2023 Best Food Science Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

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Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, Indiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Food Science Tech for a Bachelor’s list. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s food science tech students in 2020-2021.

Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Food Science Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 46,655 students enrolled at Purdue were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,765. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Food Science Tech for a Bachelor’s. UIUC is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 81 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UIUC also took the #4 spot in our “Best Food Science Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 52,679 students enrolled at UIUC, 10 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Food Science Tech for a Bachelor’s. Ohio State is a large school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 19 bachelors’s food science tech degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree vets studying food science tech list, Ohio State has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Food Science Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 2 of the 61,369 students enrolled at Ohio State University - Main Campus were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Ohio State University - Main Campus offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Food Science Tech for a Bachelor’s list. UW - Madison is a public institution located in Madison, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UW - Madison also took the #1 spot in our “Best Food Science Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 4 of the 44,640 students enrolled at UW - Madison were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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University of Wisconsin - River Falls
River Falls, Wisconsin

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - River Falls. The school came in at #5 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Food Science Tech for a Bachelor’s. This medium-sized school is located in River Falls, Wisconsin, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s food science tech degrees in 2020-2021.

UW - River Falls not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Food Science Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.According to our most recent data, UW - River Falls supports 5,855 students, and 185 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 84 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,939. During this same period, 16 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

Michigan State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Food Science Tech for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s food science tech degrees to 38 students in 2020-2021.

Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Food Science Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Among the 49,695 students enrolled at Michigan State, 2 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,686. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Michigan State University]](/colleges/michigan-state-university/student-life/veterans/)