2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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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 Southwest region, there were 48 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in food science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent food science programs, but they also cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food Science in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 7 masters’s food sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree food sciences students list, Texas Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530.

Read more about Food Science at Texas Tech

#2

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$23,963 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 5 masters’s food sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU also made our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at OSU are $23,963.

Read more about Food Science at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

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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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