2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Southeast region, there were 780 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 199 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in nutrition sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in nutrition sciences.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region”.
Top 14 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Sciences in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Huntington University of Health Sciences. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. HUHS is a small private for-profit school situated in Knoxville, Tennessee. It awarded 3 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full HUHS Nutrition Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 13 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees to qualified students.
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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 20 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Nutrition Sciences at Mississippi State
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. UNC Chapel Hill is a large public school situated in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It awarded 5 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Nutrition Sciences at UNC Chapel Hill
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the #5 spot on the list. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large school located in Greensboro, North Carolina that handed out 4 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.
Full University of North Carolina at Greensboro Nutrition Sciences Report
University of Georgia landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Georgia is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 33 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Nutrition Sciences at UGA
Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Tulane University of Louisiana is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Nutrition Sciences at Tulane
With a ranking of #8, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, this large public school handed out 22 degrees to qualified masters’s nutrition sciences students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Nutrition Sciences at UT Knoxville
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Little Rock, Arkansas, and it awarded 3 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Nutrition Sciences at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Auburn University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Auburn, Alabama, this large public school handed out 21 diplomas to qualified masters’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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Nutrition Sciences at Auburn University
North Carolina State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #11. NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 9 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full NC State Nutrition Sciences Report
University of Kentucky ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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 more about Nutrition Sciences at University of Kentucky
Liberty University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 31 diplomas to qualified masters’s nutrition sciences students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Liberty University Nutrition Sciences Report
Emory University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s nutrition sciences degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Nutrition Sciences at Emory 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
- *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.
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