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2023 Best Value Nutrition Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$27,688 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,315 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nutrition Science School for You

Nutrition Science is the #115 most popular major in the country with 1,496 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Nutrition Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for nutrition science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Nutrition Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Nutrition Science Colleges.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Nutrition Science

$27,502 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Metropolitan State University of Denver the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for nutrition science students. Located in the large city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MSU Denver are $27,502 per year.

Full Nutrition Science at Metropolitan State University of Denver Report

#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Out of the 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at U of U are $28,345 a year.

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The excellent programs at Colorado State University - Fort Collins helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best nutrition science schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Colorado State are $31,470 a year.

Colorado State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Nutrition Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Read full report on Nutrition Science at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Out of the 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. USU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Logan.

USU undergraduate students pay an average of $23,435 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Nutrition Science at Utah State University Report

Best Nutrition Science Colleges by State

Explore the best nutrition science colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 29
Utah 33

Nutrition Science is one of 36 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Nutrition Science

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 4 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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