2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Food Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 53 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.

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

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the food science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Food Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Moscow, Idaho, this fairly large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s food sciences students in 2019-2020.

U of I not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Food Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Idaho are $29,112, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Food Science at U of I

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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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