2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services in the New England Region

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 the New England Region” 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 the New England region, there were 586 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,375 and $28,267 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 179 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree nutrition students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services in the New England Region

#1

Simmons University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$21,698 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Simmons University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 39 diplomas to qualified masters’s nutrition students in 2019-2020.

Simmons not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Simmons University are $21,698, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

#2

Framingham State University

Framingham, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$17,280 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Framingham State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Located in Framingham, Massachusetts, this small public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s nutrition students in 2019-2020.

Framingham State also made our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Framingham State University are $17,280, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Framingham State

#3

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, Connecticut

#3 in overall quality

$21,686 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$50,231 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Bridgeport landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and it awarded 73 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

UBridgeport did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UBridgeport are $21,686, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at University of Bridgeport

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services

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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