2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Food & Nutrition in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 579 food and nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 food and nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent food and nutrition programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the food and nutrition program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Food & Nutrition in the Southeast Region

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified doctorate’s food and nutrition students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also made our “Best Food & Nutrition Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Virginia Tech 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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