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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region

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56 Degrees Awarded
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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 290 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 56 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Food Science in the Plains States Region

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Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s food sciences degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Food Science at Kansas State University

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South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. South Dakota State University is located in Brookings, South Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s food sciences degrees to qualified students.

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%.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s food sciences degrees to qualified students.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Food Science at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s food sciences students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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%.

Read full report on Food Science at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 5 masters’s food sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Food Science at Iowa State University

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University of Missouri - Columbia came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Missouri - Columbia is located in Columbia, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s food sciences degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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