2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Food Science in North Carolina

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across North Carolina, there were 31 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,103 and $114,434 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great food science programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The food sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina”.

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Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina doctor’s degree food sciences students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Food Science in North Carolina

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s food sciences students in 2019-2020.

NC State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Food Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NC State are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full North Carolina State University Food Science Report

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Muhammad Irshad Ansari.

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