2022 Best Value Colleges for Food Processing (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Food Processing Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Food Processing is the 318th most popular major in the country with 251 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, food processing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $54,250 and had an average of $22,000 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 20 food processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent food processing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the food processing 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Food Processing Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Food Processing Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region food processing students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Food Processing (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College

Asheville, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$8,346 Average Net Price

$30,567 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Food Processing Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Asheville, North Carolina, this medium-sized public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified ’s food processing students in 2019-2020.

A-B Tech also made our “Best Food Processing Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for A-B Tech is $8,346 for southeast region food processing students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Food Processing at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College

• Best Value Colleges for Food Processing (Income $48-$75k)

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.

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