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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Avg Salary
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Nutrition for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 4,858 people earned their degree in food, nutrition and related services, making the major the 135th most popular in the United States. 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 Rhode Island, there were 257 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,511 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 250 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,833 and $24,930 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great food, nutrition and related services programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the food, nutrition and related services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Nutrition for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Nutrition for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Nutrition for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Nutrition for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - Providence landed the #1 spot on the 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list.Our most recent data shows that 265 of the 5,676 students enrolled at JWU Providence were GI Bill® students, of which 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. JWU 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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