by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.
Nutrition Science is the 124th most popular major in the country with 5,330 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, nutrition science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,647 and had an average of $23,229 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 200 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,315 and $23,527 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 137 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in nutrition science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their nutrition science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree nutrition science students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #1 spot on the list. MSU Denver is a public institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Colorado. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Greeley, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition science degrees to 33 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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 #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a large public school situated in Fort Collins, Colorado. It awarded 39 bachelors’s nutrition science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, 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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #4 spot on the list. Brigham Young University - Provo is a private not-for-profit institution located in Provo, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, 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 92%.
Read full report on Nutrition Science at Brigham Young University - Provo
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. USU is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 6 bachelors’s nutrition science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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