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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$16,523 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,243 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master's Degree Schools in Alabama ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Alabama to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for nutrition students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Alabama the best value school in Alabama for food, nutrition and related services students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UA are $11,470 per year.

UA did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama list.

Full Food, Nutrition & Related Services at The University of Alabama Report

#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 medium-sized student population.

Samford graduate students pay an average of $21,575 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Samford is ranked #3 for overall quality for nutrition in Alabama.

Full Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Samford University Report

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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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