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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$27,490 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Food, Nutrition & Related Services is the #131 most popular major in the country with 1,214 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for nutrition students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Our analysis found Auburn University to be the best value school for food, nutrition and related services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Auburn is a very large public school located in the small city of Auburn.

Auburn graduate students pay an average of $31,986 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Auburn also did well on our Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#2

Virginia State University

Petersburg, VA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Virginia State University is a great value for food, nutrition and related services students working on their graduate certificate. Virginia State is a small public school located in the suburb of Petersburg.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Virginia State are $22,994 per year.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 10
Florida 17
North Carolina 40
Tennessee 3
Kentucky 4
Alabama 109
South Carolina 15
Mississippi 21
Arkansas 12

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

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 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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