2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2019-2020, 4,889 people earned their degree in food, nutrition and related services, making the major the 131st most popular in the United States. 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 Southwest region, there were 1,083 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,669 and $21,622 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 860 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 14 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.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students.
Top 14 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school awarded 65 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2019-2020.
ASU - Skysong also made our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #12. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Skysong is $13,971 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 168 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UH is $12,838 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Full University of Houston Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report
Out of the 14 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at TWU, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,617 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students per year to attend Texas Woman’s University.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas State University is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 87 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students list, Texas State has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas State is $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students.
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Out of the 14 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Sam Houston State University is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.
SHSU also took the #11 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SHSU is $14,617 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students.
With a ranking of #6, Stephen F Austin State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Stephen F Austin State University is a public institution located in Nacogdoches, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students list, SFASU has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Stephen F Austin State University is $13,723 for southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students.
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With a ranking of #7, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition degrees to 104 students in 2019-2020.
OSU also made our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $14,648 for southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students per year to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report
University of New Mexico - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 30 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.
UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #13 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UNM is $14,446 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at University of New Mexico - Main Campus
The University of Texas at Austin came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition degrees to 145 students in 2019-2020.
UT Austin also took the #1 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,023 for southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students per year to attend The University of Texas at Austin.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at The University of Texas at Austin
Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition degrees to 139 students in 2019-2020.
ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at ASU - Tempe
Prairie View A & M University landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Prairie View A & M University is a medium-sized public school situated in Prairie View, Texas. It awarded 15 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.
PVAMU also took the #14 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,582 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students per year to attend Prairie View A & M University.
University of Arizona landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2019-2020.
University of Arizona also made our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #10. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,016 for southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Arizona Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report
Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #13. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Texas A&M College Station Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report
Baylor University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #14. Located in Waco, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students list, Baylor has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Baylor University is $36,039 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students.
The low student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Baylor 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%.
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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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