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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Food Science in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
120 Degrees Awarded
$25,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 120 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in food science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality food science programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Food Science in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #1 spot on the list. Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s food sciences degrees to qualified students.

Rutgers New Brunswick also made our “Best Food Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $21,654 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Food Sciences students with aid per year to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Full Rutgers University - New Brunswick Food Science Report

#2

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Maryland - College Park is located in College Park, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 49 bachelors’s food sciences degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree food sciences students with aid list, UMCP has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Food Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $19,045 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Food Sciences students with aid per year to attend UMCP.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Food Science at UMCP

#3

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #3 spot on the list. Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s food sciences degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree food sciences students with aid list, Cornell has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Food Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Cornell is $40,126 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree food sciences students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Food Science at Cornell University

#4

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware
#3 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 #4 for the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. UD is located in Newark, Delaware and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s food sciences degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree food sciences students with aid list, UD has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Food Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $17,220 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Food Sciences students with aid per year to attend UD.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Delaware Food Science Report

#5

Delaware Valley University

Doylestown, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware Valley University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s food sciences students in 2019-2020.

DelVal not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Food Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $27,587 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Food Sciences students with aid per year to attend DelVal.

Read more about Food Science at Delaware Valley University

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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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