2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services is the 133rd most popular major in the country with 5,820 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,082 and had an average of $28,428 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 312 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $22,053 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 18 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in dietetics and clinical nutrition services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dietetics and clinical nutrition services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the dietetics and clinical nutrition services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The nutrition 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 Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Central Arizona College

Coolidge, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$5,597 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Arizona College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Coolidge, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s nutrition degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Pinal County Community College also made our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Central Arizona College is $5,597 for southwest region associate degree nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Central Arizona College

#2

Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

#4 in overall quality

$5,742 Average Net Price

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City landed the #2 spot on the list. OSU-OKC is a small school located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that handed out 1 associates’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU-OKC also took the #4 spot in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City is $5,742 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full OSU-OKC Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report

#3

Tarrant County College District

Fort Worth, Texas

#5 in overall quality

$5,225 Average Net Price

$21,964 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarrant County College District landed the #3 spot on the list. Tarrant County College District is a large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 1 associates’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Tarrant County College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Tarrant County College is $5,225 for southwest region associate degree nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Tarrant County College District Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report

#4

Chandler-Gilbert Community College

Chandler, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$8,212 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chandler-Gilbert Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Chandler-Gilbert Community College is a fairly large school located in Chandler, Arizona that handed out 2 associates’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Chandler-Gilbert Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $8,212 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Chandler-Gilbert Community College.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Chandler-Gilbert Community College

#5

Paradise Valley Community College

Phoenix, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$8,220 Average Net Price

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Paradise Valley Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s nutrition degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Paradise Valley Community College also made our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Paradise Valley Community College is $8,220 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Paradise Valley Community College Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services (Income $0-$30k)

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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