2022 Best Value Colleges for Food Science Technology (Income $0-$30k) in Hawaii

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 Science Tech Schools in Hawaii For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Food Science Technology is the 183rd most popular major in the country with 2,415 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, food science technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $42,382 and had an average of $21,826 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 2 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent food science technology programs, but they also cost less that 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 science technology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Food Science Tech Schools in Hawaii For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii food science tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Food Science Technology (Income $0-$30k) in Hawaii

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$10,986 Average Net Price

$42,348 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Food Science Tech Schools in Hawaii For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 ’s food science tech degrees to qualified students.

UH Manoa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Food Science Technology Schools in Hawaii” list. The yearly cost to attend UH Manoa is $10,986 for Hawaii Food Science Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

Read more about Food Science Technology at UH Manoa

• Best Value Colleges for Food Science Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Colleges for Food Science Technology (Income $0-$30k)

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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