2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in Colorado

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 “Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Nutrition Sciences is the 149th most popular major in the country with 5,044 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Colorado, there were 178 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 154 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,261 and $25,672 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nutrition sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great nutrition sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the nutrition sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in Colorado

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$11,831 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k list. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees to 55 students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. The estimated yearly cost for Colorado State University - Fort Collins is $11,831 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%.

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#2

Metropolitan State University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

#3 in overall quality

$11,531 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #2 spot on the list. MSU Denver is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 72 bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Denver also took the #3 spot in our “Best Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Metropolitan State University of Denver is $11,531 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Nutrition Sciences at Metropolitan State University of Denver

#3

University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$11,571 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Colorado. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large school located in Greeley, Colorado that handed out 27 bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Northern Colorado is $11,571 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Sciences (Income $0-$30k)

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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