by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 New England 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 New England region, there were 89 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,247 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 5 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 food science tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the New England Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree food science tech students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hampshire College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the New England Region list. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s food science tech degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bay Path University landed the #2 spot on the list. Longmeadow, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s food science tech degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Framingham State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Framingham State University is a small school located in Framingham, Massachusetts that handed out 3 bachelors’s food science tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Food Science Technology at Framingham State University
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #4 spot on the list. UMass Amherst is a public institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, 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 89%.
Read full report on Food Science Technology at UMass Amherst
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Simmons University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the New England Region. Simmons University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 0 bachelors’s food science tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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