Food Science at Cornell University

Every food science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the food sciences program at Cornell University stacks up to those at other schools.

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and has a total student population of 23,620.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Food Science section at the bottom of this page.

Cornell Food Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Food Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Food Sciences

Cornell Food Science Rankings

The food sciences major at Cornell is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Food Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in food sciences, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Food Sciences Student Demographics at Cornell

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the food sciences majors at Cornell University.

Cornell Food Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of food sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical food sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% more racial-ethnic minorities in its food sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's in food sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	3
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Cornell Food Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of food sciences master's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cornell University with a master's in food sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Viticulture and Enology

Careers That Food Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in food sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Cornell University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Food Scientists and Technologists	480	$61,630
Agricultural Sciences Professors	390	$99,920

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.