by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region” ranking.
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 New England region, there were 510 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,912 and $26,633 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 171 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 8 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree nutrition students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Bridgeport. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region. Located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 86 degrees to qualified masters’s nutrition students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at University of Bridgeport
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Simmons University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s nutrition degrees to 39 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Simmons
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New England. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region. This medium-sized school is located in Biddeford, Maine, and it awarded 22 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.
Full University of New England Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Framingham State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Framingham State University is a small public school situated in Framingham, Massachusetts. It awarded 14 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Framingham State
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region list. University of Rhode Island is a fairly large public school situated in Kingston, Rhode Island. It awarded 7 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s nutrition students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Johnson & Wales University - Online did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #7. Johnson & Wales University - Online is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 79 masters’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Johnson & Wales University - Online
With a ranking of #7, Harvard University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region list. Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Harvard University
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