2024 Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

a bachelor's degree in food, nutrition & related services is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #106 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 68 bachelor's degrees in food, nutrition & related services to qualified students.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's 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

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on food, nutrition & related services students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other food, nutrition & related services students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt food, nutrition & related services students go into to obtain their bachelor's 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 & 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 & related services students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Food, Nutrition & Related Services in the Far Western US Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for food, nutrition & related services students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Nutrition

1

Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

44 Annual Graduates

$28,758 Median Starting Salary

$25,275 Median Student Debt

Oregon State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in food, nutrition & related services. Oregon State is a very large public university located in the city of Corvallis.

After graduation, nutrition bachelor's recipients typically make around $28,758 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in food, nutrition & related services from Oregon State University

2

Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA

16 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in food, nutrition & related services has to look into Central Washington University. Located in the town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in food, nutrition & related services from Central Washington University

Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Colleges by State

Explore the best food, nutrition & related services colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	262	8
Washington	226	16
Oregon	185	44

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Food, Nutrition & Related Services Related Rankings by Major

Food, Nutrition & Related Services is one of 8 different types of Family, Consumer & Human Sciences programs to choose from.

Nutrition Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Food & Nutrition	52
Human Nutrition	16

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Human Development & Family Studies	2,686
General Family & Consumer Sciences	727
Textile & Apparel Studies	347
Human Sciences Business Services	53
Family & Consumer Economics	12

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.