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

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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the food and nutrition program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

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

#1

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 that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Oneonta landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Oneonta, New York, this medium-sized public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s food and nutrition students 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 yearly cost to attend SUNY Oneonta is $17,470 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Food & Nutrition students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full SUNY Oneonta Food & Nutrition Report

#2

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 that were part of this year’s ranking, Montclair State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Montclair State University is located in Montclair, New Jersey and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 112 bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees to qualified students.

Montclair State also took the #3 spot 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.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Food & Nutrition at Montclair State

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Indiana, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees to 41 students in 2019-2020.

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 estimated yearly cost for IUP is $22,448 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree food & nutrition students.

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

#4

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UD, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Delaware is $17,220 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree food & nutrition students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Read more about Food & Nutrition at University of Delaware

#5

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Syracuse University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Syracuse, New York, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Syracuse also made our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $34,482 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Food & Nutrition students per year to attend Syracuse.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Full Syracuse Food & Nutrition Report

#6

New York University

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

New York University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. NYU 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NYU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend New York University is $39,772 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Food & Nutrition students.

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. 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full New York University Food & Nutrition Report

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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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