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2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
284 Degrees Awarded
$17,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Food, Nutrition & Related Services is the 131st most popular major in the country with 4,889 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, food, nutrition and related services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,096 and had an average of $25,351 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 726 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,200 and $32,826 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 284 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in food, nutrition and related services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent food, nutrition and related services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the food, nutrition and related services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

#1

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UD is a public institution located in Newark, Delaware. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k list, UD has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $12,236 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Delaware.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at University of Delaware

#2

Montclair State University

Montclair, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montclair State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Montclair State University is a large school located in Montclair, New Jersey that handed out 112 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Montclair State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Montclair State is $14,913 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.

Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Montclair State University

#3

SUNY Oneonta

Oneonta, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Oneonta. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. SUNY Oneonta is located in Oneonta, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.

SUNY Oneonta did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $13,705 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend SUNY Oneonta.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at SUNY Oneonta

#4

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Syracuse University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Syracuse, New York, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Syracuse also made our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Syracuse University is $21,360 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Syracuse University

#5

Morgan State University

Baltimore, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morgan State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Morgan State is a medium-sized school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 15 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k list, Morgan State has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Morgan State University is $14,776 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Morgan State

#6

New York University

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

New York University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s nutrition degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

NYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for New York University is $25,771 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Full NYU Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report

Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Indiana, Pennsylvania, this fairly large public school handed out 41 degrees to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2019-2020.

IUP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $19,197 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus.

Full Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report

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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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