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

8 Ranked Colleges
131 Degrees Awarded
$17,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

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 the Southwest Region” ranking.

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 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” ranking looked at 8 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 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. Texas Tech University is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 30 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also made our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students per year to attend Texas Tech.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Texas Tech Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report

#2

Northeastern State University

Tahlequah, Oklahoma
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NSU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,994 for southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students per year to attend Northeastern State University.

Full Northeastern State University Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report

#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 list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

UTSA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at San Antonio is $13,853 for southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students.

Full The University of Texas at San Antonio Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephen F Austin State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Stephen F Austin State University is a public institution located in Nacogdoches, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SFASU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $13,723 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students per year to attend Stephen F Austin State University.

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 that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #5 spot on the list. Texas A&M Kingsville is located in Kingsville, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M Kingsville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M Kingsville is $13,778 for southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Texas A&M University - Kingsville

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 ranking. NMSU Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend NMSU Main Campus is $8,659 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at NMSU Main Campus

#6 in overall quality

Abilene Christian University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Abilene, Texas, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Abilene Christian did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $26,809 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students per year to attend Abilene Christian University.

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

#8

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas

Texas Christian University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Christian University is a fairly large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 15 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

TCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $36,811 for southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students per year to attend TCU.

The low student loan default rate of 3.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Read more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Texas 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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