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2023 Best Value Food Science Technology Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$16,437 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,290 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Food Science Technology School for You

Food Science Technology is the #127 most popular major in Illinois with 168 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Food Science Technology Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value programs for food science tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Food Science Technology Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Food Science Technology Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Food Science Technology

$17,634 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the best value school for food science technology students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIUC are $17,634 per year. The average amount in student loans that food science tech majors at UIUC take out is $21,500. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $494.

UIUC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Food Science Technology Schools in Illinois list.

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$15,240 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Southern Illinois University Carbondale helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best food science technology schools in Illinois. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SIUC are $15,240 a year.

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Best Value Food Science Technology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Food Science Technology Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 116
Ohio 44
Indiana 38
Wisconsin 78

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

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 2 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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