2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Food Science Technology in New York

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for an Associate in New York” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 New York, there were 95 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $14,300 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 16 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,640 and $14,770 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 an Associate in New York” 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 an Associate in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for an Associate in New York.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Food Science Technology in New York

#1

Niagara County Community College

Sanborn, New York

#1 in overall quality

$5,491 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for an Associate in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Niagara County Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Niagara County Community College is located in Sanborn, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s food science tech degrees to qualified students.

Niagara County Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Food Science Technology Associate Degree Schools in New York” list. The yearly cost to attend Niagara County Community College is $5,491 for New York Associate Degree Food Science Tech students.

Read full report on Food Science Technology at Niagara County Community College

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Muhammad Irshad Ansari.

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