2025 Best Food Science Schools in the Plains States Region
4Colleges in the Plains States Region
238Food Sciences Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in food science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #305 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of food science. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 238 degrees in food science annually.
The food sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Food Science rankings. We derive our Best Overall Food Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Food Science Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Food Science in the Plains States Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the food sciences degree levels they offer.
Kansas State University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in food science. K -State is a large public university located in the small city of Manhattan. This university ranks 2nd out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were approximately 64 food science students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Iowa State University if you wish to pursue a degree in food science. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #88 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Iowa State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 42 food science students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent data year.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a good decision for students interested in a degree in food science. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were roughly 35 food science students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat University of Nebraska - Lincoln if you wish to pursue a degree in food science. UNL is a very large public university located in the city of Lincoln. This university ranks 2nd out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were about 46 food science students who graduated with this degree at UNL in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The food sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Food Science rankings. We derive our Best Overall Food Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
