Master's · Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Is Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services at The University of Alabama worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.5 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $68,944; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $69,724; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $20,500; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $22k (likely $22k – $22k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $11k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in AL; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 3.5 years (likely 2.2–7.7); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$59k (likely −$121k – $7k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $22k (likely −$91k – $152k); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.