by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 5,598 people earned their degree in nutrition science, making the major the 124th most popular in the United States. In , nutrition science graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $33,147 and had an average of $28,080 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 952 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,860 and $21,537 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 245 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nutrition science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their nutrition science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The nutrition science 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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in the Southwest Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree nutrition science students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Woman’s University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in the Southwest Region. This fairly large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 50 masters’s nutrition science degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Central Oklahoma is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 16 masters’s nutrition science degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Nutrition Science at University of Central Oklahoma
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 60 masters’s nutrition science degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this small public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s nutrition science students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #5 spot on the list. Baylor is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of the Incarnate Word did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s nutrition science degrees to 7 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of the Incarnate Word Nutrition Science Report
With a ranking of #7, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 19 masters’s nutrition science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Nutrition Science at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
The University of Texas at Austin landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 20 masters’s nutrition science degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #9, University of Arizona did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 1 masters’s nutrition science degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #10. Texas A&M University - College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 masters’s nutrition science degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Nutrition Science at Texas A&M College Station
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