2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Nutrition

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Human Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Human Nutrition is the 420th most popular major in the country with 1,079 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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

This year’s “Best Value Human Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human nutrition. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality human nutrition programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the human nutrition program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Human Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate

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

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Nutrition

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#3 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Human Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s human nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at South Dakota State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Human Nutrition Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State University are $16,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full South Dakota State University Human Nutrition Report

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Human Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s human nutrition degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also made our “Best Human Nutrition Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948.

Read more about Human Nutrition at Iowa State University

#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Human Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate. Michigan State is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree human nutrition students list, Michigan State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Human Nutrition Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Human Nutrition at Michigan State University

#3

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#3 in overall quality

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Human Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a fairly large school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 2 doctorate’s human nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree human nutrition students list, UH Manoa has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Human Nutrition Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hawaii at Manoa are $34,550.

Read full report on Human Nutrition at University of Hawaii at Manoa

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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