2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science (Income $30-$48k)

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 an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Nutrition Science is the 134th most popular major in the country with 5,044 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 12 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nutrition science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the nutrition science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Tulsa Community College

Tulsa, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$5,092 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulsa Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified associates’s nutrition science students in 2019-2020.

Tulsa Community College also made our “Best Nutrition Science Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Tulsa Community College is $5,092 for Associate Degree Nutrition Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Nutrition Science at Tulsa Community College

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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