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2022 Best Value Food Processing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$8,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Food Processing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Food Processing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

Food Processing is the 318th most popular major in the country with 251 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, food processing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $54,250 and had an average of $22,000 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 107 food processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,400 and $20,500 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 food processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great food processing programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the food processing program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The food processing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Food Processing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Food Processing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food Processing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Food Processing (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Garden City Community College

Garden City, Kansas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Food Processing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Garden City Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Garden City, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s food processing degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Garden City Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Food Processing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Garden City Community College is $8,206 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Food Processing students whose families make $75-$110k.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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