2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science in Texas

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in Texas” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 5,330 people earned their degree in nutrition science, making the major the 124th most popular in the United States. 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 Texas, there were 454 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,947 and $24,654 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,315 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in Texas” ranking analyzed 4 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.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in Texas

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

Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science in Texas

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Texas Woman's University
Denton, Texas

#25 overall quality in Texas

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas Woman’s University is located in Denton, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s nutrition science degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Nutrition Science at Texas Woman’s University

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Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

#9 overall quality in Texas

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Texas Tech Nutrition Science Report

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Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, Texas

#3 overall quality in Texas

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s nutrition science students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station Nutrition Science Report

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The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

#2 overall quality in Texas

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #4 spot on the list. UT Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 4 doctorate’s nutrition science degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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 full report on Nutrition Science at The University of Texas at Austin

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science in the Southwest Region
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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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