Biological/Agricultural Rankings
Biological and agricultural engineers address problems relating to the life sciences. These are the top undergraduate schools where the highest degree offered is a doctorate.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $9,478 (2011-12)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $27,646 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 30,836
- Setting:
- urban
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:
- $7,486 (2011-12)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $19,358 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 23,104
- Setting:
- urban
Ames, IA
Iowa State University is a public institution that was founded in 1858. The school has 30.3 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students, and the student-faculty ratio at Iowa State University is 17:1.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $13,558 (2011-12)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $27,700 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 31,540
- Setting:
- urban
Champaign, IL
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign was established in 1867 as a public institution. University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign follows a semester-based academic calendar and its admissions are considered more selective.
- Tuition and fees:
- $41,541 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 13,935
- 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:
- $5,656 (2011-12)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $27,933 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 32,660
- Setting:
- suburban
Gainesville, FL
University of Florida has a total undergraduate enrollment of 32,660, with a gender distribution of 45.0 percent male students and 55.0 percent female students. 23.0 percent of the students live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing and 77.1 percent of students live off campus.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $8,387 (2010-11)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $22,817 (2010-11)
- Enrollment:
- 39,148
- Setting:
- urban
College Station, TX
Founded in 1876, Texas A&M University--College Station is a public institution. Texas A&M University--College Station follows a semester-based academic calendar and its admissions are considered more selective.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $12,794 (2011-12)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $35,672 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 24,737
- Setting:
- urban
Davis, CA
University of California--Davis is a public institution that was founded in 1905. The school has 36.1 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students, and the student-faculty ratio at University of California--Davis is 15:1.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $7,648 (2011-12)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $19,932 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 19,383
- Setting:
- urban
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:
- $11,100 (2011-12)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $24,560 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 23,690
- Setting:
- rural
Blacksburg, VA
A public institution, Virginia Tech was founded in 1872. Virginia Tech offers a Greek system, where 19.0 percent of the student body is involved in a sorority and 11.0 percent is involved in a fraternity.
- In-state tuition and fees:
- $7,018 (2011-12)
- Out-of-state tuition and fees:
- $19,853 (2011-12)
- Enrollment:
- 25,246
- 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.
