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2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
126 Degrees Awarded
$15,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,986 people earned their degree in food and nutrition, making the major the 206th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 213 food and nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 126 food and nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in food and nutrition. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality food and nutrition programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the food and nutrition program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Food & Nutrition (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Wayne State University is a large school located in Detroit, Michigan that handed out 77 bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Wayne State is $11,413 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Food & Nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Food & Nutrition at Wayne State

#2

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Indiana State is a fairly large public school situated in Terre Haute, Indiana. It awarded 2 bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Indiana State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $9,422 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree food & nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Indiana State University.

Full Indiana State University Food & Nutrition Report

#3

Bradley University

Peoria, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bradley University landed the #3 spot on the list. Bradley University is a medium-sized school located in Peoria, Illinois that handed out 3 bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Bradley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $17,205 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Food & Nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Bradley.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Food & Nutrition at Bradley

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Kent, Ohio, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Kent State, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $13,915 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Food & Nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Kent State.

Full Kent State University at Kent Food & Nutrition Report

#5

Benedictine University

Lisle, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Benedictine University landed the #5 spot on the list. Benedictine University is a small school located in Lisle, Illinois that handed out 21 bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Benedictine U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Benedictine U is $22,862 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree food & nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Food & Nutrition at Benedictine U

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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