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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

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

With 10 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, food, nutrition and related services is the #156 most popular major in Virginia.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

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 Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Virginia 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.

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 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 analysis found Virginia Tech to be the best value school for food, nutrition and related services students who want to pursue a degree in Virginia. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Virginia Tech are $14,174 per year.

Virginia Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in Virginia list.

Full Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Virginia Tech Report

#2

Virginia State University

Petersburg, VA
$9,154 Average Tuition & Fees

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Virginia State are $9,154 a year.

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

Explore all the Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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.

Majors Similar to Nutrition

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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