Food Science and Technology
82 colleges offer Food Science and Technology in the College Scorecard data. Graduates leave with an average federal debt of $44,622, from $25,597 at the lowest program to $76,062 at the highest. One year after graduating they earn $43,591 on average, from $25,513 at the lowest program to $61,329 at the highest.
Is a Food Science and Technology degree worth it?
Across 29 bachelor's programs that report earnings, the median pays its graduates $46,002 a year after graduation, and the middle half pay between $37,600 and $49,975. The median for all majors is $37,050. At the median program, graduates who borrowed owe $34,960.
These are earnings one year after graduating, for students who received federal aid. Majors that lead to graduate school, or to careers that start slowly, look worse here than they will ten years on.
Details
- Number of Offering Colleges: 82
- Average Debt on Graduation: $44,622
- Expected Earnings 1 Year After: $43,591
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Institution name
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Degree type: Certificate, Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, etc.
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Debt Mean
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Average federal loan debt at graduation — can be skewed by outliers, unlike the median
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Debt Median
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Median federal loan debt at graduation — the middle value, less affected by extreme outliers
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Earnings ▼
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Median earnings 1 year after graduation for this major
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| American University of Beirut | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| McGill University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Wisconsin-River Falls | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Wisconsin-Stout | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mount Mary University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Washington State University | Bachelor's Degree | $41,717 | No data | No data |
| Brigham Young University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Texas Tech University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Middle Tennessee State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| South Dakota State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Saint Francis University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| North Dakota State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| New Mexico State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Minnesota State University-Mankato | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Western Michigan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Eastern Michigan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Simmons University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Hampshire College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Framingham State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bay Path University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Holy Cross | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Kentucky | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| College of Southern Idaho | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Brigham Young University-Idaho | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Idaho | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Georgia | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Delaware | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| San Jose State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California State University-Los Angeles | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Arkansas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Arizona | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Auburn University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Alabama A & M University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Florida | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,513 |
| University of Maryland-College Park | Bachelor's Degree | $76,062 | No data | $27,873 |
| Mississippi State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,591 |
| University of Maine | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,820 |
| Clemson University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $49,065 | $32,141 |
| Appalachian State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,535 |
| Oregon State University-Cascades Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $31,925 | No data | $37,600 |
| Oregon State University | Bachelor's Degree | $31,925 | No data | $37,600 |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,091 |
| Delaware Valley University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,863 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $27,165 | $41,877 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $42,584 |
| University of California-Davis | Bachelor's Degree | $55,463 | No data | $42,648 |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $45,674 |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | Bachelor's Degree | $43,926 | $34,960 | $46,002 |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $46,124 |
| California State University-Fresno | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $48,012 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Bachelor's Degree | $25,597 | No data | $48,390 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $48,777 |
| The Pennsylvania State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $49,091 |
| Iowa State University | Bachelor's Degree | $38,095 | No data | $49,538 |
| Michigan State University | Bachelor's Degree | $58,696 | No data | $49,975 |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $50,459 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $50,564 |
| Cornell University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $51,489 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $52,935 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $54,002 |
| Kansas State University | Bachelor's Degree | $42,818 | No data | $54,044 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $61,329 |
| University of British Columbia | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The University of Tennessee Health Science Center | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lakeland University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Utah State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Johnson & Wales University-Providence | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Edinboro University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Linfield University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Southern Oregon University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| East Central University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Clarke University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |