
8 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL 71 37% 73% / 27% 6% $88,581 90 95% —

Farm to Lab

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Kansas State
Manhattan, KS
Manhattan, KS 19 95% 63% / 37% 0% $88,529 92 100% —
2 Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 52 83% 50% / 50% 2% $81,729 83 100% —
3 Ohio State
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH 56 49% 75% / 25% 0% $74,845 77 97% —
4 Pennsylvania State
University Park, PA
University Park, PA 17 55% 29% / 71% 12% $83,541 87 95% —
5 U. of Georgia
Athens, GA
Athens, GA 46 30% 59% / 41% 0% $94,180 95 100% —
6 U. of Nebraska, Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
Lincoln, NE 34 80% 47% / 53% 3% $83,400 89 100% —
7 U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI 33 41% 64% / 36% 6% $80,551 83 97% —
8 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg, VA 45 55% 51% / 49% 2% $81,085 87 97% —

Field Tested

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Auburn
Auburn, AL
Auburn, AL 47 47% 43% / 57% 0% $81,140 86 100% —
2 Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
Fort Collins, CO — 82% — — — — — —
3 Oklahoma State
Stillwater, OK
Stillwater, OK 21 68% 57% / 43% 0% $88,338 93 96% —
4 Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
New Brunswick, NJ 17 68% 47% / 53% 6% $88,137 93 100% —
5 U. of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
Fayetteville, AR 23 75% 35% / 65% 9% $86,106 90 100% —
6 U. of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Lexington, KY 14 90% 36% / 64% 0% $98,090 96 96% —
7 U. of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis, MN 22 65% 32% / 68% 0% $85,582 89 100% —
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 17 42% 53% / 47% 0% $91,294 92 100% —
2 Mississippi State
Mississippi State, MS
Mississippi State, MS 4 84% 50% / 50% 0% $86,168 91 — —
3 North Dakota State
Fargo, ND
Fargo, ND 8 92% 88% / 13% 13% $96,660 97 100% —
4 Oregon State
Corvallis, OR
Corvallis, OR 76 75% 64% / 36% 1% $75,150 82 97% —
5 South Dakota State
Brookings, SD
Brookings, SD 13 85% 69% / 31% 0% $83,782 93 100% —
6 U. of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Tucson, AZ 13 85% 54% / 46% 0% $78,641 83 96% —
7 U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD 16 45% 75% / 25% 6% $99,642 96 97% —
8 U. of Missouri
Columbia, MO
Columbia, MO 6 77% 50% / 50% 0% $82,000 86 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 22 30% 68% / 32% 0% $81,190 89 100% —
2 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical
Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL 2 19% 50% / 50% 0% $80,521 92 — —
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 5 42% 40% / 60% 0% $79,015 89 — —
6 U. of Idaho
Moscow, ID
Moscow, ID 7 75% 57% / 43% 14% $83,977 90 — —
7 U. of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
Knoxville, TN 8 48% 75% / 25% 0% $89,927 93 100% —
8 Utah State
Logan, UT
Logan, UT 18 93% 50% / 50% 0% $74,922 85 90% —