2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Food & Nutrition in the Far Western US Region

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Food & Nutrition is the 228th most popular major in the country with 3,131 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 401 food and nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 food and nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Food & Nutrition Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in food and nutrition. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular food and nutrition programs in the United States.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Food & Nutrition Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Food & Nutrition Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s”.

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Food & Nutrition in the Far Western US Region

1

Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Food & Nutrition Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Corvallis, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s food and nutrition degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Oregon State University Food & Nutrition Report

2

Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Food & Nutrition Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Ellensburg, Washington, and it awarded 0 masters’s food and nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Food & Nutrition at Central Washington University

2

University of the Pacific
Stockton, California

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Food & Nutrition Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Pacific landed the #2 spot on the list. Stockton, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s food and nutrition degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, 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 87%.

Read full report on Food & Nutrition at University of the Pacific

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.