2022 Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,044 people earned their degree in nutrition science, making the major the 134th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, nutrition science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,764 and had an average of $28,222 in loans still to pay off.

Across Wisconsin, there were 87 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,400 and $22,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 80 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nutrition science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nutrition science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the nutrition science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science (Income $0-$30k) in Wisconsin

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$4,367 Average Net Price

$32,772 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a public institution located in Madison, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 66 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wisconsin - Madison is $4,367 for wisconsin bachelor’s degree nutrition science students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, 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 95%.

Read full report on Nutrition Science at UW - Madison

#2

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$13,222 Average Net Price

$33,993 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k list. UWM is a public institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UWM also took the #2 spot in our “Best Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is $13,222 for wisconsin bachelor’s degree nutrition science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full UWM Nutrition Science Report

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science (Income $0-$30k)

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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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