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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in the Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 312 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $22,053 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 85 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services in the Southwest Region

#1

The University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Medical Branch. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. The University of Texas Medical Branch is located in Galveston, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 masters’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.

UTMB Galveston not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UTMB Galveston are $17,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$17,725 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center landed the #2 spot on the list. UT Southwestern is a small public school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 19 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Southwestern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center are $17,725, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$22,122 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center landed the #3 spot on the list. UOHSC is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 masters’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree nutrition students list, UOHSC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UOHSC are $22,122, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

#5 in overall quality

$15,704 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$48,823 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Sam Houston State University is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 10 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

SHSU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Sam Houston State University are $15,704, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at SHSU

#5

The University of Texas at San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas

#4 in overall quality

$25,807 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$47,846 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nutrition degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

UTSA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at San Antonio are $25,807, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at The University of Texas at San Antonio

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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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