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2022 Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
160 Degrees Awarded
$25,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,044 people earned their degree in nutrition science, making the major the 134th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, nutrition science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,764 and had an average of $28,222 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 667 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,867 and $20,153 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 160 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in nutrition science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nutrition science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the nutrition science 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 Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree nutrition science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 14 masters’s nutrition science 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 Science 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.

Full The University of Texas at Austin Nutrition Science Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nutrition science degrees to 59 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TWU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Nutrition Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at TWU are $14,962, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Nutrition Science at TWU

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school awarded 34 diplomas to qualified masters’s nutrition science 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 Science 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.

Full Texas Tech Nutrition Science Report

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 2 masters’s nutrition science degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Nutrition Science Master’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.

Read more about Nutrition Science at University of Arizona

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #5 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s nutrition science degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Nutrition Science Master’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 Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station Nutrition Science Report

#6

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#6 in overall quality

Baylor University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Baylor University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees 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 Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baylor are $36,936, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Nutrition Science at Baylor

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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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