2022 Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 87 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in food science technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great food science technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the food science technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food Science Technology (Income $48-$75k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Brigham Young University - Provo

Provo, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$7,510 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #1 spot on the list. Brigham Young University - Provo is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 5 masters’s food science tech degrees in 2019-2020.

BYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Food Science Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brigham Young University - Provo are $7,510, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Food Science Technology at BYU

#2

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Food Science Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k. U of I is a fairly large public school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 1 masters’s food science tech degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I also made our “Best Food Science Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Idaho are $29,112.

Full University of Idaho Food Science Technology Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food Science Technology (Income $48-$75k)

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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