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2022 Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
160 Degrees Awarded
$23,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 160 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 6 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the nutrition sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Sciences in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nutrition sciences degrees to 34 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas Tech, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Nutrition Sciences Master’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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#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 Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas Woman’s University is a fairly large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 59 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

TWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Nutrition Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Woman’s University are $14,962, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center landed the #3 spot on the list. UOHSC is a small school located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that handed out 9 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UOHSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Nutrition Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UOHSC are $22,122, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 3 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Nutrition Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Austin, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Nutrition Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#6 in overall quality

Baylor University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Waco, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s nutrition sciences students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Baylor, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Nutrition Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baylor University are $36,936, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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