2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food Science in California (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,815 people earned their degree in food science, making the major the 283rd most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 227 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The food sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree food sciences students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food Science in California (With Aid)

#1

University of California - Davis

Davis, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Food Sciences Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. University of California - Davis is a large school located in Davis, California that handed out 3 masters’s food sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Davis also made our “Best Food Science Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Davis are $28,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Food Science at UC Davis

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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.

Credits

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

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