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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services in the Far Western US Region

5 Ranked Colleges
64 Degrees Awarded
$19,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,820 people earned their degree in dietetics and clinical nutrition services, making the major the 133rd most popular in the United States. 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 Far Western US region, there were 336 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,609 and $29,914 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 64 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in dietetics and clinical nutrition services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality dietetics and clinical nutrition services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the dietetics and clinical nutrition services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services in the Far Western US Region

#1

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ellensburg, Washington, this fairly large public school handed out 23 degrees to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region bachelor’s degree nutrition students list, CWU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $15,397 for far western us region bachelor’s degree nutrition students per year to attend CWU.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Central Washington University

#2

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Loma Linda University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region. Loma Linda, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s nutrition degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region bachelor’s degree nutrition students list, Loma Linda University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Loma Linda University

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Alaska Anchorage is a fairly large school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 10 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region bachelor’s degree nutrition students list, UAA has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UAA is $12,995 for far western us region bachelor’s degree nutrition students.

Full University of Alaska Anchorage Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report

#4

Point Loma Nazarene University

San Diego, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Point Loma Nazarene University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region. Located in San Diego, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at PLNU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for PLNU is $33,044 for far western us region bachelor’s degree nutrition students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at PLNU

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.

UH Manoa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $15,030 for far western us region bachelor’s degree nutrition students per year to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UH Manoa Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 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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