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2022 Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

3 Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
38 Associate Degrees
Food, Nutrition & Related Services isn't the most popular associate program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #144 in popularity out of 312 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 38 associate degrees in food, nutrition and related services during the 2019-2020 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region Your choice of food, nutrition and related services for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality nutrition program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

  • Major Focus - How much a school focuses on food, nutrition and related services students vs. other majors.
  • Major Demand - The number of food, nutrition and related services students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
  • Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
  • Student Debt - How much debt food, nutrition and related services students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
  • Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized food, nutrition and related services related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for food, nutrition and related services students working on their associate degree.

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in food, nutrition and related services.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for an Associate in Nutrition

15 Annual Graduates

SUNY Schenectady County Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in food, nutrition and related services. SUNY Schenectady is a small public college located in the city of Schenectady.More information about a associate in food, nutrition and related services from SUNY Schenectady County Community College

4 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in food, nutrition and related services needs to take a look at Luzerne County Community College. Luzerne County Community College is a small public college located in the suburb of Nanticoke.More information about a associate in food, nutrition and related services from Luzerne County Community College

2 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in food, nutrition and related services needs to check out Hostos Community College. Located in the city of Bronx, Hostos is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in food, nutrition and related services from Hostos Community College

Explore the best food, nutrition and related services colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
New York 192 24
Pennsylvania 182 7
New Jersey 131 3

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Food, Nutrition & Related Services is one of 7 different types of Family, Consumer & Human Sciences programs to choose from.

Nutrition Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Food & Nutrition 18
Human Nutrition 16
Foodservice Systems Administration/Management 4

Related Major Annual Graduates
Human Development & Family Studies 536
Textile & Apparel Studies 60

Notes and References

  • The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
  • 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.

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