by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in Colorado” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Colorado, there were 145 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,298 and $23,527 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 116 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,670 and $29,027 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in Colorado” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in nutrition science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in nutrition science.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado bachelor’s degree nutrition science students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #1 spot on the list. Metropolitan State University of 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.
Full Metropolitan State University of Denver Nutrition Science Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Northern Colorado is a public institution located in Greeley, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s degrees 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%.
Read more about Nutrition Science at University of Northern Colorado
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in Colorado list. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 39 bachelors’s nutrition science degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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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