2025 Best Food Science Bachelor's Degree Schools
26
Colleges in the United States
922
Bachelor's Degrees
If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in
food science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #224 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 26 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of food science. Combined, these schools handed out 922 bachelor's degrees in food science to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Food Science School for Your Bachelor's Degree
Your choice of food science for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on food science students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other food science students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized food science related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for food science students working on their bachelor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Food Science Schools
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 the Best Food Science Bachelor's Degree Schools.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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