2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services in the Southwest Region
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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 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 120 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 9 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services in the Southwest Region
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, and it awarded 23 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.
ASU - Skysong also took the #6 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Skysong are $6,724, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 17 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas State also made our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school awarded 25 diplomas to qualified masters’s nutrition students in 2019-2020.
UCO also made our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCO are $17,913, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas Woman’s University is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
TWU also took the #7 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Woman’s University are $14,962, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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 #5 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s nutrition students in 2019-2020.
UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston are $18,689.
Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nutrition degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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University of New Mexico - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. UNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 3 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.
UNM also made our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #9. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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University of Arizona came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 6 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree nutrition students list, University of Arizona has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Baylor University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Waco, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s nutrition degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
Baylor not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Baylor University are $36,936.
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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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