Food, Nutrition & Related Services is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #109 most popular master's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of food, nutrition & related services. Combined, these schools handed out 59 master's degrees in food, nutrition & related services to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Food, Nutrition & Related Services School for Your Master's Degree
The nutrition master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on food, nutrition & related services students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other food, nutrition & related services students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt food, nutrition & related services students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized food, nutrition & related services related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for food, nutrition & related services students working on their master's degree.
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 Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master's Degree Schools in Michigan list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Food, Nutrition & Related Services in Michigan
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for food, nutrition & related services students seeking a a master's degree.
Central Michigan University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in food, nutrition & related services. Central Michigan is a large public university located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant.
Students who graduate with their master's from the nutrition program state that they receive average early career wages of $56,710.
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.