2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Food Science is the 283rd most popular major in the country with 1,815 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 53 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in food science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent food science programs, but they also 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 science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Brigham Young University - Provo

Provo, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$7,510 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. BYU is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 5 masters’s food sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at BYU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brigham Young University - Provo are $7,510, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #2 spot on the list. U of I is located in Moscow, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s food sciences degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of I, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of I are $29,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Food Science at University of Idaho

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food Science (Income $30-$48k)

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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