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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Nutrition for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Connecticut, there were 112 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,061 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great food, nutrition and related services programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the food, nutrition and related services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Nutrition for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Nutrition for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Nutrition for a Master’s”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Nutrition for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Bridgeport landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Bridgeport is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 86 masters’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.
UBridgeport also took the #1 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Bridgeport supports 4,155 students, and 85 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 57 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,432. During this same period, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.
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