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2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

4 Ranked Colleges
267 Degrees Awarded
$12,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 4,889 people earned their degree in food, nutrition and related services, making the major the 131st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, food, nutrition and related services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,096 and had an average of $25,351 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 367 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,300 and $20,607 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 267 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in food, nutrition and related services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality food, nutrition and related services programs that also have a lower cost than 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 food, nutrition and related services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k.

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also took the #4 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is $8,418 for plains states region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #2 spot on the list. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition degrees to 55 students in 2019-2020.

Mizzou did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $11,595 for plains states region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Missouri - Columbia.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Mizzou Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UNL is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 148 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNL, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Nebraska - Lincoln is $13,508 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.

Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report

#4

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. South Dakota State University is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $16,273 for plains states region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend South Dakota State University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full South Dakota State Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report

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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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