2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food & Nutrition in Mississippi

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in Mississippi” 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 Mississippi, there were 32 food and nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 food and nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,447 and $43,355 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food & Nutrition in Mississippi

#1

University of Mississippi

University, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$25,099 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi list. Ole Miss is a large public school situated in University, Mississippi. It awarded 10 masters’s food and nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Ole Miss also took the #1 spot in our “Best Food & Nutrition Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Mississippi are $25,099.

Read more about Food & Nutrition at University of Mississippi

#2

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$10,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and it awarded 20 masters’s food and nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Miss also took the #2 spot in our “Best Food & Nutrition Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Miss are $10,896, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Food & Nutrition at University of Southern Mississippi

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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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