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

6 Ranked Colleges
60 Degrees Awarded
$23,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 323 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 60 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the food science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Iowa State University is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s food sciences degrees to qualified students.

Iowa State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. K -State is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 30 masters’s food sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at K -State are $24,115, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. UMN Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities are $28,845, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 5 masters’s food sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNL, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNL are $19,513, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. South Dakota State is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at South Dakota State, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5 in overall quality

University of Missouri - Columbia ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Missouri - Columbia is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 4 masters’s food sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou also made our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mizzou are $27,193.

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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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