Ames, Iowa · Public
Agricultural Engineering at Iowa State University
Read the reported program-share signal, school-wide price, and outcome proxy before comparing peer schools in this field. The enrollment proxy is about 292 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
Program snapshot
1.2% reported share makes this a focused program signal in federal data.
This major
- Program signal
- 1.1%
- Enrollment proxy
- ~292
- Schools with reported signal
- 37
Admissions
- Acceptance rate (school)
- 88.7%
- Graduation rate
- 75.3%
Cost
- Avg net price (school)
- $18,589/yr
- 4-year cost (est.)
- $74,356
- Median debt
- $22,869
Outcomes
- Median earnings 10y
- $63,386/yr
- ROI grade (school)
- B
College Scorecard reports school-wide earnings and price, not per-major outcomes for individual colleges. Program share is a concentration signal, not a promise of department quality. Use it as a proxy, then verify department-level outcomes with the school.
Value among peer schools
Compared with 37 schools that report this field.
This page treats cost and earnings as school-wide context, not department-level outcomes. The reported share is 2.3x the national average concentration; the school-wide net price is higher than the peer average ($933 above), and ten-year median earnings are lower than the peer average ($1,910 below). That combination produces a B value grade and a top 54% ROI position within this field set.
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Peer schools below also report a positive program-share signal and are sorted by value grade.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · 0.9% reported share · $14,355 net A University of California-Davis Davis, CA · 0.1% reported share · $14,741 net A California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA · 0.3% reported share · $16,665 net A 
University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD · 0.8% reported share · $15,678 net A 
Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN · 0.9% reported share · $14,600 net A University of Georgia Athens, GA · 0.1% reported share · $13,936 net A 
Washington State University Pullman, WA · 0.2% reported share · $14,971 net A Questions about this program
How big is the program signal?
Agricultural Engineering accounts for 1.2% of reported programs at Iowa State University, which is bigger than 95% of schools in this field set and 2.3x the national average concentration. The enrollment proxy is about 292 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
How should I read the cost number?
Iowa State University's average net price is $18,589 per year, about $74,356 over four years. That is $933 above the $17,656 peer average, before your own aid package changes the final bill.
Are the earnings major-specific?
No. The $63,386 median earnings figure is school-wide ten years after entry. It is $1,910 below the $65,296 average among schools reporting this field, so treat it as an outcomes proxy rather than a department guarantee.
What should I compare next?
Start with program share, net price after aid, graduation rate, location, and whether the department publishes placement or licensure outcomes. EduGradify ranks Iowa State University #20 of 37 schools in this field set by school-wide ROI proxy.