by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 1,222 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,726 and $22,937 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 192 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 11 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lamar University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Beaumont, Texas, and it awarded 57 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Lamar University Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region. ASU - Skysong is a large school located in Scottsdale, Arizona that handed out 64 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Arizona State University - Skysong
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Waco, Texas, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 10 degrees to qualified masters’s nutrition students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Baylor University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region. Texas State is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Texas State University
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Denton, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s nutrition students in 2020-2021.
Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Arizona State University - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at ASU - Tempe
University of New Mexico - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 5 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at University of New Mexico - Main Campus
University of Houston came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 8 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at University of Houston
University of Arizona came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 6 masters’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 full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at University of Arizona
University of Central Oklahoma ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s nutrition students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at UCO
University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center is a public institution located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.
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