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2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
245 Degrees Awarded
$24,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Food & Nutrition is the 206th most popular major in the country with 2,986 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 582 food and nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 245 food and nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in food and nutrition. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality food and nutrition programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the food and nutrition program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree food & nutrition students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Food & Nutrition in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Montclair State University

Montclair, New Jersey
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Montclair State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Montclair State University is a large school located in Montclair, New Jersey that handed out 112 bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree food & nutrition students with aid list, Montclair State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Montclair State University is $18,034 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree food & nutrition students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Food & Nutrition at Montclair State

#2

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #2 spot on the list. Newark, Delaware is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

UD also made our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend University of Delaware is $17,220 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree food & nutrition students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Food & Nutrition at UD

#3

SUNY Oneonta

Oneonta, New York
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Oneonta landed the #3 spot on the list. SUNY Oneonta is a medium-sized school located in Oneonta, New York that handed out 12 bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Oneonta also made our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Oneonta is $17,470 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Food & Nutrition students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Food & Nutrition at SUNY Oneonta

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus is located in Indiana, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 41 bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IUP, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus is $22,448 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree food & nutrition students with aid.

Full Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus Food & Nutrition Report

#5

New York University

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #5 spot on the list. New York University is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees to qualified students.

NYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend New York University is $39,772 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Food & Nutrition students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Read more about Food & Nutrition at New York University

#6

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#4 in overall quality

Syracuse University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Syracuse is a private not-for-profit institution located in Syracuse, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Syracuse did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $34,482 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Food & Nutrition students with aid per year to attend Syracuse.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Food & Nutrition at Syracuse

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Notes and References

References

  • 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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