Most Popular Schools for Food Science Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the application of biological, chemical, and physical principles to the study of converting raw agricultural products into processed forms suitable for direct human consumption, and the storage of such products. Includes instruction in applicable aspects of the agricultural sciences, human physiology and nutrition, food chemistry, agricultural products processing, food additives, food preparation and packaging, food storage and shipment, and related aspects of human health and safety including toxicology and pathology.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	152	1%	$30,102
2	University of California-Davis	91	1%	$35,177
3	Michigan State University	88	1%	$28,862
4	Kansas State University	74	1%	$24,923
5	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	69	1%	$36,652
6	Cornell University	64	1%	$73,904
7	University of Maryland-College Park	57	1%	$27,146
8	University of Florida	57	0%	$21,211
9	California State University-Fresno	57	1%	$21,418
10	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	55	0%	$32,443
11	Purdue University-Main Campus	55	1%	$22,822
12	Iowa State University	53	1%	$21,186
13	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	53	1%	$31,510
14	Clemson University	53	1%	$31,270
15	Illinois Institute of Technology	52	2%	$65,386
16	Oregon State University	51	1%	$26,892
17	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	50	0%	$27,898
18	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	40	0%	$23,977
19	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	39	0%	$26,834
20	University of Maine	38	2%	$25,088
21	University of Wisconsin-Madison	38	0%	$26,025
22	Ohio State University-Main Campus	37	0%	$27,367
23	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	37	1%	$28,302
24	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	36	0%	$30,913
25	Brigham Young University-Provo	35	0%	$18,776
26	Mississippi State University	35	1%	$24,957
27	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	32	1%	$28,891
28	University of Georgia	27	0%	$26,688
29	Skagit Valley College	26	2%	$18,000
30	Grayson College	24	3%	$13,230
31	University of Missouri-Columbia	21	0%	$26,766
32	Washington State University	20	0%	$27,484
33	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	20	0%	$24,105
34	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	17	0%	$24,936
35	University of Arkansas	17	0%	$25,500
36	Dakota County Technical College	15	2%	$6,913
37	Texas Tech University	15	0%	$24,472
38	University of Kentucky	15	0%	$30,101
39	University of Idaho	15	1%	$21,350
40	Alabama A & M University	14	2%	$23,462
41	Drexel University	14	0%	$70,223
42	Delaware Valley University	13	3%	$56,580
43	University of Delaware	12	0%	$29,342
44	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	10	0%	$30,360
45	Chemeketa Community College	9	0%	$5,925
46	North Dakota State University-Main Campus	7	0%	$22,436
47	Texas A & M University-College Station	6	0%	$29,506
48	University of Maryland Eastern Shore	6	1%	$24,216
49	South Dakota State University	5	0%	$23,127
50	Arizona Western College	5	0%	$17,379
51	Brigham Young University-Idaho	5	0%	$12,050
52	Bay Path University	5	1%	$50,524
53	Southwest Wisconsin Technical College	4	0%	$17,480
54	Framingham State University	4	0%	$27,510
55	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	3	0%	$23,207
56	Western Michigan University	3	0%	$26,009
57	Riverland Community College	3	0%	$12,970
58	Montana State University Billings	2	0%	$19,914
59	Auburn University	2	0%	$31,590
60	University of Hawaii at Manoa	1	0%	$29,858
61	Normandale Community College	1	0%	$6,791
62	Mount Mary University	1	0%	$46,402

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Food Science program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.