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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Doctorate in the Southeast Region” 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 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.

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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Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

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

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

#1

Florida International University

Miami, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$24,211 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #1 spot on the list. Florida International University is a large school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 7 doctorate’s nutrition 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 Florida International University are $24,211, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at FIU

#2

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$21,930 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Jacksonville, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s nutrition degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree nutrition students list, UNF has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Florida are $21,930.

Read more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at UNF

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services

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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