by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Most Well Attended Human Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,197 people earned their degree in human nutrition, making the major the 385th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 304 human nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 human nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Human Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in human nutrition. To top this list, a school must have a successful human nutrition program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree human nutrition students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Human Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. Texas State is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 15 masters’s human nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Human Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. Baylor University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 10 masters’s human nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Human Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. UH is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s human nutrition degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Human Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s human nutrition degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Human Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and it awarded 0 masters’s human nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Human Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. UCO is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 0 masters’s human nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
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