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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Food Science Technology (Income $30-$48k) in Oregon

1 Ranked Colleges
31 Degrees Awarded
$15,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Food Science Technology is the 183rd most popular major in the country with 2,415 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, food science technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $42,382 and had an average of $21,826 in loans still to pay off.

Across Oregon, there were 53 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,000 and $25,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great food science technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the food science technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Food Science Technology (Income $30-$48k) in Oregon

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k list. Oregon State University is a large public school situated in Corvallis, Oregon. It awarded 30 bachelors’s food science tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Food Science Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $15,770 for oregon bachelor’s degree food science tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Oregon State.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, 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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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

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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