by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Nutrition Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Nutrition Sciences is the 136th most popular major in the country with 5,330 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 200 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 137 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Nutrition Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in nutrition sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in nutrition sciences.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Nutrition Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree nutrition sciences students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Nutrition Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s list. Metropolitan State University of Denver is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 44 bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Nutrition Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s list. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a large public school situated in Fort Collins, Colorado. It awarded 39 bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Colorado. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Nutrition Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Greeley, Colorado, this fairly large public school handed out 33 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nutrition sciences students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Nutrition Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #4 spot on the list. BYU is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 21 bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, 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 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Nutrition Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s list. Utah State University is a public institution located in Logan, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
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