2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Southeast region, there were 1,244 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,808 and $26,589 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the dietetics and clinical nutrition services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools 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 Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree nutrition students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Florida International University

Miami, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$24,211 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida International University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. FIU is a public institution located in Miami, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

FIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at FIU are $24,211, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full FIU Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report

#2

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$21,930 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Florida landed the #2 spot on the list. University of North Florida is a fairly large public school situated in Jacksonville, Florida. It awarded 4 doctorate’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

UNF also made our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNF are $21,930, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UNF Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services (With Aid)

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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