2025 Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

a bachelor's degree in food & nutrition is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #161 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 86 bachelor's degrees in food & nutrition to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on food & nutrition students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other food & nutrition students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized food & nutrition related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Food & Nutrition in the Middle Atlantic Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in food & nutrition.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Food & Nutrition

1

University of Delaware
Newark, DE

15 Annual Graduates

University of Delaware is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in food & nutrition. Located in the large suburb of Newark, UD is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in food & nutrition from University of Delaware

2

Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus
Indiana, PA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in food & nutrition. IUP is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Indiana.More information about a bachelor’s in food & nutrition from Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus

Best Food & Nutrition Colleges by State

Explore the best food & nutrition colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	60
Pennsylvania	698	24
Maryland	370	12
Delaware	224	17

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Rankings in Majors Related to Food & Nutrition

One of 3 majors within the Food, Nutrition & Related Services area of study, Food & Nutrition has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Human Nutrition	24
Foodservice Systems Administration/Management	2

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.