2022 Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” 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.

Across Alabama, there were 83 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $22,500 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,644 and $113,063 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in nutrition science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great nutrition science programs and cost less that 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 Doctorate in Alabama For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama doctor’s degree nutrition science students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science in Alabama (With Aid)

#1

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$19,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the #1 spot on the list. Birmingham, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s nutrition science degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UAB also took the #1 spot in our “Best Nutrition Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAB are $19,188, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Nutrition Science at UAB

#2

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$31,956 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #2 spot on the list. Auburn is a large public school situated in Auburn, Alabama. It awarded 5 doctorate’s nutrition science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Auburn, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Nutrition Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn University are $31,956, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Nutrition Science at Auburn

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science (With Aid)

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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