2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services in Pennsylvania

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In 2020-2021, 4,858 people earned their degree in food, nutrition and related services, making the major the 135th most popular in the United States. 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 Pennsylvania, there were 130 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,928 and $27,000 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,360 and $19,957 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in food, nutrition and related services. That schools that top this list have a program in food, nutrition and related services in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania associate degree nutrition students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services in Pennsylvania

1

Luzerne County Community College
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Luzerne County Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 7 associates’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Luzerne County Community College Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report

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Bucks County Community College
Newtown, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bucks County Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Pennsylvania list. Bucks County Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Newtown, Pennsylvania. It awarded 0 associates’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.

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• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Most Focused Associate 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.