2023 Most Well Attended Nutrition Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 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 “Most Well Attended Nutrition Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in food, nutrition and related services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular food, nutrition and related services programs in the United States.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Nutrition Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree nutrition students.

Top 4 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services in the Southeast Region

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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia

#7 overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Nutrition Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #1 spot on the list. 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Full Virginia Tech Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report

2

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

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 Most Well Attended Nutrition Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s nutrition degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Nutrition Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate. Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 doctorate’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Mississippi State University

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The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Alabama. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Nutrition Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate list. Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s nutrition degrees to 251 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.

Full UA Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services

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

Footnotes

• *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.