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2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate

5 Ranked Colleges
14 Degrees Awarded
$28,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 food and nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in food and nutrition. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great food and nutrition programs and cost less that 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 Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree food & nutrition students.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Food & Nutrition

#1

North Dakota State University - Main Campus

Fargo, North Dakota
#3 in overall quality
$11,589 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate list. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s food and nutrition students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree food & nutrition students list, North Dakota State University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Food & Nutrition Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University - Main Campus are $11,589, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#1 in overall quality
$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate. Virginia Tech is a public institution located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also made our “Best Food & Nutrition Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Food & Nutrition at Virginia Tech

#3

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon
#4 in overall quality
$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s food and nutrition students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree food & nutrition students list, Oregon State has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Food & Nutrition Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State are $28,121, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Food & Nutrition at Oregon State

#4

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#5 in overall quality
$37,215 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate list. Located in Detroit, Michigan, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s food and nutrition students in 2019-2020.

Wayne State also took the #5 spot in our “Best Food & Nutrition Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State University are $37,215, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Food & Nutrition at Wayne State University

#5

New York University

New York, New York
#2 in overall quality
$36,892 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s food and nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

NYU also made our “Best Food & Nutrition Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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