2024 Best Nutrition Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region
7Colleges in the Plains States Region
343Nutrition Sciences Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in nutrition sciences, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #136 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for nutrition sciences students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 343 degrees in nutrition sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The nutrition sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Nutrition Sciences rankings. We derive our Best Overall Nutrition Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Nutrition Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Nutrition Sciences in the Plains States Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the nutrition sciences degree levels they offer.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Nutrition Sciences
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in nutrition sciences. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #51 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were about 74 nutrition sciences students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in nutrition sciences needs to check out Kansas State University. K -State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Manhattan. This university ranks 2nd out of 47 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were approximately 111 nutrition sciences students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent data year.
University of Kansas is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in nutrition sciences. KU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lawrence. This university ranks 1st out of 47 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were roughly 23 nutrition sciences students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent year we have data available.
College of Saint Benedict is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in nutrition sciences. Located in the suburb of Saint Joseph, CSB is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 11th out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were approximately 24 nutrition sciences students who graduated with this degree at CSB in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #75 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Iowa State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 26 nutrition sciences students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent data year.
UNL is a very large public university located in the large city of Lincoln. A Best Colleges rank of #138 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UNL is a great university overall.
There were about 6 nutrition sciences students who graduated with this degree at UNL in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri State University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 27th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 11 nutrition sciences students who graduated with this degree at Southeast Missouri State University in the most recent data year.
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Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).