2023 Best Value Food Science Technology Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
The Best Value Food Science Technology Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the New England Region 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.
Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Food Science Technology
Our 2023 rankings named University of Massachusetts Amherst the best value school in the New England Region for food science technology students. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UMass Amherst are $36,964 a year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Maine is a great value for food science technology students. Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMaine are $33,586 per year. While working on their degree, food science tech majors at UMaine accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 51 |
| Maine | 20 |
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Majors Related to Food Science Tech
Food Science Technology is one of 16 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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.