by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Nutrition Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 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.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Nutrition Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in food, nutrition and related services. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in food, nutrition and related services.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The nutrition school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Nutrition Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Nutrition Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Nutrition Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate list. Wayne State University is a large school located in Detroit, Michigan that handed out 5 doctorate’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Wayne State University Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Nutrition Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Michigan State University
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Nutrition Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s nutrition degrees to 75 students in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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