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2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
120 Degrees Awarded
$14,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 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 $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in food science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent food science 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 science 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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Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Food Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Ithaca, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 27 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s food sciences students in 2019-2020.

Cornell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Food Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $7,518 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Food Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Cornell University.

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. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Food Science at Cornell

#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 $30-$48k. UMCP is a large public school situated in College Park, Maryland. It awarded 49 bachelors’s food sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Food Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $12,128 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree food sciences students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UMCP.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

Full UMCP Food Science Report

#3

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and it awarded 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. The estimated yearly cost for Rutgers New Brunswick is $15,779 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Food Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Food Science at Rutgers New Brunswick

#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 $30-$48k. University of Delaware is located in Newark, Delaware and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s food sciences degrees to qualified students.

UD also made our “Best Food Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $12,236 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree food sciences students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UD.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. 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%.

Read more about Food Science at University of Delaware

#5

Delaware Valley University

Doylestown, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware Valley University landed the #5 spot on the list. Doylestown, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s food sciences degrees to 4 students 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 DelVal is $23,033 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Food Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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