Food Science

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.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 70 institutions across the United States, with a total of 4686 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

922

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

408

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

176

degrees awarded

Other Awards

3,134

awards given

Top Schools for Food Science

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	387
2	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	273
3	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	270
4	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	227
5	Clemson University Clemson, SC	198
6	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE	195
7	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	192
8	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	156
9	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	135
10	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	132
11	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS	129
12	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	120
13	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	117
14	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	114
15	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	111
16	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	95
17	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	93
18	California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA	90
19	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	81
20	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	78
21	Iowa State University Ames, IA	78
22	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	75
23	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	69
24	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	66
25	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	63
26	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	63
27	Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	63
28	University of Maine Orono, ME	57
29	University of Georgia Athens, GA	57
30	Washington State University Pullman, WA	51
31	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	51
32	Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID	51
33	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	51
34	Alabama A & M University Normal, AL	48
35	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	45
36	University of Delaware Newark, DE	42
37	Grayson College Denison, TX	40
38	Chapman University Orange, CA	39
39	Bay Path University Longmeadow, MA	36
40	University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI	36
41	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	36
42	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	30
43	Dakota County Technical College Rosemount, MN	28
44	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Tallahassee, FL	24
45	University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD	24
46	University of Wisconsin-River Falls River Falls, WI	24
47	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	24
48	South Dakota State University Brookings, SD	21
49	Southwest Wisconsin Technical College Fennimore, WI	20
50	Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Cincinnati, OH	18
51	Delaware Valley University Doylestown, PA	18
52	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	18
53	Auburn University Auburn, AL	15
54	North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND	12
55	Chemeketa Community College Salem, OR	12
56	Mount Mary University Milwaukee, WI	12
57	Utah State University Logan, UT	12
58	Arizona Western College Yuma, AZ	12
59	University of Idaho Moscow, ID	9
60	Framingham State University Framingham, MA	6
61	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	6
62	University of Holy Cross New Orleans, LA	6
63	Skagit Valley College Mount Vernon, WA	4
64	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	3
65	New York University New York, NY	3
66	Normandale Community College Bloomington, MN	3
67	Riverland Community College Austin, MN	3
68	Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI	3
69	Bard College at Simon's Rock Great Barrington, MA	3
70	Palo Alto College San Antonio, TX	3