2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services in Connecticut

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Connecticut” 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 Connecticut, there were 51 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,600 and $24,250 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,552 and $24,636 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in dietetics and clinical nutrition services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great dietetics and clinical nutrition services programs and 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 a Bachelor’s in Connecticut”.

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Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut bachelor’s degree nutrition students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$22,012 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Connecticut is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.

UCONN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. It costs about $22,012 for Connecticut Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students per year to attend University of Connecticut.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#2

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$33,400 Average Net Price

$25,194 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Haven. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut list. University of New Haven is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in West Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 11 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

University of New Haven also took the #2 spot in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of New Haven is $33,400 for Connecticut Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at University of New Haven

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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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