The University of Illinois has the top ranked agricultural engineering department in the nation, according to the 2009 "U.S. News & World Report" rankings of undergraduate departments in the field. At the undergraduate level, the university offers a four-year Bachelor of Science. Students can also pursue a five-year dual degree program receiving an additional bachelor's degree from the university's College of Agricultural, Environmental and Consumer Sciences. At the graduate level, students can pursue the Master of Science and the Ph.D. The school offers several areas of concentration at the graduate level: agricultural safety, water safety, bioenvironmental engineering, water and soil resources engineering, bioprocess and food, precision agriculture, grain properties and quality, off-road equipment engineering, and computational science and engineering.
Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
1304 W. Pennsylvania Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
217-333-3570
abe.Illinois.edu
The University of Georgia also combines its biological and agricultural engineering programs into one department. The university offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs. At the undergraduate level, Georgia offers a Bachelor of Science. The program emphasizes both engineering science and engineering design. At the graduate degree level, the school offers both a Master of Science and Ph.D. In addition to these degree programs, Georgia also offers related certificate programs in engineering physics, computer systems engineering, atmospheric science, and coastal and marine engineering.
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Driftmier Engineering Center
The University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
706-542-1653
engr.uga.edu
North Carolina State University also ranks as one of the top agricultural engineering programs in the nation. "U.S. News & World Report" ranked the N.C. State program No. 7 in the nation in 2009. The undergraduate degree offered by the university is the Bachelor of Science in Agricultural and Environmental Technology. The undergraduate program has three areas of focus: agribusiness, machinery systems and environmental systems. At the graduate level, N.C. State offers the Master of Science, a distance education-based Master of Biological and Agricultural Engineering (M.B.A.E.) and the Ph.D. A graduate certificate is also offered in Design and Analysis of Environmental System. This program focuses primarily on watershed restoration and assessment.
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
North Carolina State University
Box 7625
Raleigh, NC 27695
919-515-6760
bae.ncsu.edu