Bachelor's degree · Agriculture · CIP 01.10
Food Science and Technology: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 68 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Food Science and Technology, together awarding 1,124 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $54,580 one year after finishing and $74,019 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $19,500 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Compare Food Science and Technology programs on one chart
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Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 10 of 67; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Food Science and Technology
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo · Public | CA | 107 | $54,906 | $84,810 | $12,666 |
| Clemson University Clemson · Public | SC | 83 | $40,352 | $64,239 | $20,500 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign · Public | IL | 74 | $56,486 | $72,322 | $17,875 |
| University of California-Davis Davis · Public | CA | 63 | $53,279 | $82,788 | $8,300 |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln · Public | NE | 50 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| California State University-Fresno Fresno · Public | CA | 46 | $57,578 | $72,670 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park · Public | PA | 34 | $59,787 | $84,538 | $21,430 |
| Kansas State University Manhattan · Public | KS | 32 | $68,015 | $94,245 | $25,000 |
| Mississippi State University Mississippi State · Public | MS | 31 | n/a | n/a | $19,500 |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona · Public | CA | 30 | $54,580 | $74,019 | n/a |
| Cornell University Ithaca · Private nonprofit | NY | 27 | $66,519 | $81,299 | n/a |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park · Public | MD | 25 | $39,340 | $74,423 | $19,500 |
| Oregon State University Corvallis · Public | OR | 24 | $49,575 | $65,004 | n/a |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville · Public | AR | 24 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Florida Gainesville · Public | FL | 24 | n/a | $75,694 | n/a |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette · Public | IN | 23 | $69,120 | $76,898 | $12,000 |
| University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie · Public | WI | 23 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg · Public | VA | 23 | $48,488 | $85,763 | n/a |
| Iowa State University Ames · Public | IA | 21 | n/a | $66,436 | n/a |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · Public | OH | 21 | $51,662 | $70,983 | n/a |
| Michigan State University East Lansing · Public | MI | 20 | $60,006 | $79,203 | $28,000 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis · Public | MN | 19 | $54,092 | $69,552 | n/a |
| Brigham Young University Provo · Private nonprofit | UT | 18 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg · Private nonprofit | ID | 17 | $44,659 | n/a | n/a |
| University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia · Public | MO | 17 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison · Public | WI | 16 | $57,824 | $85,464 | n/a |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick · Public | NJ | 14 | $58,376 | $84,293 | $19,500 |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville · Public | TN | 14 | $36,674 | $73,099 | n/a |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst · Public | MA | 14 | n/a | $80,255 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin-River Falls River Falls · Public | WI | 12 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins · Public | CO | 11 | $53,793 | n/a | n/a |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh · Public | NC | 11 | $59,250 | $66,008 | n/a |
| Alabama A & M University Normal · Public | AL | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Tallahassee · Public | FL | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater · Public | OK | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Bay Path University Longmeadow · Private nonprofit | MA | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Washington State University Pullman · Public | WA | 9 | n/a | $73,447 | n/a |
| Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Cincinnati · Public | OH | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Utah State University Logan · Public | UT | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Linfield University McMinnville · Private nonprofit | OR | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro · Public | TN | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Delaware Newark · Public | DE | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Appalachian State University Boone · Public | NC | 6 | $39,756 | $51,641 | n/a |
| SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill Cobleskill · Public | NY | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Delaware Valley University Doylestown · Private nonprofit | PA | 5 | n/a | $71,427 | n/a |
| Texas Tech University Lubbock · Public | TX | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Auburn University Auburn · Public | AL | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Framingham State University Framingham · Public | MA | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Lakeland University Plymouth · Private nonprofit | WI | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Quick facts: Food Science and Technology
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Food Science and Technology?
- The College Scorecard lists 68 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Food Science and Technology.
- How much do Food Science and Technology graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $54,580 one year after graduation (23 institutions reporting) and $74,019 five years after graduation (27 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Food Science and Technology graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: Kansas State University ($94,245), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ($85,763), University of Wisconsin-Madison ($85,464), California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo ($84,810), and Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus ($84,538).
- How much student debt do Food Science and Technology graduates have?
- The median institution's Food Science and Technology graduates leave with $19,500 in federal student loans (11 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Food Science and Technology degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (107), Clemson University (83), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (74), University of California-Davis (63), and University of Nebraska-Lincoln (50).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Food Science and Technology (CIP code 01.10), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.