2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southwest Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 48 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree food sciences students.
Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Food Science in the Southwest Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 8 masters’s food sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Food Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 3 masters’s food sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Food Science at Texas Tech
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 6 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Texas A&M College Station Food Science Report
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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
- *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.
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