by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Nutrition Sciences is the 136th most popular major in the country with 5,330 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 773 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 127 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 14 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nutrition sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in nutrition sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree nutrition sciences students.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Huntington University of Health Sciences landed the #1 spot on the list. HUHS is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It awarded 12 masters’s nutrition sciences 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Nutrition Sciences at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. Mississippi State is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 20 masters’s nutrition sciences 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.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 31 degrees to qualified masters’s nutrition sciences students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s nutrition sciences students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Nutrition Sciences at University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of Georgia landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Georgia is a public institution located in Athens, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Tulane University of Louisiana is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nutrition sciences degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, this small public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s nutrition sciences students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Auburn University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #10. Auburn University is a large public school situated in Auburn, Alabama. It awarded 8 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #11, North Carolina State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. NC State is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 8 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, 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 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full North Carolina State University Nutrition Sciences Report
University of Kentucky landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 2 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Liberty University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Liberty University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Lynchburg, Virginia. It awarded 3 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Nutrition Sciences at Liberty University
Emory University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #14. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 6 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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