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2023 Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alabama

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$23,490 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,713 Avg Salary

Food, Nutrition & Related Services is the #54 most popular major in Alabama with 301 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alabama ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Alabama to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for nutrition students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

#1

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

Our analysis found The University of Alabama to be the best value school for food, nutrition and related services students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Alabama. Located in the city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UA are $11,620 a year. On average, nutrition graduates from UA take out $28,708 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

UA also took the #4 spot in our Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alabama rankings.

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#2

Samford University

Birmingham, AL

Out of the 2 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Samford University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Birmingham, Samford is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Samford are $35,360 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Samford is ranked #5 for overall quality for nutrition in Alabama.

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State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 21
Virginia 315
North Carolina 155
Florida 17
Tennessee 62
Kentucky 64
South Carolina 38
Arkansas 88
Mississippi 25

Food, Nutrition & Related Services is one of 7 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Nutrition

Related Major Annual Graduates
Human Development & Family Studies 42,112
Textile & Apparel Studies 3,313
General Family & Consumer Sciences 2,906
Family & Consumer Economics 1,454
Human Sciences Business Services 704

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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