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2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
249 Degrees Awarded
$4,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 California, there were 355 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,750 and $17,134 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 249 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,451 and $19,634 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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 food, nutrition and related services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid.

#1

Fresno City College

Fresno, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fresno City College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid list. Fresno City College is a public institution located in Fresno, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Fresno City College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Associate Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend Fresno City College is $2,622 for California Associate Degree Nutrition students with aid.

Full Fresno City College Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report

#2

Moorpark College

Moorpark, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Moorpark College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Moorpark, California, and it awarded 11 associates’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Moorpark College also made our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Associate Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Moorpark College is $1,473 for California Associate Degree Nutrition students with aid.

Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Moorpark College

#3

Riverside City College

Riverside, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Riverside City College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid list. Riverside, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s nutrition degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Riverside City College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Associate Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend Riverside City College is $4,620 for california associate degree nutrition students with aid.

Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Riverside City College

#4

Ventura College

Ventura, California
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Ventura College landed the #4 spot on the list. Ventura College is a fairly large school located in Ventura, California that handed out 6 associates’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Ventura College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Associate Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend Ventura College is $1,514 for California Associate Degree Nutrition students with aid.

Full Ventura College Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report

#5

East Los Angeles College

Monterey Park, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, East Los Angeles College landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Monterey Park, California, and it awarded 23 associates’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

East Los Angeles College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Associate Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend East Los Angeles College is $9,570 for California Associate Degree Nutrition students with aid.

Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at East Los Angeles College

#6

Rio Hondo College

Whittier, California
#6 in overall quality

Rio Hondo College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid ranking. Rio Hondo College is located in Whittier, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.

RHCCD also made our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Associate Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for RHCCD is $5,487 for California Associate Degree Nutrition students with aid.

Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at RHCCD

#7

Los Angeles City College

Los Angeles, California
#7 in overall quality

Los Angeles City College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s nutrition degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Los Angeles City College also took the #7 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Associate Degree Schools in California” ranking. It costs about $6,716 for California Associate Degree Nutrition students with aid per year to attend Los Angeles City College.

Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Los Angeles City College

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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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