2023 Best Nutrition Sciences Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Nutrition Sciences for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Nutrition Sciences is the 136th most popular major in the country with 5,330 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Massachusetts, there were 316 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Nutrition Sciences for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in nutrition sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nutrition sciences programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the nutrition sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Nutrition Sciences for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Nutrition Sciences for a Master’s”.
Top 3 Best Nutrition Sciences Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Nutrition Sciences for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #1 spot on the list. Boston University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 40 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Boston U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Nutrition Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list.Of the 32,718 students enrolled at Boston U, 15 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $25,162. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 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 [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Boston University]](/colleges/boston-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tufts University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Nutrition Sciences for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Medford, Massachusetts, and it awarded 99 masters’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tufts, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Nutrition Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 12,219 students enrolled at Tufts University were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Tufts University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Nutrition Sciences for a Master’s list. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified masters’s nutrition sciences students in 2020-2021.
UMass Amherst not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Nutrition Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list.Our most recent data shows that 477 of the 31,642 students enrolled at University of Massachusetts Amherst were GI Bill® students, of which 252 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,295. In addition to receiving other benefits, 21 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Veteran Student Life Report
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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