2024 Best Food Science Schools in the New England Region

If you plan on majoring in food science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #305 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for food science students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 75 degrees in food science during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Pick Your Food Science Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Food Science Schools in the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Food Science in the New England Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the food sciences degree levels they offer.

Top New England Region Schools in Food Sciences

1

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

42 Food Sciences Degrees Awarded

It's hard to beat University of Massachusetts Amherst if you wish to pursue a degree in food science. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in food science from University of Massachusetts Amherst

2

University of Maine
Orono, ME

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

It is hard to beat University of Maine if you wish to pursue a degree in food science. Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in food science from University of Maine

Best Food Science Colleges by State

Explore the best food science colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	854	51
Maine	396	17

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Rankings in Majors Related to Food Sciences

Food Science is one of 5 different types of Food Science Technology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Food Sciences

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Brewing Science	11
Food Technology & Processing	3

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Muhammad Irshad Ansari.

More about our data sources and methodologies.