Ranked #136 in popularity, nutrition sciences is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Nutrition Sciences Schools in Colorado ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 176 degrees in nutrition sciences annually.
The nutrition sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Nutrition Sciences rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for nutrition sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The nutrition sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Nutrition Sciences Schools in Colorado.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the nutrition sciences degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student pursuing a degree in nutrition sciences has to look into Colorado State University - Fort Collins. Colorado State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins. A Best Colleges rank of #178 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Colorado State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 66 nutrition sciences students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State in the most recent year we have data available.
Metropolitan State University of Denver is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in nutrition sciences. MSU Denver is a large public university located in the city of Denver. This university ranks 24th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 105 nutrition sciences students who graduated with this degree at MSU Denver in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat University of Northern Colorado if you wish to pursue a degree in nutrition sciences. Located in the midsize city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 13th out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were approximately 5 nutrition sciences students who graduated with this degree at University of Northern Colorado in the most recent data year.
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Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The nutrition sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Nutrition Sciences rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for nutrition sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
