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2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

10 Ranked Colleges
477 Degrees Awarded
$16,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 579 food and nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 477 food and nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in food and nutrition. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent food and nutrition programs, but they also cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 10 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Food & Nutrition in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, Tennessee
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middle Tennessee State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Middle Tennessee State University is located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 43 bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees to qualified students.

Middle Tennessee State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $12,464 for southeast region bachelor’s degree food & nutrition students with aid per year to attend Middle Tennessee State University.

Full Middle Tennessee State University Food & Nutrition Report

#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Virginia Tech is a public institution located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 213 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia Tech is $21,198 for southeast region bachelor’s degree food & nutrition students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Food & Nutrition at Virginia Tech

#3

North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, North Carolina
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina A & T State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Greensboro, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

NC A&T also made our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $10,274 for southeast region bachelor’s degree food & nutrition students with aid per year to attend North Carolina A & T State University.

Full NC A&T Food & Nutrition Report

#4

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and it awarded 58 bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Arkansas is $16,381 for southeast region bachelor’s degree food & nutrition students with aid.

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

Full UARK Food & Nutrition Report

#5

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, Georgia
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Southern University landed the #5 spot on the list. Georgia Southern University is located in Statesboro, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees to qualified students.

GaSou also took the #4 spot in our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $15,536 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Food & Nutrition students with aid per year to attend GaSou.

Read more about Food & Nutrition at Georgia Southern University

#6

Radford University

Radford, Virginia
#7 in overall quality

Radford University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Radford is a fairly large public school situated in Radford, Virginia. It awarded 7 bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Radford, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Radford is $16,447 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Food & Nutrition students with aid.

Read more about Food & Nutrition at Radford

#7

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#3 in overall quality

University of Kentucky did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 33 bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees to qualified students.

UK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UK is $17,127 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Food & Nutrition students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Food & Nutrition at UK

#8

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky
#9 in overall quality

Eastern Kentucky University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Eastern Kentucky University is a public institution located in Richmond, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Eastern Kentucky University is $14,149 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Food & Nutrition students with aid.

Read more about Food & Nutrition at Eastern

#9

Alcorn State University

Alcorn State, Mississippi
#10 in overall quality

Alcorn State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Alcorn State University is located in Alcorn State, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees to qualified students.

Alcorn State also made our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #10. The yearly cost to attend Alcorn State University is $14,836 for southeast region bachelor’s degree food & nutrition students with aid.

Read more about Food & Nutrition at Alcorn State University

#10

Samford University

Birmingham, Alabama
#6 in overall quality

Samford University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Samford is located in Birmingham, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Samford, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $29,673 for southeast region bachelor’s degree food & nutrition students with aid per year to attend Samford University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Food & Nutrition at Samford

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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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