2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Nutrition for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$33,862
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Nutrition for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Food, Nutrition & Related Services is the 135th most popular major in the country with 4,858 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, food, nutrition and related services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,748 and had an average of $24,931 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 510 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,912 and $26,633 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 309 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Nutrition for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in food, nutrition and related services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality food, nutrition and related services programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the food, nutrition and related services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Nutrition for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree vets studying nutrition.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Nutrition for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Framingham State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Framingham, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition degrees to 34 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Framingham State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Framingham State supports 4,876 students, and 170 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 130 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,993. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Framingham State does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 veteran student life at Framingham State]](/colleges/framingham-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Nutrition for a Bachelor’s list. JWU Providence is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 171 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.
JWU Providence also took the #2 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 5,676 students enrolled at Johnson & Wales University - Providence, 265 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 175 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,319. On top of their other funding sources, 9 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Johnson & Wales University - Providence offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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