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2022 Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
7 Degrees Awarded
$28,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 California, there were 460 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,225 and $18,880 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Food Science Technology in California (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Davis, California, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s food science tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Davis, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Food Science Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Davis are $28,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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