2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Food & Nutrition (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Food & Nutrition is the 206th most popular major in the country with 2,986 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 213 food and nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 food and nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality food and nutrition 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 food and nutrition program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Food & Nutrition Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree food & nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Food & Nutrition (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$37,215 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Wayne State is a large school located in Detroit, Michigan that handed out 2 doctorate’s food and nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wayne State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Food & Nutrition Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State are $37,215.

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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

• *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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