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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

4 Ranked Colleges
267 Degrees Awarded
$31,300 Avg Salary
Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 $48-$75k” ranking.

Food, Nutrition & Related Services is the 131st most popular major in the country with 4,889 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 $48-$75k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in food, nutrition and related services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent food, nutrition and related services programs, but they also 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 food, nutrition and related services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $48-$75k.

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Missouri - Columbia is located in Columbia, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 55 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.

Mizzou also took the #2 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $13,145 for plains states region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Missouri - Columbia.

The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at University of Missouri - Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 148 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln is $16,197 for plains states region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at UNL

#3

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 #3 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree nutrition students whose families make $48-$75k list, UMN Twin Cities has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMN Twin Cities is $12,556 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, 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 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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

#4

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #4 spot on the list. South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.

South Dakota State also made our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend South Dakota State is $19,326 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.

Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at South Dakota State University

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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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