West Lafayette, Indiana · Public
Agricultural Engineering at Purdue University-Main Campus
Read the reported program-share signal, school-wide price, and outcome proxy before comparing peer schools in this field. The enrollment proxy is about 383 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
Program snapshot
0.9% reported share makes this a small program signal in federal data.
This major
- Program signal
- 0.9%
- Enrollment proxy
- ~383
- Schools with reported signal
- 37
Admissions
- Acceptance rate (school)
- 49.9%
- Graduation rate
- 83.1%
Cost
- Avg net price (school)
- $14,600/yr
- 4-year cost (est.)
- $58,400
- Median debt
- $19,500
Outcomes
- Median earnings 10y
- $72,424/yr
- ROI grade (school)
- A
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.
This page stays available for users because the program appears in federal data, but it is not promoted for search indexing while the reported share is below 1%.
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 1.7x the national average concentration; the school-wide net price is lower than the peer average ($3,056 below), and ten-year median earnings are higher than the peer average ($7,128 above). That combination produces a A value grade and a top 16% 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 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 University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · 0.4% reported share · $17,354 net B Questions about this program
How big is the program signal?
Agricultural Engineering accounts for 0.9% of reported programs at Purdue University-Main Campus, which is bigger than 86% of schools in this field set and 1.7x the national average concentration. The enrollment proxy is about 383 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
How should I read the cost number?
Purdue University-Main Campus's average net price is $14,600 per year, about $58,400 over four years. That is $3,056 below the $17,656 peer average, before your own aid package changes the final bill.
Are the earnings major-specific?
No. The $72,424 median earnings figure is school-wide ten years after entry. It is $7,128 above 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 Purdue University-Main Campus #6 of 37 schools in this field set by school-wide ROI proxy.