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2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

8 Ranked Colleges
131 Degrees Awarded
$22,053 Avg Student Debt
Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking.

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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 131 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 8 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services (Income $48-$75k) 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 Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Texas Tech is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech is $17,421 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students whose families make $48-$75k.

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

Full Texas Tech University Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report

#2

Northeastern State University

Tahlequah, Oklahoma
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Tahlequah, Oklahoma is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $48-$75k list, NSU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NSU is $11,683 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at NSU

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. UTSA is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 9 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $13,827 for southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UTSA.

Full UTSA Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #4 spot on the list. SFASU is a fairly large school located in Nacogdoches, Texas that handed out 9 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

SFASU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SFASU is $13,644 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full SFASU Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #5 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - Kingsville is a public institution located in Kingsville, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Kingsville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M Kingsville is $14,464 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Texas A&M Kingsville Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report

New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $48-$75k list, NMSU Main Campus has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NMSU Main Campus is $10,235 for southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

#7

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas

Texas Christian University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Texas Christian University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 15 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $48-$75k list, TCU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $29,929 for southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend TCU.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Texas Christian University

#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Abilene Christian University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Abilene, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s nutrition degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Abilene Christian also took the #6 spot in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Abilene Christian University is $25,207 for southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Abilene Christian University

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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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