2025 Best Nutrition Science Schools in Massachusetts
4Colleges in Massachusetts
296Nutrition Science Degrees Awarded
$37,524Avg Early-Career Salary
Nutrition Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #124 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for nutrition science students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 296 degrees in nutrition science to qualified students.
Your choice of nutrition science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Nutrition Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Nutrition Science Schools in Massachusetts list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Nutrition Science in Massachusetts
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the nutrition science degree levels they offer.
Tufts University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in nutrition science. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #39 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.
There were roughly 103 nutrition science students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent year we have data available. Nutrition Science degree recipients from Tufts University earn a boost of about $25,233 above the typical income of nutrition science graduates.
Boston University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in nutrition science. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 60 nutrition science students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the nutrition science degree program at Boston University get $23,160 more than the standard college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
University of Massachusetts Amherst is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in nutrition science. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Amherst. This university ranks 10th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 84 nutrition science students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the nutrition science program earn around $24,746 in their early career salary.
Every student pursuing a degree in nutrition science has to check out University of Massachusetts - Lowell. UMass Lowell is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Lowell. This university ranks 17th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 18 nutrition science students who graduated with this degree at UMass Lowell in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
Your choice of nutrition science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Nutrition Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
