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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region

5 Ranked Colleges
40 Degrees Awarded
$40,200 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Far Western US 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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Far Western US region, there were 298 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 40 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in food science. That schools that top this list have a program in food science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree food sciences students.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Food Science in the Far Western US Region

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Chapman University
Orange, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chapman University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region list. Chapman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Orange, California. It awarded 18 masters’s food sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region list. UH Manoa is a fairly large school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 5 masters’s food sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Food Science at University of Hawaii at Manoa

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Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region. Wazzu is a public institution located in Pullman, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Food Science at Wazzu

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region. Located in Davis, California, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s food sciences students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read full report on Food Science at University of California - Davis

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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the #5 spot on the list. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is a large public school situated in San Luis Obispo, California. It awarded 3 masters’s food sciences degrees 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Food Science at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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