Biological / Agricultural Best Engineering Schools

Ranked in 2010

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 engineering schools for biological / agricultural engineering.

Editor's Note: These rankings have been carried over from those published in the 2011 edition of Best Graduate Schools which were ranked in 2010.

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Overall Engineering School Program Data
#1	Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN	4.6	In-state, full-time: $9,642 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $27,194 per year	2,865	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#1	University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL	4.6	In-state, full-time: $14,932 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,198 per year	2,711	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#3	Texas A&M University--College Station (Look) College Station, TX	4.4	In-state, full-time: $227 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $537 per credit	2,955	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#4	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	4.3	Full-time: $29,500 per year	1,665	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#5	University of California--Davis Davis, CA	4.1	In-state, full-time: $13,257 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,359 per year	1,178	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#6	Iowa State University Ames, IA	4.0	In-state, full-time: $8,204 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $19,600 per year	1,099	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#7	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	3.8	In-state, full-time: $10,916 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,309 per year	2,955	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#7	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	3.8	In-state, full-time: $8,700 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $17,200 per year	2,208	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#9	North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC	3.6	In-state, full-time: $7,045 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $19,093 per year	2,586	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#9	Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA	3.6	In-state, full-time: $17,292 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $29,716 per year	1,937	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#9	University of Nebraska--Lincoln Lincoln, NE	3.6	In-state, full-time: $262 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $706 per credit	658	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked

Rankings

Overall Engineering School Program Data

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College name

Score

Tuition

Total graduate engineering enrollment

Average GRE quantitative score (master's and Ph.D. students)

Research expenditures per faculty member

Engineering school research expenditures (2009-2010 fiscal year)

Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering

Purdue University--West Lafayette

West Lafayette, IN

4.6

In-state, full-time: $9,642 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $27,194 per year

2,865

Locked

University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign

Urbana, IL

4.6

In-state, full-time: $14,932 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,198 per year

2,711

Locked

Texas A&M University--College Station (Look)

College Station, TX

4.4

In-state, full-time: $227 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $537 per credit

2,955

Locked

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

4.3

Full-time: $29,500 per year

1,665

Locked

University of California--Davis

Davis, CA

4.1

In-state, full-time: $13,257 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,359 per year

1,178

Locked

Iowa State University

Ames, IA

4.0

In-state, full-time: $8,204 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $19,600 per year

1,099

Locked

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

3.8

In-state, full-time: $10,916 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,309 per year

2,955

Locked

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

3.8

In-state, full-time: $8,700 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $17,200 per year

2,208

Locked

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, NC

3.6

In-state, full-time: $7,045 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $19,093 per year

2,586

Locked

Pennsylvania State University--University Park

University Park, PA

3.6

In-state, full-time: $17,292 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $29,716 per year

1,937

Locked

University of Nebraska--Lincoln

Lincoln, NE

3.6

In-state, full-time: $262 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $706 per credit

658

Locked