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2022 Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

4 Ranked Colleges
448 Degrees Awarded
$11,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,044 people earned their degree in nutrition sciences, making the major the 149th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 667 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 448 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in nutrition sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nutrition sciences programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas Tech University is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also took the #3 spot in our “Best Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech University is $13,326 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full Texas Tech Nutrition Sciences Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 142 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,270 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.

Read full report on Nutrition Sciences at Texas A&M University - College Station

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #3 spot on the list. TWU is located in Denton, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 67 bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees to qualified students.

TWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for TWU is $7,050 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Nutrition Sciences at TWU

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 135 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nutrition sciences students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $11,466 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Arizona.

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

Full University of Arizona Nutrition Sciences Report

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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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