2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina

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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 North Carolina, there were 228 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,100 and $32,718 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in food, nutrition and related services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality food, nutrition and related services programs that also have a lower cost than 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 for a Master’s in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services in North Carolina

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$20,685 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$53,358 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the #1 spot on the list. East Carolina University is a large public school situated in Greenville, North Carolina. It awarded 8 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ECU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at East Carolina University are $20,685, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full ECU Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report

#2

Meredith College

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$12,019 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,384 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Meredith College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina. Meredith is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 35 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Meredith did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Meredith College are $12,019.

Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Meredith College

#3

North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$20,662 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina A & T State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s nutrition students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC A&T, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NC A&T are $20,662, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at NC A&T

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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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