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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 the Southeast region, there were 1,098 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,886 and $25,547 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered 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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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree nutrition students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southeast Region. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Virginia Tech
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southeast Region. UT Knoxville is a public institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full UT Knoxville Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Mississippi State University is a large public school situated in Mississippi State, Mississippi. It awarded 0 doctorate’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Mississippi State
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Alabama is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 251 doctorate’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at The University of Alabama
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Best Value Doctor's Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services in the Southeast Region
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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
- *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.