2022 Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 New Jersey, there were 81 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,500 and $21,500 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,871 and $95,555 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great nutrition science programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey

The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey doctor’s degree nutrition science students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science in New Jersey

#1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$32,132 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey list. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s nutrition science degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick also made our “Best Nutrition Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers University - New Brunswick are $32,132, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Rutgers University - New Brunswick Nutrition Science Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science in the Middle Atlantic Region
• 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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