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2023 Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$34,079 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, food, nutrition and related services was ranked #131 in the country. In fact 1,214 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Check out the nutrition graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

#1

American University

Washington, DC

Our 2023 rankings named American University the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for food, nutrition and related services students working on their graduate certificate. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at The American University are $38,456 per year.

Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at American University

#2

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Syracuse University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Syracuse.

Syracuse graduate students pay an average of $42,954 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that nutrition majors at Syracuse take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $31,097.

Full Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Syracuse University Report

#3

Hunter College

New York, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Hunter College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Hunter is a very large public school located in the city of New York.

Hunter graduate students pay an average of $20,828 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Hunter College

Explore the best food, nutrition and related services colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 125
Pennsylvania 85
Maryland 0
New Jersey 38
District of Columbia 56
Delaware 5

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Human Development & Family Studies 1,589
General Family & Consumer Sciences 368
Family & Consumer Economics 251
Textile & Apparel Studies 150
Human Sciences Business Services 58

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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