by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Food Science Technology is the 185th most popular major in the country with 2,532 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 299 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,057 and $21,249 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 177 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in food science technology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their food science technology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware Valley University landed the #1 spot on the list. Delaware Valley University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Ithaca, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s food science tech degrees to 35 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Cobleskill. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. SUNY Cobleskill is a small public school situated in Cobleskill, New York. It awarded 2 bachelors’s food science tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #4 spot on the list. UMCP is a public institution located in College Park, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a large school located in New Brunswick, New Jersey that handed out 37 bachelors’s food science tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Food Science Technology at Rutgers University - New Brunswick
University of Delaware ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Newark, Delaware, this large public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s food science tech students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Read more about Food Science Technology at University of Delaware
Saint Francis University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Saint Francis University is a small school located in Loretto, Pennsylvania that handed out 0 bachelors’s food science tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.
Read full report on Food Science Technology at Saint Francis University
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