When it comes to popularity, food science technology sits in the middle of the road, ranking #185 out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
There was only one school in Iowa to review for the 2025 Best Food Science Technology Schools in Iowa ranking.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Food Science Technology Schools in Iowa ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the food science tech degrees they offer, see the list below.
Iowa State University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in food science technology. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a very large student population.
Food Science Technology degree recipients from Iowa State University earn a boost of around $5,166 over the typical earnings of food science technology graduates.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
