2025 Best Food & Nutrition Schools in the Southwest Region
8Colleges in the Southwest Region
553Food & 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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for food & nutrition students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 553 degrees in food & nutrition annually.
The food & nutrition program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Food & Nutrition rankings. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Food & Nutrition Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Food & Nutrition in the Southwest Region
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.
Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in food & nutrition. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #108 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were about 26 food & nutrition students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year.
Texas State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in food & nutrition. Texas State is a fairly large public university located in the city of San Marcos. A Best Colleges rank of #396 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Texas State is a great university overall.
There were about 78 food & nutrition students who graduated with this degree at Texas State in the most recent data year.
Arizona State University - Skysong is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in food & nutrition. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public university located in the city of Scottsdale. A Best Colleges rank of #403 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means ASU - Skysong is a great university overall.
There were roughly 147 food & nutrition students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Skysong in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in food & nutrition needs to check out Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. Located in the town of Stillwater, OSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #366 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means OSU is a great university overall.
There were about 83 food & nutrition students who graduated with this degree at OSU in the most recent year we have data available.
TWU is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Denton. This university ranks 24th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 23 food & nutrition students who graduated with this degree at TWU in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 24 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were roughly 18 food & nutrition students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 78th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 78 food & nutrition students who graduated with this degree at Lamar University in the most recent data year.
SHSU is a very large public university located in the distant town of Huntsville. This university ranks 18th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 11 food & nutrition students who graduated with this degree at SHSU 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).
The food & nutrition program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Food & Nutrition rankings. 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.
