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Finding the Best Nutrition Science Doctor's Degree School for You

Nutrition Science is the #115 most popular major in the country with 1,496 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 can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Nutrition Science Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 36 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Nutrition Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for nutrition science majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Nutrition Science Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill the best school in the United States for nutrition science students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Tufts University

Medford, MA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Tufts University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best nutrition science schools in the United States. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Nutrition Science Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the city of College Station.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Nutrition Science Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UAB is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Nutrition Science Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - Davis came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Nutrition Science Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of California - Berkeley came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Nutrition Science Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#8

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree nutrition science programs. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college with a very large student population.

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#9

New York University

New York, NY

New York University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Nutrition Science Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#10

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

University of Kansas came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Nutrition Science Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. KU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Lawrence.

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One of 36 majors within the area of study, nutrition science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2,491
Sustainability Science 1,547
Behavioral Science 1,358
Computational Science 1,063
International Studies 918

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to division, CSIRO.

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