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2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
18 Degrees Awarded
$7,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services is the 133rd most popular major in the country with 5,820 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 associate degree level specifically, there were 18 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered 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. 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 “Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Central Arizona College

Coolidge, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Arizona College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Coolidge, Arizona, and it awarded 7 associates’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k list, Pinal County Community College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Pinal County Community College is $6,252 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Central Arizona College Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarrant County College District. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s nutrition degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Tarrant County College also made our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Tarrant County College District is $5,742 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Tarrant County College Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s nutrition degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

OSU-OKC also took the #4 spot in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,839 for southwest region associate degree nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend OSU-OKC.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at OSU-OKC

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chandler-Gilbert Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Chandler-Gilbert Community College is a fairly large school located in Chandler, Arizona that handed out 2 associates’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Chandler-Gilbert Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Chandler-Gilbert Community College is $8,789 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Chandler-Gilbert Community College Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Paradise Valley Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 7 associates’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Paradise Valley Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Paradise Valley Community College is $9,280 for southwest region associate degree nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Paradise Valley Community College

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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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