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2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

1 Ranked Colleges
17 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 Southwest region, there were 768 food and nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 17 food and nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools 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 an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree food & nutrition students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Food & Nutrition (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. CNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 associates’s food and nutrition degrees to qualified students.

CNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Food & Nutrition Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $5,676 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Food & Nutrition students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Central New Mexico Community College.

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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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