2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science in Georgia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in Georgia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Georgia, there were 124 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,188 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,934 and $102,100 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nutrition science programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science in Georgia

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia. UGA is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 3 doctorate’s nutrition science degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA also made our “Best Nutrition Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Nutrition Science at University of Georgia

#1

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$44,676 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Doctorate in Georgia list. Emory is a fairly large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 9 doctorate’s nutrition science degrees in 2019-2020.

Emory did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Nutrition Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emory University are $44,676, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Nutrition Science at Emory University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science in the Southeast 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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