2024 Best Human Nutrition Schools in the Plains States Region

If you plan on majoring in human nutrition, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #385 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Human Nutrition Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 54 degrees in human nutrition to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Human Nutrition Schools List

Pick Your Human Nutrition Degree Level

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 Human Nutrition Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Human Nutrition in the Plains States Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the human nutrition degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Plains States Region Schools in Human Nutrition

1

Iowa State University
Ames, IA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

25.0% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in human nutrition needs to take a look at Iowa State University. Iowa State is a very large public university located in the small city of Ames.More information about a degree in human nutrition from Iowa State University

2

South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

41 Human Nutrition Degrees Awarded

South Dakota State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in human nutrition. Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in human nutrition from South Dakota State University

Best Human Nutrition Colleges by State

Explore the best human nutrition schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	693	4
Iowa	648	8
North Dakota	416	1
South Dakota	381	41

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Rankings in Majors Related to Human Nutrition

One of 3 majors within the Food, Nutrition & Related Services area of study, Human Nutrition has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Human Nutrition

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Food & Nutrition	291
Other Foods, Nutrition, & Related Services	10
Foodservice Systems Administration/Management	4

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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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.