2022 Best Value Clinical Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Clinical Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist is the 431st most popular major in the country with 983 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 clinical nutrition/nutritionist graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality clinical nutrition/nutritionist programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the clinical nutrition/nutritionist program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Clinical Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Clinical Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist

#1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$32,132 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate list. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s clinical nutrition degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rutgers New Brunswick, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers University - New Brunswick are $32,132, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#1

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$21,930 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Clinical Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate. University of North Florida is a public institution located in Jacksonville, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNF also made our “Best Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Florida are $21,930.

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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).
• 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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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