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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Sciences in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

4 Ranked Colleges
448 Degrees Awarded
$15,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid” 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.

This year’s “Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Sciences in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 46 bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees to qualified students.

Texas Tech also made our “Best Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech is $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Sciences students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Texas Woman’s University is a fairly large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 67 bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition sciences students with aid list, TWU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for TWU is $9,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition sciences students with aid.

Read more about Nutrition Sciences at Texas Woman’s University

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 142 bachelors’s nutrition sciences 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. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Sciences students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Nutrition Sciences at Texas A&M University - College Station

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 135 bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition sciences students with aid list, University of Arizona has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $15,016 for southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition sciences students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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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