by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southwest Region” ranking.
In 2021-2022, 5,598 people earned their degree in nutrition sciences, making the major the 136th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 952 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 648 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nutrition sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in nutrition sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Woman’s University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southwest Region. TWU is a fairly large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 78 bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #2 spot on the list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees to 149 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
Read full report on Nutrition Sciences at University of Arizona
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees to 12 students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center Nutrition Sciences Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 146 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nutrition sciences students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Nutrition Sciences at Texas A&M College Station
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nutrition sciences students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Central Oklahoma landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Central Oklahoma is a public institution located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Nutrition Sciences at University of Central Oklahoma
Texas Tech University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees to 31 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of the Incarnate Word did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. University of the Incarnate Word is a medium-sized school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 9 bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a large public school situated in Edinburg, Texas. It awarded 12 bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% 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%.
Read full report on Nutrition Sciences at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
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