by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking.
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 New England region, there were 75 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hampshire College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Hampshire College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bay Path University landed the #2 spot on the list. Bay Path University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Framingham State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Framingham State University is a small school located in Framingham, Massachusetts that handed out 3 bachelors’s food sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #4 spot on the list. UMass Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 21 bachelors’s food sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Food Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Simmons University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the New England Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s food sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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