2025 Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia

a bachelor's degree in food, nutrition & related services is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #106 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 296 bachelor's degrees in food, nutrition & related services to qualified students.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on food, nutrition & related services students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other food, nutrition & related services students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt food, nutrition & related services students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized food, nutrition & related services related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for food, nutrition & related services students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The nutrition school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia.

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. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Food, Nutrition & Related Services in Virginia

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for food, nutrition & related services students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Virginia Schools for a Bachelor's in Nutrition

1

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

261 Annual Graduates

$25,414 Median Starting Salary

$41,262 Median Student Debt

It is hard to beat Virginia Tech if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in food, nutrition & related services. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the nutrition program make around $25,414 in the first couple years of their career.

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2

James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA

27 Annual Graduates

$24,860 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in food, nutrition & related services has to take a look at James Madison University. JMU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Harrisonburg.

After graduating, nutrition bachelor's recipients usually make an average of $24,860 at the beginning of their careers.

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Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	224	21
Tennessee	220	51
North Carolina	213	115
South Carolina	195	23
Kentucky	187	60
Alabama	184	192
Mississippi	169	4
Arkansas	167	76

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Food, Nutrition & Related Services Related Rankings by Major

Food, Nutrition & Related Services is one of 8 different types of Family, Consumer & Human Sciences programs to choose from.

Nutrition Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Food & Nutrition	296

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Human Development & Family Studies	307
Human Sciences Business Services	87
Textile & Apparel Studies	35
General Family & Consumer Sciences	24
Family & Consumer Economics	7
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Other)	5

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.