Biological/Agricultural Rankings
Biological and agricultural engineers address problems relating to the life sciences. These are the top undergraduate schools where the highest engineering degree offered is a doctorate.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $9,900 (2012-13)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $28,702 (2012-13)
- Enrollment:
- 30,776
- Setting:
- city
West Lafayette, IN
Founded in 1869, Purdue University--West Lafayette is a public institution. Purdue University--West Lafayette follows a semester-based academic calendar and its admissions are considered more selective.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $14,428 (2012-13)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $28,570 (2012-13)
- Enrollment:
- 32,256
- Setting:
- city
Champaign, IL
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign is a public institution that was founded in 1867. The school has 34.0 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students, and the student-faculty ratio at University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign is 18:1.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $7,726 (2012-13)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $19,838 (2012-13)
- Enrollment:
- 24,343
- Setting:
- city
Ames, IA
Iowa State University was established in 1858 as a public institution. Iowa State University follows a semester-based academic calendar and its admissions are considered more selective.
- Tuition and fees:
- $43,413 (2012-13)
- Enrollment:
- 14,167
- Setting:
- rural
Ithaca, NY
Cornell University, a private school in Ithaca, N.Y., started the country’s first colleges for hotel administration, industrial and labor relations, and veterinary medicine. Cornell now offers a wide variety of undergraduate programs and runs interdisciplinary research centers for nanotechnology, supercomputing, and more.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $8,505 (2012-13)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $25,035 (2012-13)
- Enrollment:
- 39,867
- Setting:
- city
College Station, TX
Texas A&M University--College Station has a total undergraduate enrollment of 39,867, with a gender distribution of 52.5 percent male students and 47.5 percent female students. At this school, 13.0 percent of the students live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing and 87.0 percent of students live off campus.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $5,656 (2011-12)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $27,933 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 32,598
- Setting:
- suburban
Gainesville, FL
Founded in 1853, University of Florida is a public institution. University of Florida follows a semester-based academic calendar and its admissions are considered most selective.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $13,877 (2012-13)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $36,755 (2012-13)
- Enrollment:
- 25,096
- Setting:
- city
Davis, CA
University of California--Davis is a public institution that was founded in 1905. The school has 32.6 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students, and the student-faculty ratio at University of California--Davis is 16:1.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $10,037 (2012-13)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $25,445 (2012-13)
- Enrollment:
- 42,916
- Setting:
- urban
Columbus, OH
Ohio State University--Columbus was established in 1870 as a public institution. Ohio State University--Columbus follows a semester-based academic calendar and its admissions are considered more selective.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $8,068 (2012-13)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $20,968 (2012-13)
- Enrollment:
- 19,345
- Setting:
- city
Lincoln, NE
The University of Nebraska—Lincoln, or UNL, is a large, public research institution that offers about 150 undergraduate majors. There are more than 400 student organizations to join, as well as a large community of fraternities and sororities.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $7,788 (2012-13)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $20,953 (2012-13)
- Enrollment:
- 25,176
- Setting:
- urban
Raleigh, NC
North Carolina State University, known as NC State for short, is the largest four-year college in the state. Students have more than 100 degree programs and more than 400 clubs and organizations to choose from.
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