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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Master’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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 food and nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food & Nutrition (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #1 spot on the list. SIUC is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SIUC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Food & Nutrition Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

$26,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Eastern Michigan University is a public institution located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan also took the #0 spot in our “Best Food & Nutrition Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan are $26,552, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

#3 in overall quality

$37,215 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Detroit, Michigan, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s food and nutrition students in 2019-2020.

Wayne State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Food & Nutrition Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State are $37,215, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Food & Nutrition at Wayne State

#4

Benedictine University

Lisle, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$19,709 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Benedictine University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Lisle, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s food and nutrition degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

Benedictine U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Food & Nutrition Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Benedictine U are $19,709, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Food & Nutrition at Benedictine University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food & Nutrition (Income $0-$30k)

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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