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2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

4 Ranked Colleges
30 Degrees Awarded
$32,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 1,815 people earned their degree in food science, making the major the 283rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 452 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in food science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality food science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the food science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Food Science in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Purdue is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 9 doctorate’s food sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue also took the #1 spot in our “Best Food Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 doctorate’s food sciences degrees to qualified students.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Food Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Food Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #2 spot on the list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s food sciences degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Food Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523.

Read more about Food Science at UW - Madison

#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Michigan State is a large public school situated in East Lansing, Michigan. It awarded 4 doctorate’s food sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Food Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Food Science at Michigan State University

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State is a large school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 4 doctorate’s food sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Food Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Food Science at Ohio State

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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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