2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Southeast region, there were 312 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 66 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region.
Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food Science in the Southeast Region
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s food sciences students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Georgia are $27,476, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. UARK is a public institution located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UARK, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arkansas are $22,121, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s food sciences degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.
UF also took the #2 spot in our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UF are $30,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s food sciences degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s food sciences degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Knoxville, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville are $31,798, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s food sciences degrees to qualified students.
Louisiana State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University are $29,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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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