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.
| A major in Food Science is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 3
California
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Food Science among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | University of California-Davis
Davis, CA | 40
(0.7%) |  |  | |
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| | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA | 9
(0.2%) |  | | |
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| | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Pomona, CA | 9
(0.2%) | |  | |
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