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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

8 Ranked Colleges
131 Degrees Awarded
$12,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Southwest region, there were 312 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $22,053 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 131 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in dietetics and clinical nutrition services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dietetics and clinical nutrition services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the dietetics and clinical nutrition services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Texas Tech University is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 30 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also made our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech University is $12,317 for southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Texas Tech

#2

Northeastern State University

Tahlequah, Oklahoma
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Northeastern State University is a public institution located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $7,614 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Northeastern State University.

Full NSU Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTSA, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UTSA is $10,516 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at UTSA

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephen F Austin State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Stephen F Austin State University is a public institution located in Nacogdoches, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SFASU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Stephen F Austin State University is $8,650 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Kingsville, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k list, Texas A&M Kingsville has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M Kingsville is $11,105 for southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Texas A&M Kingsville

New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 14 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also made our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for NMSU Main Campus is $6,896 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

#7

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas

With a ranking of #7, Texas Christian University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. TCU is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k list, TCU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $21,286 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas Christian University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at TCU

#6 in overall quality

Abilene Christian University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Abilene, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s nutrition degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Abilene Christian not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $24,153 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Abilene Christian.

Read more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Abilene Christian University

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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

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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