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2023 Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,664 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,946 Avg Salary

With 315 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, food, nutrition and related services is the #75 most popular major in Virginia.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Schools in Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Virginia to see which ones offered the best value 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for nutrition majors pursuing a .

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA
$14,174 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Virginia Tech the best value school in Virginia for food, nutrition and related services students. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Virginia Tech are $14,174 per year. While working on their degree, nutrition majors at Virginia Tech accumulate an average of around $24,958 in student debt. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $439, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

Virginia Tech also took the #3 spot in our Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in Virginia rankings.

Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Virginia Tech

#2

Virginia State University

Petersburg, VA
$9,154 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Petersburg, Virginia State is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Virginia State are $9,154 per year.

Full Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Virginia State University Report

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State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 21
North Carolina 155
Florida 17
Tennessee 62
Kentucky 64
South Carolina 38
Arkansas 88
Alabama 301
Mississippi 25

One of 7 majors within the area of study, food, nutrition and related services has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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