2022 Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes 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 Master’s in the Great Lakes 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 Great Lakes region, there were 497 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,340 and $24,200 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 185 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in food science technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality food science technology programs that also have a lower cost than 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 for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food Science Technology in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$28,794 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 11 masters’s food science tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Purdue, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Food Science Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Food Science Technology at Purdue

#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$85,538 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State University is a large public school situated in East Lansing, Michigan. It awarded 52 masters’s food science tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Food Science Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Michigan State Food Science Technology Report

#3

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#4 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$48,041 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. UIUC is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 40 masters’s food science tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Food Science Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Food Science Technology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#4

Ohio State University - Main Campus

Columbus, Ohio

#3 in overall quality

$37,141 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Ohio State is a large school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 23 masters’s food science tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Food Science Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Food Science Technology at Ohio State University - Main Campus

• Best Value Master’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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