This page contains key outcome data for the Food Science Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: STEM
- Average Income: $57,000 (Rank: 54 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $38,000
- Unemployment Rate: 3.70% (Rank: 78 of 171)
- Percent Female: 66.1%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 29.3%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 4.3%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 7.9%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 135 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): 2.91 (Rank: 58 of 118)
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Agricultural and Food Scientists: 9.72% (Average Income: $64,000)
- Other Business Operations and Management Specialists: 5.18% (Average Income: $58,000)
- Dieticians and Nutritionists: 3.68% (Average Income: $50,000)
- Chefs and Cooks: 2.95% (Average Income: $41,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 2.94%
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 2.93% (Average Income: $63,000)
- Industrial Production Managers: 2.82% (Average Income: $61,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers: 2.75% (Average Income: $69,000)
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers: 2.73% (Average Income: $50,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 2.10% (Average Income: $59,000)
- Agricultural and Food Science Technicians: 2.07% (Average Income: $50,000)
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing: 2.05% (Average Income: $81,000)
- Cashiers: 1.86% (Average Income: $25,000)
- Managers in Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations: 1.82% (Average Income: $65,000)
- Postsecondary Teachers: 1.80% (Average Income: $36,000)
- General and Operations Managers: 1.74% (Average Income: $132,000)
- Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters: 1.72% (Average Income: $27,000)
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants: 1.61% (Average Income: $34,000)
- Accountants and Auditors: 1.60% (Average Income: $45,000)
- Chemical Processing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders: 1.54% (Average Income: $47,000)
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers: 1.45% (Average Income: $29,000)
- Retail Salespersons: 1.44% (Average Income: $38,000)
- Physical Scientists, : 1.41% (Average Income: $73,000)
- Customer Service Representatives: 1.36% (Average Income: $59,000)
- Chemists and Materials Scientists: 1.31% (Average Income: $103,000)
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