2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2021-2022, 6,113 people earned their degree in dietetics & clinical nutrition services, making the major the 128th most popular in the United States. In , dietetics & clinical nutrition services graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $38,246 and had an average of $26,091 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,233 dietetics & clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,268 and $27,007 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 dietetics & clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in dietetics & clinical nutrition services. That schools that top this list have a program in dietetics & clinical nutrition services in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree nutrition students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services in the Southeast Region

1

University of North Florida
Jacksonville, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southeast Region list. University of North Florida is a fairly large public school situated in Jacksonville, Florida. It awarded 9 doctorate’s nutrition degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at University of North Florida

2

Florida International University
Miami, Florida

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #2 spot on the list. Florida International University is a public institution located in Miami, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Florida International University

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.