2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Nutrition Science is the 134th most popular major in the country with 5,044 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Far Western US region, there were 1,376 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,300 and $24,088 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the nutrition science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree nutrition science students.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of California - Davis

Davis, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. Davis, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s nutrition science degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

UC Davis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Nutrition Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Davis are $28,700, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UC Davis Nutrition Science Report

#2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#3 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s nutrition science students in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also made our “Best Nutrition Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Nutrition Science at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#3

University of California - Berkeley

Berkeley, California

#2 in overall quality

$29,347 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s nutrition science degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Berkeley, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Nutrition Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Berkeley are $29,347, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of California - Berkeley Nutrition Science Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science

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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