by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.
Nutrition Sciences is the 136th most popular major in the country with 5,330 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 200 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 137 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in nutrition sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in nutrition sciences.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree nutrition sciences students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Metropolitan State University of Denver Nutrition Sciences Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Colorado. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This fairly large school is located in Greeley, Colorado, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
Full University of Northern Colorado Nutrition Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Brigham Young University - Provo is a private not-for-profit institution located in Provo, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Brigham Young University - Provo Nutrition Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Nutrition Sciences at Utah State University
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