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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Nutrition

1 Ranked Colleges
56 Degrees Awarded
$42,000 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Nutrition

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Nutrition” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 District of Columbia, there were 56 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,550 and $0 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Nutrition”.

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Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Nutrition

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia vets studying nutrition.

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American University
Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Nutrition list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s nutrition degrees to 56 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at The American University, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, American University supports 14,001 students, and 613 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 388 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,027. In addition to receiving other benefits, 206 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at American University]](/colleges/american-university/student-life/veterans/)

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