by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 5,330 people earned their degree in nutrition sciences, making the major the 136th most popular in the United States.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1,196 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major” ranking looked at 94 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nutrition sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in nutrition sciences.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major” list to help you make the college decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bastyr University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major. Located in Kenmore, Washington, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 36 degrees to qualified masters’s nutrition sciences students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Huntington University of Health Sciences. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major list. HUHS is a private for-profit institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 94 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University landed the #3 spot on the list. Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Saint Joseph. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major list. USJ is a private not-for-profit institution located in West Hartford, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 26 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 94 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Russell Sage College landed the #5 spot on the list. Russel Sage is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Troy, New York. It awarded 20 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
Tufts University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major ranking. Tufts is a fairly large school located in Medford, Massachusetts that handed out 99 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Dominican University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major ranking. River Forest, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s nutrition sciences degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%.
Lasell University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major ranking. Lasell University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Newton, Massachusetts. It awarded 12 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Rush University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major ranking. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s nutrition sciences degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% 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%.
Teachers College at Columbia University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major ranking. Teachers College at Columbia University is located in New York, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 28 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Nutrition Sciences at Teachers College at Columbia University
University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major list. This small school is located in San Juan, , and it awarded 8 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 2 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Texas Woman’s University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major ranking, coming in at #12. Denton, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nutrition sciences degrees to 41 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Nutrition Sciences at Texas Woman’s University
University of Central Oklahoma came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major ranking. Edmond, Oklahoma is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nutrition sciences degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.
Saint Louis University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major ranking. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s nutrition sciences degrees to 31 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
Columbia University in the City of New York ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major list. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 84 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Full Columbia University in the City of New York Nutrition Sciences Report
With a ranking of #16, Texas Tech University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 47 degrees to qualified masters’s nutrition sciences students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, 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 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Southeast Missouri State University landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major ranking. Located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, this medium-sized public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s nutrition sciences students in 2020-2021.
Full Southeast Missouri State University Nutrition Sciences Report
Viterbo University ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major list. La Crosse, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s nutrition sciences degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Montclair State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major ranking, coming in at #19. Montclair State is a large school located in Montclair, New Jersey that handed out 20 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major ranking. MSU Denver is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 13 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major ranking. Bowling Green, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nutrition sciences degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Nutrition Sciences at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus
With a ranking of #22, Mississippi State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major list. Mississippi State University is a large public school situated in Mississippi State, Mississippi. It awarded 20 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Boston University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major ranking, coming in at #23. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s nutrition sciences degrees to 40 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of New Hampshire - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major ranking, coming in at #24. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Durham, New Hampshire that handed out 14 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major ranking. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that handed out 31 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Nutrition Sciences Report
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