2024 Best Food Science Schools in the Southwest Region

A degree in food science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #305 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Food Science Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 48 degrees in food science during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Pick Your Food Science Degree Level

The food sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Food Science Schools in the Southwest Region. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Food Science in the Southwest Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the food sciences degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Southwest Region Schools in Food Sciences

1

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
Stillwater, OK

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

35.0% Growth in Graduates

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in food science. OSU is a very large public university located in the town of Stillwater.More information about a degree in food science from Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

2

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's hard to beat Texas Tech University if you want to pursue a degree in food science. Texas Tech is a very large public university located in the large city of Lubbock.More information about a degree in food science from Texas Tech University

Best Food Science Colleges by State

Explore the best food science colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	905	21
Arizona	670	0
Oklahoma	565	20

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Rankings in Majors Related to Food Sciences

Food Science is one of 5 different types of Food Science Technology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Food Technology & Processing	6

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Muhammad Irshad Ansari.

More about our data sources and methodologies.