2025 Best Food & Nutrition Schools in North Carolina
3Colleges in North Carolina
72Food & Nutrition Degrees Awarded
Food & Nutrition is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #228 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Food & Nutrition Schools in North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 72 degrees in food & nutrition annually.
Your choice of food & nutrition school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Food & Nutrition School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Food & Nutrition Schools in North Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Food & Nutrition in North Carolina
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the food & nutrition degree levels they offer.
Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte is a great choice for students interested in a degree in food & nutrition. Located in the city of Charlotte, JWU Charlotte is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #208 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means JWU Charlotte is a great university overall.
There were about 4 food & nutrition students who graduated with this degree at JWU Charlotte in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Meredith College if you wish to pursue a degree in food & nutrition. Meredith is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Raleigh. This college ranks 39th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.More information about a degree in food & nutrition from Meredith College
East Carolina University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in food & nutrition. ECU is a very large public university located in the city of Greenville. This university ranks 7th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 12 food & nutrition students who graduated with this degree at ECU in the most recent data year.
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).
Your choice of food & nutrition school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Food & Nutrition School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
