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2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
49 Degrees Awarded
$29,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 192 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 49 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 5 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree food sciences students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Ithaca, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 26 diplomas to qualified masters’s food sciences students in 2019-2020.

Cornell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell are $30,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Newark, Delaware is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s food sciences degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UD also took the #4 spot in our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UD are $35,192, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s food sciences degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UMCP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Food Science at UMCP

#4

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Princess Anne, Maryland
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland Eastern Shore. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Princess Anne, Maryland, this small public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s food sciences students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree food sciences students whose families make $75-$110k list, UMES has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland Eastern Shore are $16,978, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #5 spot on the list. Rutgers New Brunswick is a large school located in New Brunswick, New Jersey that handed out 7 masters’s food sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers New Brunswick are $32,132.

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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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