by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Food, Nutrition & Related Services is the 135th most popular major in the country with 4,858 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 445 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,165 and $26,496 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in food, nutrition and related services. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their food, nutrition and related services program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree nutrition students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Great Lakes Region. Detroit, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s nutrition degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Wayne State University
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s nutrition students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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.
Full Michigan State Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 75 doctorate’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Ohio State University - Main Campus Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report
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