2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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 “Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 4,889 people earned their degree in food, nutrition and related services, making the major the 131st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, food, nutrition and related services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,096 and had an average of $25,351 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,083 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,669 and $21,622 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 17 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent food, nutrition and related services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the food, nutrition and related services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$3,429 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 17 associates’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

CNM also made our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Central New Mexico Community College is $3,429 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Nutrition students with aid.

Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Central New Mexico Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services (With Aid)

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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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