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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$19,602 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,910 Avg Salary

Food, Nutrition & Related Services is the #36 most popular major in Alabama with 109 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in Alabama ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Alabama 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Colleges.

#1

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL
$11,620 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found The University of Alabama to be the best value school for food, nutrition and related services students who want to pursue a degree in Alabama. UA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tuscaloosa.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UA are $11,620 per year.

UA did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in Alabama list.

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#2

Auburn University

Auburn, AL
$11,826 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in Alabama list. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Auburn are $11,826 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Auburn is ranked #1 for overall quality for nutrition in Alabama.

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#3

Samford University

Birmingham, AL
$35,360 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Samford University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in Alabama list. Samford is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Birmingham.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Samford are $35,360 per year.

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

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

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

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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