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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

7 Ranked Colleges
284 Degrees Awarded
$23,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the food, nutrition and related services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree nutrition students with aid.

#1

Montclair State University

Montclair, New Jersey

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 Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Montclair, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition degrees to 112 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree nutrition students with aid list, Montclair State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Montclair State University is $18,034 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree nutrition students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Montclair State University

#2

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Delaware is a large school located in Newark, Delaware that handed out 18 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

UD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Delaware is $17,220 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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 more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at UD

#3

SUNY Oneonta

Oneonta, New York

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Oneonta landed the #3 spot on the 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 also made our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $17,470 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree nutrition students with aid per year to attend SUNY Oneonta.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.

Full SUNY Oneonta Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report

#4

Morgan State University

Baltimore, Maryland

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Morgan State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Morgan State University is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree nutrition students with aid 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 $17,619 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree nutrition students with aid.

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

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. IUP is a public institution located in Indiana, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s degrees 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 $22,448 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree nutrition students with aid per year to attend IUP.

Full IUP Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report

#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 Getting Aid ranking. NYU is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #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 $39,772 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students with aid.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full NYU Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report

#7

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York

With a ranking of #7, Syracuse University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Syracuse, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 38 degrees to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree nutrition students with aid list, Syracuse has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Syracuse University is $34,482 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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%.

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

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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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