Career Placement Outcomes - Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Doctoral Students Between 2011 and 2018

Employed In-field Employed Out-of-field Continuing Education Seeking Response rate:
63.3% 0% 0% 7.4% 70.6 %

Master's Students Between 2011 and 2018

Employed In-field Employed Out-of-field Continuing Education Seeking Response rate:
59.4% 2.4% 12.8% 1.4% 75.9 %

* The above data are based on an employment survey completed within 6 months after graduation. If the percentages do not add up to 100%, the remaining graduates were not seeking employment at the 6-month mark.

Roles and Workspace for 2019-2021 Doctoral and Master's Graduates

  4-year college/master's university For-profit company: Agriculture For-profit company: Manufacturing Government Research university Other
Engineering   3 1      
Extension/Outreach/Informal       1    
Faculty         1 1
Postdoc       1 2  
Research Staff         3  
Other 1         1

Employment Statistics: National Science Board (NSB) infographic of long-term career trajectories show the diverse possibilities for this discipline.