2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Food Science Technology in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 2,532 people earned their degree in food science technology, making the major the 185th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, food science technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,820 and had an average of $22,586 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 364 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,972 and $24,748 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 5 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in food science technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in food science technology.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree food science tech students.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Food Science Technology in the Plains States Region

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Riverland Community College
Austin, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Riverland Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Plains States Region list. Riverland Community College is a small school located in Austin, Minnesota that handed out 1 associates’s food science tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Riverland Community College Food Science Technology Report

2

Normandale Community College
Bloomington, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Normandale Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Plains States Region. This medium-sized school is located in Bloomington, Minnesota, and it awarded 0 associates’s food science tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Food Science Technology at Normandale Community College

2

Missouri State University - West Plains
West Plains, Missouri

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - West Plains landed the #2 spot on the list. Missouri State West Plains is a small school located in West Plains, Missouri that handed out 4 associates’s food science tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Missouri State University - West Plains Food Science Technology Report

• Most Focused Associate 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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

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