by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Food Science Technology is the 185th most popular major in the country with 2,397 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , food science technology graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $46,007 and had an average of $21,002 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 95 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,247 and $22,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 food science technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,317 and $23,797 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in food science technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in food science technology.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the New England Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hampshire College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the New England Region. Hampshire is a small school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 2 bachelors’s food science tech degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bay Path University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s food science tech degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Framingham State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the New England Region. Framingham State University is located in Framingham, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s food science tech degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the New England Region. UMass Amherst is a large public school situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. It awarded 20 bachelors’s food science tech degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Food Science Tech Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Simmons University landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s food science tech degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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