2022 Best Value Food Processing Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Food Processing Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 251 people earned their degree in food processing, making the major the 318th most popular in the United States. 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The food processing 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 “Best Value Food Processing Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Food Processing Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food Processing Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Food Processing in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College

Asheville, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$7,318 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Asheville, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s food processing degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

A-B Tech also made our “Best Food Processing Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College is $7,318 for Southeast Region Food Processing students with aid.

Read full report on Food Processing at A-B Tech

• Best Value Colleges for Food Processing (With Aid)

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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