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2023 Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$19,612 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,842 Avg Salary

Food, Nutrition & Related Services is the #135 most popular major in the country with 4,858 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which 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 colleges and universities below are the best value schools for nutrition majors pursuing a .

#1

Cabrillo College

Aptos, CA
$8,630 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Cabrillo College the best value school in the Far Western US Region for food, nutrition and related services students. Located in the midsize suburb of Aptos, Cabrillo College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Cabrillo College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,630 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Santa Ana College

Santa Ana, CA
$7,684 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 8 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Ana College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Santa Ana, SAC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

SAC undergraduate students pay an average of $7,684 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Fresno City College

Fresno, CA
$8,504 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fresno City College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Fresno City College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Fresno.

Fresno City College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,504 in tuition and fees each year.

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$27,447 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Portland State University is a very large public school located in the large city of Portland.

Portland State University undergraduate students pay an average of $27,447 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Washington University landed the # 5 spot on the list. CWU is a large public school located in the distant town of Ellensburg.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CWU are $25,213 a year.

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#6

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR
$31,579 Average Tuition & Fees

Oregon State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for food, nutrition and related services students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Oregon State undergraduate students pay an average of $31,579 in tuition and fees each year. On average, nutrition graduates from Oregon State take out $31,000 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#7

College of the Sequoias

Visalia, CA
$8,338 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, College of the Sequoias did quite well on this year’s best value schools for food, nutrition and related services students. College of the Sequoias is a large public school located in the midsize city of Visalia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at College of the Sequoias are $8,338 a year.

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Point Loma Nazarene University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of San Diego, PLNU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

PLNU undergraduate students pay an average of $39,500 in tuition and fees each year.

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Explore the best food, nutrition and related services schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 327
Washington 22
Oregon 82
Nevada 1
Hawaii 1

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 8 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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