by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Food Science is the 305th most popular major in the country with 1,649 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Plains States region, there were 238 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 128 food science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,724 and $22,887 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in food science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in food science.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree food sciences students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school awarded 25 degrees to qualified bachelors’s food sciences students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s food sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s food sciences degrees to 31 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clarke University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Dubuque, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s food sciences students in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 23 bachelors’s food sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Missouri - Columbia ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Mizzou is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 5 bachelors’s food sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
North Dakota State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s food sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus Food Science Report
South Dakota State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #8. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s food sciences degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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