2024 Best Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in clinical nutrition/nutritionist, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #172 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for clinical nutrition/nutritionist students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 89 master's degrees in clinical nutrition/nutritionist to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist School for Your Master's Degree

The clinical nutrition master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to clinical nutrition/nutritionist students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of clinical nutrition/nutritionist students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized clinical nutrition/nutritionist related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for clinical nutrition/nutritionist students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist in the Southwest Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for clinical nutrition/nutritionist students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Master's in Clinical Nutrition

1

The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in clinical nutrition/nutritionist has to check out The University of Texas Medical Branch. Located in the fringe town of Galveston, UTMB Galveston is a public university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in clinical nutrition/nutritionist from The University of Texas Medical Branch

2

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in clinical nutrition/nutritionist. Located in the large city of Dallas, UT Southwestern is a public university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in clinical nutrition/nutritionist from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

3

Parker University
Dallas, TX

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

50 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in clinical nutrition/nutritionist has to take a look at Parker University. Parker University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Dallas.More information about a master’s in clinical nutrition/nutritionist from Parker University

Best Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist Colleges by State

Explore the best clinical nutrition/nutritionist schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	542	89
Arizona	322	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Clinical Nutrition

One of 4 majors within the Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services area of study, Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Clinical Nutrition

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Dietetics/Dietitian	64

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.