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2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
120 Degrees Awarded
$12,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Food Science is the 283rd most popular major in the country with 1,815 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 192 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 120 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in food science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality food science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the food science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree food sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Food Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Cornell University is located in Ithaca, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s food sciences degrees to qualified students.

Cornell also made our “Best Food Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Cornell University is $7,484 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Food Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive 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 student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Cornell Food Science Report

#2

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Maryland - College Park is a public institution located in College Park, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP also made our “Best Food Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend UMCP is $8,054 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Food Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Maryland - College Park Food Science Report

#3

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a large school located in New Brunswick, New Jersey that handed out 30 bachelors’s food sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Food Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $13,545 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree food sciences students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, 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 93%.

Full Rutgers New Brunswick Food Science Report

#4

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Newark, Delaware, this large public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s food sciences students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UD, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Food Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $11,487 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Food Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UD.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Food Science at UD

#5

Delaware Valley University

Doylestown, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware Valley University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. DelVal is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It awarded 4 bachelors’s food sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DelVal, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Food Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Delaware Valley University is $22,193 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Food Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Food Science at Delaware Valley University

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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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