2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Food & Nutrition in the Middle Atlantic Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Food & Nutrition Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Food & Nutrition is the 228th most popular major in the country with 2,613 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 331 food & nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 food & nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,902 and $128,547 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Food & Nutrition Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in food & nutrition. That schools that top this list have a program in food & nutrition in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Food & Nutrition Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Food & Nutrition Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Food & Nutrition in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Food & Nutrition Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Teachers College at Columbia University landed the #1 spot on the list. Teachers College is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Food & Nutrition at Teachers College at Columbia University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Food & Nutrition Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s food & nutrition degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Food & Nutrition at New York University
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.
