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2022 Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

8 Ranked Colleges
131 Degrees Awarded
$17,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Dietetics/Dietitian is the 208th most popular major in the country with 3,686 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 179 dietetics/dietitian graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 131 dietetics/dietitian graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in dietetics/dietitian. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great dietetics/dietitian programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the dietetics/dietitian program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The dietetics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics/Dietitian in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Texas Tech University is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s dietetics degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Dietetics students.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Dietetics/Dietitian at Texas Tech

#2

Northeastern State University

Tahlequah, Oklahoma
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Northeastern State University is located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s dietetics degrees to qualified students.

NSU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NSU is $9,994 for southwest region bachelor’s degree dietetics students.

Full NSU Dietetics/Dietitian Report

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #3 spot on the list. UTSA is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA also made our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at San Antonio is $13,853 for southwest region bachelor’s degree dietetics students.

Read more about Dietetics/Dietitian at The University of Texas at San Antonio

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephen F Austin State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. SFASU is a fairly large public school situated in Nacogdoches, Texas. It awarded 9 bachelors’s dietetics degrees in 2019-2020.

SFASU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $13,723 for southwest region bachelor’s degree dietetics students per year to attend Stephen F Austin State University.

Read more about Dietetics/Dietitian at SFASU

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized public school situated in Kingsville, Texas. It awarded 18 bachelors’s dietetics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M Kingsville, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M Kingsville is $13,778 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Dietetics students.

Read more about Dietetics/Dietitian at Texas A&M University - Kingsville

#8 in overall quality

New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 14 bachelors’s dietetics degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree dietetics students list, NMSU Main Campus has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,659 for southwest region bachelor’s degree dietetics students per year to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Read full report on Dietetics/Dietitian at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

#6 in overall quality

Abilene Christian University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Abilene, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s dietetics degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Abilene Christian did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Abilene Christian is $26,809 for southwest region bachelor’s degree dietetics students.

Full Abilene Christian University Dietetics/Dietitian Report

#8

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Texas Christian University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. Texas Christian University is a fairly large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 15 bachelors’s dietetics degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree dietetics students list, TCU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend TCU is $36,811 for southwest region bachelor’s degree dietetics students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas Christian University Dietetics/Dietitian Report

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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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