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2022 Best Value Food Science Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
80 Degrees Awarded
$11,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Food Science Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Food Science Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the Southwest region, there were 80 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,700 and $17,510 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Food Science Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in food science technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great food science technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the food science technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Food Science Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region food science tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Food Science Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Food Science Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 19 ’s food science tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also made our “Best Food Science Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $13,326 for southwest region food science tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Texas Tech University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read full report on Food Science Technology at Texas Tech

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Food Science Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified ’s food science tech students in 2019-2020.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Food Science Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $9,962 for Southwest Region Food Science Tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Food Science Technology at OSU

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Food Science Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 ’s food science tech degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Food Science Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $13,270 for Southwest Region Food Science Tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Food Science Technology at Texas A&M University - College Station

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Food Science Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #4 spot on the list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s food science tech degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Food Science Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $11,466 for Southwest Region Food Science Tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Arizona Food Science Technology Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Food Science Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 ’s food science tech degrees to qualified students.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #5 spot in our “Best Food Science Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $7,006 for Southwest Region Food Science Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend NMSU Main Campus.

Read more about Food Science Technology at NMSU Main Campus

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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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