2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 6,158 people earned their degree in dietetics and clinical nutrition services, making the major the 128th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,641 and had an average of $27,579 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 258 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,825 and $31,466 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 16 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in dietetics and clinical nutrition services. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in dietetics and clinical nutrition services.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services in the New England Region

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Gateway Community College
New Haven, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gateway Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region list. Gateway Community College is located in New Haven, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 associates’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.

Full Gateway Community College Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report

2

North Shore Community College
Danvers, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Shore Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region list. North Shore Community College is a small school located in Danvers, Massachusetts that handed out 6 associates’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at North Shore Community College

3

Southern Maine Community College
South Portland, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the New England Region list. Located in South Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s nutrition students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Southern Maine Community College

• Most Focused Associate 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.