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2023 Best Value Nutrition Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
511 Degrees Awarded
$13,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Nutrition Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Nutrition Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Food, Nutrition & Related Services is the 135th most popular major in the country with 4,858 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, food, nutrition and related services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,748 and had an average of $24,931 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 511 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,842 and $26,833 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nutrition Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Nutrition Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region nutrition students with aid.

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Fresno City College
Fresno, California

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Fresno City College landed the #1 spot on the list. Fresno City College is located in Fresno, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 ’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.

Fresno City College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $2,584 for Far Western US Region Nutrition students with aid per year to attend Fresno City College.

Full Fresno City College Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report

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College of the Sequoias
Visalia, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of the Sequoias. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nutrition Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. Visalia, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s nutrition degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at College of the Sequoias, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend College of the Sequoias is $1,222 for Far Western US Region Nutrition students with aid.

Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at College of the Sequoias

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Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. CWU is a public institution located in Ellensburg, Washington. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

CWU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Central Washington University is $16,514 for Far Western US Region Nutrition students with aid.

Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Central Washington University

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Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Corvallis, Oregon, and it awarded 52 ’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.

Oregon State also made our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $21,508 for far western us region nutrition students with aid per year to attend Oregon State University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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 Oregon State University

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Santa Ana College
Santa Ana, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Ana College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Nutrition Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Santa Ana, California, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified ’s nutrition students in 2020-2021.

SAC also made our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Santa Ana College is $4,745 for Far Western US Region Nutrition students with aid.

Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at SAC

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Point Loma Nazarene University
San Diego, California

Point Loma Nazarene University did quite well in the 2023 Best Value Nutrition Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. PLNU is a small school located in San Diego, California that handed out 8 ’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.

PLNU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $34,575 for far western us region nutrition students with aid per year to attend Point Loma Nazarene University.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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 Point Loma Nazarene University

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