by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 113 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree food science tech students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Idaho is a public institution located in Moscow, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. BYU is located in Provo, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s food science tech degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Utah State University is a public institution located in Logan, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #4 spot on the list. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s food science tech degrees to 33 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
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