2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Southwest region, there were 346 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,099 and $24,617 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 26 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in dietetics and clinical nutrition services. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their dietetics and clinical nutrition services program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 6 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services in the Southwest Region

1

Paradise Valley Community College
Phoenix, Arizona

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Paradise Valley Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 8 associates’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Paradise Valley Community College Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report

2

Central Arizona College
Coolidge, Arizona

Top 20% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Arizona College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Coolidge, Arizona, this small public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s nutrition students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Pinal County Community College

3

Chandler-Gilbert Community College
Chandler, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chandler-Gilbert Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region list. Chandler, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s nutrition degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Chandler-Gilbert Community College

4

Tarrant County College District
Fort Worth, Texas

Top 20% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarrant County College District. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region. Tarrant County College District is a large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 6 associates’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Tarrant County College

5

Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s nutrition degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City

5

St Philip's College
San Antonio, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St Philip’s College landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 0 associates’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.

Full St Philip’s College Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report

• 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.