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2023 Best Value Food Science Technology Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$9,299 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Food Science Technology School for You

Food Science Technology is the #144 most popular major in South Dakota with 6 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Food Science Technology Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Food Science Technology Colleges.

Best Food Science Technology School

$9,299 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found South Dakota State University to be the best value school for food science technology students who want to pursue a degree in South Dakota. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at South Dakota State are $9,299 a year.

South Dakota State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Food Science Technology Schools in South Dakota list.

Full Food Science Technology at South Dakota State University Report

Best Value Food Science Technology Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 19
Minnesota 52
Kansas 78
Iowa 49
Nebraska 100
North Dakota 10

One of 16 majors within the area of study, food science technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 values are for the top school 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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