2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services (Income $30-$48k) in New Jersey

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 “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 New Jersey, there were 200 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,600 and $30,134 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 71 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in food, nutrition and related services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great food, nutrition and related services programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services (Income $30-$48k) in New Jersey

#1

Montclair State University

Montclair, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$18,972 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$52,107 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montclair State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k list. Montclair State is a public institution located in Montclair, New Jersey. The school has a large population, and it awarded 27 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Montclair State also made our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Montclair State are $18,972.

Full Montclair State University Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report

#2

College of Saint Elizabeth

Morristown, New Jersey

#2 in overall quality

$18,734 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,318 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Saint Elizabeth landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Morristown, New Jersey, and it awarded 44 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

CSE also took the #2 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CSE are $18,734, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full CSE Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services (Income $30-$48k)

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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