by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Southeast region, there were 370 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 64 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alabama A & M University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Normal, Alabama, this medium-sized public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s food sciences students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. North Carolina State University is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 13 masters’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 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
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Florida is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 masters’s food sciences degrees to qualified students.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, 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 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a large public school situated in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It awarded 7 masters’s food sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read more about Food Science at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 11 masters’s food sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
With a ranking of #6, University of Arkansas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Arkansas is a public institution located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 3 masters’s food sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, 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.
Mississippi State University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi State University is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 38 masters’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%.
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