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2022 Best Value Human Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

2 Ranked Colleges
30 Degrees Awarded
$21,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Human Nutrition Schools for a Master's in the Plains States 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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Human Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Human Nutrition is the 420th most popular major in the country with 1,079 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 56 human nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 human nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Human Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in human nutrition. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great human nutrition programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the human nutrition program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Value Human Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Human Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Nutrition (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Human Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 2 masters’s human nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Human Nutrition Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Human Nutrition at Iowa State

#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Human Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 28 degrees to qualified masters’s human nutrition students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree human nutrition students whose families make $0-$30k list, South Dakota State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Human Nutrition Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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