2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food Science in Illinois

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Illinois” ranking.

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

Across Illinois, there were 185 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 75 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

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

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Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree food sciences students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food Science in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #1 spot on the list. UIUC is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 40 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

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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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