You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in food processing. It is ranked #339 out of 395 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
There was only one school in Iowa to review for the 2025 Best Food Processing Schools in Iowa ranking.
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 the Best Food Processing Schools in Iowa.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the food processing degrees they offer, see the list below.
Morningside College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in food processing. Located in the small city of Sioux City, Morningside is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a degree in food processing from Morningside College
Best Food Processing Colleges in the Plains States Region
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).