2022 Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

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 Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,415 people earned their degree in food science technology, making the major the 183rd most popular in the United States. 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 New England region, there were 96 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,300 and $23,334 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent food science technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the food science technology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree food science tech students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Food Science Technology in the New England Region

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s food science tech degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Food Science Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Food Science Technology at UMass Amherst

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. UMaine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 3 doctorate’s food science tech degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also took the #2 spot in our “Best Food Science Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maine are $28,352, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Maine Food Science Technology Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Food Science Technology

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.

Credits

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

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