2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri 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. 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 Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Missouri, there were 17 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,837 and $25,380 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great food science programs and 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.

More Ways to Rank Food Science Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Food Science (Income $30-$48k) in Missouri

#1

University of Missouri - Columbia

Columbia, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$11,595 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s food sciences students in 2019-2020.

Mizzou did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Food Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. It costs about $11,595 for missouri bachelor’s degree food sciences students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Mizzou.

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 89%.

Full University of Missouri - Columbia Food Science Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Food Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Food Science (Income $30-$48k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Muhammad Irshad Ansari.

Featured Agriculture Schools

Request Info

Southern New Hampshire University You have goals. Southern New Hampshire University can help you get there. Whether you need a bachelor's degree to get into a career or want a master's degree to move up in your current career, SNHU has an online program for you. Find your degree from over 200 online programs ... Learn More >