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 Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England 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 New England region, there were 510 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,912 and $26,633 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 11 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 nutrition students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Online. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region. This small school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 79 ’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region list. Johnson & Wales University - Providence is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 171 ’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at JWU Providence
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Bridgeport. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region. UBridgeport is a small school located in Bridgeport, Connecticut that handed out 86 ’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at UBridgeport
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools 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 is a small public school situated in Framingham, Massachusetts. It awarded 48 ’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Framingham State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New England. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region list. Located in Biddeford, Maine, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 31 degrees to qualified ’s nutrition students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at UNE
With a ranking of #6, University of Saint Joseph did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region list. University of Saint Joseph is a small private not-for-profit school situated in West Hartford, Connecticut. It awarded 21 ’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full University of Saint Joseph Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report
Simmons University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region list. Simmons University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 55 ’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Simmons University
With a ranking of #8, Bennington College did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region list. Located in Bennington, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified ’s nutrition students 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Bennington
University of Rhode Island came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region ranking. Kingston, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s nutrition degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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%.
With a ranking of #10, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region list. Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 3 ’s nutrition degrees 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%.
Harvard University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified ’s nutrition students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Harvard University Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report
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