Food Science
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Early Career Income
$81,770
Lifetime Income
$4.02M
Unemployment rate
2.3%
Female share
62.8%
Occupation concentration
38.8%
in top 10 occupations
Remote work share
19.0%
% who double-major
29.9%
BA Graduates from 2024
997
+1.2% vs 2023
How Food Science compares
Ranked against every other major nationally.
59th
percentile
Lifetime income
Higher than 59% of majors
64th
percentile
Unemployment
Lower unemployment than 64% of majors
28th
percentile
Occupation concentration
More concentrated than 28% of majors
Top occupations
- Agricultural and Food Scientists
- Miscellaneous managers, including funeral service managers and postmasters and mail superintendents
- Physical Scientists, All Other
See the Occupations and Industries tabs for full breakdowns, Double Majors for the most common second fields of degree, and Earnings for the trajectory by age, and Trends for degree production over time.
Degree titles included in this major
These detailed majors are included in the statistics for Food Science.
- Food Science
- Food Technology and Processing
- Food Science and Technology, Other
Based on federal labor and demographic data. Data source & methodology