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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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Food, Nutrition & Related Services is the 135th most popular major in the country with 4,365 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , food, nutrition & related services graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $34,748 and had an average of $25,807 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 896 food, nutrition & related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,726 and $22,095 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 598 food, nutrition & related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 18 colleges that offer a degree in food, nutrition & related services. That schools that top this list have a program in food, nutrition & related services in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region list. OSU is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 83 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at OSU
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region. University of Houston is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 149 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at University of Houston
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Prairie View A & M University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Prairie View, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 25 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Prairie View A & M University Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school handed out 97 degrees to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Arizona State University - Skysong
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #5 spot on the list. UT Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 18 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at UT Austin
Texas State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 78 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Texas State
Stephen F Austin State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Nacogdoches, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Stephen F Austin State University Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report
Baylor University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. Baylor is located in Waco, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Baylor University Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report
Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Arizona State University - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full ASU - Tempe Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report
University of New Mexico - Main Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Texas Woman’s University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region ranking. TWU is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at TWU
With a ranking of #12, Sam Houston State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region list. SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Sam Houston State University
Lamar University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Beaumont, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Lamar University
Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Texas A&M University - College Station
Grand Canyon University landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Grand Canyon University
University of Arizona ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Arizona Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report
Parker University ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region list. Parker University is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Parker University
University of Central Oklahoma ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southwest Region list. Edmond, Oklahoma is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at UCO
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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.
