2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Food Science in the Plains States Region

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In 2020-2021, 1,812 people earned their degree in food science, making the major the 305th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 290 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in food science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in food science.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Food Science in the Plains States Region

1

Riverland Community College
Austin, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Riverland Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Riverland Community College is a small school located in Austin, Minnesota that handed out 1 associates’s food sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Normandale Community College
Bloomington, Minnesota

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Normandale Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Normandale Community College is located in Bloomington, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s food sciences degrees to qualified students.

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2

Missouri State University - West Plains
West Plains, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - West Plains. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. West Plains, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s food sciences degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

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• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Food Science

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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

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