2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools in Arkansas 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 Arkansas, there were 70 food and nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in food and nutrition. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality food and nutrition programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the food and nutrition program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Food & Nutrition Schools in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Food & Nutrition (Income $0-$30k) in Arkansas

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$12,094 Average Net Price

$42,433 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arkansas is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 58 ’s food and nutrition degrees to qualified students.

UARK also took the #1 spot in our “Best Food & Nutrition Schools in Arkansas” ranking. It costs about $12,094 for Arkansas Food & Nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Arkansas.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full UARK Food & Nutrition Report

#2

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$13,549 Average Net Price

$38,709 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the #2 spot on the list. UCA is located in Conway, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 ’s food and nutrition degrees to qualified students.

UCA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Food & Nutrition Schools in Arkansas” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Arkansas is $13,549 for Arkansas Food & Nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Food & Nutrition at University of Central Arkansas

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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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