2025 Best Food Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

a doctor's degree in food science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #107 out of 862 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Food Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 46 doctor's degrees in food science during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to food science students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other food science students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized food science related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for food science students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Food Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Food Science in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in food science.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in Food Sciences

1

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

25 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in food science needs to look into Cornell University. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in food science from Cornell University

2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in food science has to check out Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in food science from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

Best Food Science Colleges by State

Explore the best food science schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	366	13
Pennsylvania	311	4
Maryland	190	8
New Jersey	165	6

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Food Science Related Rankings by Major

Food Science is one of 5 different types of Food Science Technology programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Muhammad Irshad Ansari. More about our data sources and methodologies.