2024 Best Food & Nutrition Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
8Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
386Food & Nutrition Degrees Awarded
A degree in food & nutrition is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #228 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Food & Nutrition Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 386 degrees in food & nutrition to qualified students.
Your choice of food & nutrition school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for food & nutrition schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for Food & Nutrition in the Middle Atlantic Region
The schools below may not offer all types of food & nutrition degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Food & Nutrition
New York University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in food & nutrition. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 43 food & nutrition students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Delaware is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in food & nutrition. UD is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Newark. A Best Colleges rank of #118 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UD is a great university overall.
There were approximately 16 food & nutrition students who graduated with this degree at UD in the most recent data year.
American University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in food & nutrition. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #129 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means The American University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 56 food & nutrition students who graduated with this degree at The American University in the most recent year we have data available.
Syracuse University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in food & nutrition. Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse. A Best Colleges rank of #132 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Syracuse is a great university overall.
There were about 31 food & nutrition students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Indiana, IUP is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 49th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 60 food & nutrition students who graduated with this degree at IUP in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of New York, Hunter is a public college with a very large student population. This college ranks 19th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 44 food & nutrition students who graduated with this degree at Hunter in the most recent year we have data available.
Lehman is a fairly large public college located in the city of Bronx. This college ranks 57th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 15 food & nutrition students who graduated with this degree at Lehman in the most recent data year.
Morgan State is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Baltimore. This university ranks 31st out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were approximately 12 food & nutrition students who graduated with this degree at Morgan State in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).