2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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In 2019-2020, 5,820 people earned their degree in dietetics and clinical nutrition services, making the major the 133rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,082 and had an average of $28,428 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,244 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,808 and $26,589 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 18 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in dietetics and clinical nutrition services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great dietetics and clinical nutrition services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the dietetics and clinical nutrition 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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Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Hillsborough Community College

Tampa, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$3,203 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hillsborough Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Tampa, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s nutrition degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

HCC also made our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $3,203 for southeast region associate degree nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Hillsborough Community College.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Hillsborough Community College

#2

Black River Technical College

Pocahontas, Arkansas

#3 in overall quality

$7,058 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Black River Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Pocahontas, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s nutrition degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Black River Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Black River Technical College is $7,058 for southeast region associate degree nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Black River Technical College Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report

#3

Gaston College

Dallas, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$7,626 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gaston College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Dallas, North Carolina, this medium-sized public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified associates’s nutrition students in 2019-2020.

Gaston College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Gaston College is $7,626 for southeast region associate degree nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Gaston College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services (Income $0-$30k)

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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