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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Food Science Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

1 Ranked Colleges
28 Degrees Awarded
$4,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 “Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,415 people earned their degree in food science technology, making the major the 183rd most popular in the United States. 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 497 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,340 and $24,200 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 28 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great food science technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the food science technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Food Science Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, this medium-sized public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified associates’s food science tech students in 2019-2020.

Cincinnati State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Food Science Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $4,292 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Food Science Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Cincinnati State Technical and Community College.

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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.

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