Vocational Programs for Food Scientists and Technologists Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
14K	$42.48	$88,350

The role of Food Scientists and Technologists is to use chemistry, microbiology, engineering, and other sciences to study the principles underlying the processing and deterioration of foods; analyze food content to determine levels of vitamins, fat, sugar, and protein; discover new food sources; research ways to make processed foods safe, palatable, and healthful; and apply food science knowledge to determine best ways to process, package, preserve, store, and distribute food The average annual wage of the occupations is $88,350 and $42 per hour. 8 vocational programs could be taken for the Food Scientists and Technologists career. Based on BLS data, a total of 14,100 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Food Scientists and Technologists Career

The following 8 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Food Scientists and Technologists.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Food Scientists and Technologists
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Agriculture	588	-	-	1,206 Hours	14.77 Months
International Agriculture	2	-	-	-	-
Food Science	12	-	-	-	-
Food Technology and Processing	10	-	-	-	-
Brewing Science	14	-	-	-	-
Zymology/Fermentation Science	1	-	-	-	-
Food Science and Technology (other)	4	-	-	-	-
Culinary Science/Culinology	2	-	-	-	-

Schools offering voational programs for Food Scientists and Technologists

The following 588 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Food Scientists and Technologists. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.