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2022 Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
20 Degrees Awarded
$22,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 667 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in nutrition sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nutrition sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the nutrition sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree nutrition sciences students.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Sciences in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s nutrition sciences students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also took the #3 spot in our “Best Nutrition Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 5 doctorate’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Nutrition Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s nutrition sciences degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also took the #2 spot in our “Best Nutrition Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886.

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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 #4 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. TWU is located in Denton, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s nutrition sciences degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree nutrition sciences students list, TWU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Nutrition Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Woman’s University are $14,962, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Nutrition Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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