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2023 Best Value Nutrition Science Graduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

14 Colleges
$27,745 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,484 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nutrition Science Graduate Certificate 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Nutrition Science Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for nutrition science 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. 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.

2023 Best Value Nutrition Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for nutrition science majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Nutrition Science Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Russell Sage College the best value school in the United States for nutrition science students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Troy, Russel Sage is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Russel Sage graduate students pay an average of $13,140 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Nutrition Science at Russell Sage College Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is a great value for nutrition science students working on their graduate certificate. BGSU is a fairly large public school located in the fringe town of Bowling Green.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at BGSU are $15,823 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nutrition Science Graduate Certificate Schools list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the city of College Station.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Texas A&M College Station also did well on our Best Nutrition Science Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#4

Dominican University

River Forest, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dominican University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nutrition Science Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Dominican U is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Dominican U are $20,413 per year. On average, nutrition science graduates from Dominican U take out $37,529 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

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#5

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

Out of the 14 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Montclair State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Montclair State are $13,519 a year.

Full Nutrition Science at Montclair State University Report

Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate nutrition science programs. MSU Denver is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denver.

MSU Denver graduate students pay an average of $12,792 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nutrition science students working on their graduate certificate. UC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC are $26,644 per year.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate nutrition science programs. Located in the large city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Greensboro are $21,983 per year.

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nutrition Science Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a very large student population.

Colorado State graduate students pay an average of $29,043 in tuition and fees each year.

Colorado State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Nutrition Science Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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#10

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

University of Kentucky ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Nutrition Science Graduate Certificate Schools list. UK is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lexington.

UK graduate students pay an average of $33,548 in tuition and fees each year.

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Nutrition Science by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 14 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to division, CSIRO.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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