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2026 Best Value Food Technology & Processing Schools in Kansas
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the food technology & processing degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Food Technology & Processing Schools
For return on investment in food technology & processing, no school beat Kansas State University this year. Located in the city of Manhattan, Kansas State University is a very large public university. In-state tuition and fees average $11,221, while out-of-state students pay about $28,568. Students borrow a median of $24,844 to complete the food technology & processing program here. Soon after graduation, food technology & processing degree recipients from Kansas State University generally make around $76,437. That is a strong return on a $24,844 median debt. Roughly 82% of applicants are accepted.
Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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[Food Technology & Processing](/majors/agriculture-ag-operations/food-science-technology/food-technology-and-processing/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.
