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Food Science is the 305th most popular major in the country with 1,812 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 370 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 260 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in food science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their food science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 Southeast Region”.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Alabama A & M University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Normal, Alabama, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s food sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Clemson University is a large school located in Clemson, South Carolina that handed out 71 bachelors’s food sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. Mississippi State University is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 38 bachelors’s food sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Tallahassee, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s food sciences degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a public institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Food Science Report
With a ranking of #6, Virginia Tech did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s food sciences degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Arkansas came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this large public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s food sciences students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
North Carolina State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s food sciences students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
Read full report on Food Science at North Carolina State University
University of Georgia came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Georgia is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 18 bachelors’s food sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Florida ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. UF is a large public school situated in Gainesville, Florida. It awarded 19 bachelors’s food sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Auburn University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s food sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #12, University of Kentucky did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Kentucky is a large school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 5 bachelors’s food sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
University of Holy Cross came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Holy Cross is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s food sciences degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Food Science at University of Holy Cross
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