2022 Best Value Colleges for Food Technology & Processing in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Food Technology and Processing Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Food Technology & Processing is the 1029th most popular major in the country with 87 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 3 food technology and processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality food technology and processing programs that also have a lower cost than 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 technology and processing program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Food Technology and Processing Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Food Technology and Processing Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region food technology and processing students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Food Technology & Processing in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$8,659 Average Net Price

$34,757 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Food Technology and Processing Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s food technology and processing degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Food Technology & Processing Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $8,659 for Southwest Region Food Technology and Processing students with aid per year to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Read more about Food Technology & Processing at NMSU Main Campus

• Best Value Colleges for Food Technology & Processing (With Aid)

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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