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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
180 Degrees Awarded
$15,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

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 “Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 241 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,400 and $19,789 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 180 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in nutrition science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great nutrition science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the nutrition science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. Brigham Young University - Provo is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 25 bachelors’s nutrition science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree nutrition science students with aid list, BYU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Brigham Young University - Provo is $13,322 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Science students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Nutrition Science at BYU

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 72 bachelors’s nutrition science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree nutrition science students with aid list, MSU Denver has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $14,257 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree nutrition science students with aid per year to attend Metropolitan State University of Denver.

Full Metropolitan State University of Denver Nutrition Science Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Colorado. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Greeley, Colorado, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s nutrition science degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Northern Colorado is $15,714 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Science students with aid.

Full University of Northern Colorado Nutrition Science 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 #4 for the Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Fort Collins, Colorado, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s nutrition science degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $18,668 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Science students with aid per year to attend Colorado State.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full Colorado State Nutrition Science Report

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Logan, Utah, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s nutrition science degrees in 2019-2020.

USU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $13,634 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Science students with aid per year to attend Utah State University.

Full USU Nutrition Science Report

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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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