Size up the Top Schools in Agricultural Engineering

By Thomas Skernivitz|September 16, 2020

For the 10th consecutive year, Purdue University’s College of Engineering ranks No. 1 in the category of agricultural and biological engineering, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings.

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1. Purdue University
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2. Cornell University
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2. (tie) Iowa State University
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2. (tie) Texas A&M University
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5. Michigan State University
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6. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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7. Ohio State University
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7. (tie) UC Davis
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7. (tie) University of Florida
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10. N.C. State University
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11. Penn State University - University Park
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12. University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Honorable Mention: University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Honorable Mention: Virginia Tech

To view the full rankings from U.S. News & World Report, click here.

The publication’s annual rankings, which was just released, honor 14 undergraduate schools in which the highest engineering degree offered is a doctorate.

“The consistency Purdue Engineering has shown as a top-10 national program is gratifying,” Mark Lundstrom, the acting Dean of Purdue’s College of Engineering, said. “To have four specialty programs ranked in the top five, led, of course, by the persistent No. 1 ranking of agricultural and biological engineering, is a credit to our overall engineering program. Purdue engineers are highly sought, both in state, and around the nation.”

Added Karen Plaut, the school’s Glenn W. Sample Dean of Agriculture: “Our colleges work together to support extraordinary faculty whose prominence as researchers is matched by their commitment to their students.”