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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science in the Southeast Region

7 Ranked Colleges
516 Degrees Awarded
$15,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 the Southeast region, there were 728 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,450 and $29,023 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 516 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree 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 the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition science degrees to 122 students in 2019-2020.

UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $6,302 for southeast region bachelor’s degree nutrition science students per year to attend UF.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, 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 97%.

Full UF Nutrition Science Report

#2

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school situated in Greensboro, North Carolina. It awarded 67 bachelors’s nutrition science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree nutrition science students list, UNC Greensboro has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro is $12,748 for southeast region bachelor’s degree nutrition science students.

Read more about Nutrition Science at UNC Greensboro

#3

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #3 spot on the list. North Carolina State University is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 95 bachelors’s nutrition science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree nutrition science students list, NC State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina State University is $16,458 for southeast region bachelor’s degree nutrition science students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full North Carolina State University Nutrition Science Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition science degrees to 47 students in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is $15,465 for southeast region bachelor’s degree nutrition science students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Nutrition Science Report

#5

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 87 bachelors’s nutrition science degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UGA is $13,649 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Science students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Nutrition Science at University of Georgia

#6

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

Auburn University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Auburn University is a large school located in Auburn, Alabama that handed out 58 bachelors’s nutrition science degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $24,104 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Science students per year to attend Auburn.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Nutrition Science at Auburn

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s nutrition science degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville also made our “Best Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is $18,825 for southeast region bachelor’s degree nutrition science students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Nutrition Science at UT Knoxville

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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).
  • 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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