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2023 Best Value Dietetics & Nutrition Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$21,575 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,776 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 62 degrees and certificates were awarded to dietetics and clinical nutrition services students who went to a Alabama college or university. This makes it the #16 most popular major in the state.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Dietetics & Nutrition Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Alabama to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for nutrition students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama

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

Best Alabama Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Dietetics & Nutrition Services

Our analysis found University of Alabama at Birmingham to be the best value school for dietetics and clinical nutrition services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Alabama. UAB is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Birmingham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UAB are $8,100 a year.

UAB also took the #3 spot in our Best Dietetics & Nutrition Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama rankings.

Full Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at University of Alabama at Birmingham Report

#2

Samford University

Birmingham, AL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Samford University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Dietetics & Nutrition Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list. Located in the large suburb of Birmingham, Samford is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Samford graduate students pay an average of $21,575 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Samford also took the #1 spot in our Best Dietetics & Nutrition Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama rankings.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Samford University

Best Value Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 396
North Carolina 213
Tennessee 79
Georgia 42
Kentucky 42
West Virginia 88
Virginia 32
Louisiana 63
Mississippi 74
South Carolina 17
Arkansas 105

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, dietetics and clinical nutrition services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Nutrition Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Dietetics/Dietitian 3,788
Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist 1,013
Dietitian Assistant 637
Other Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services 493
Dietetic Technician 227

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

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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