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2023 Best Value Food Science Technology Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

56 Colleges
$24,027 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,820 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Food Science Technology School for You

Food Science Technology is the #185 most popular major in the country with 2,532 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Food Science Technology Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 56 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best value experiences for food science tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Food Science Technology Schools in the United States

Check out the food science tech programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Food Science Technology Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in the United States for food science technology students. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Provo.

BYU undergraduate students pay an average of $6,120 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, BYU also is in the top 20% of our Best Food Science Technology Schools ranking.

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The excellent programs at Dakota County Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best food science technology schools in the United States. Located in the rural area of Rosemount, DCTC is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at DCTC are $6,208 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, DCTC also did well on our Best Food Science Technology Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The excellent programs at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best food science technology schools in the United States. Southwest Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Fennimore.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Southwest Tech are $6,683 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Southwest Tech is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Food Science Technology Schools list.

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$4,416 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Food Science Technology Schools list. BYU - I is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Rexburg.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BYU - I are $4,416 per year.

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Out of the 56 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at North Dakota State University are $14,876 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, North Dakota State University is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Food Science Technology Schools list.

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South Dakota State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value food science technology programs. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the town of Brookings.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Dakota State are $12,809 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, South Dakota State also did well on our Best Food Science Technology Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$4,840 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for food science technology students. It came in at #7 on the list. UPR Mayaguez is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Mayaguez.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UPR Mayaguez are $4,840 a year.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Wisconsin - River Falls did quite well on this year’s best value schools for food science technology students. UW - River Falls is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of River Falls.

UW - River Falls undergraduate students pay an average of $15,661 in tuition and fees each year.

UW - River Falls excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Food Science Technology Schools list.

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$18,533 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #9, California State University - Fresno did quite well on this year’s best value schools for food science technology students. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Fresno State are $18,533 a year. Food Science Tech majors at Fresno State take out an average of $17,207 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#10

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Food Science Technology Schools list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

Purdue undergraduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year. On average, food science tech graduates from Purdue take out $20,500 in student loans while working on their degree.

In addition to its great value ranking, Purdue is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Food Science Technology Schools list.

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Food Science Technology by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Food Science Technology is one of 16 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Food Science Tech

Related Major Annual Graduates
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians 8,646
Animal Science 8,294
Agricultural Economics & Business 8,098
General Agriculture 3,370
Horticulture 3,234

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Muhammad Irshad Ansari.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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