2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 associate degree level specifically, there were 7 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great food, nutrition and related services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the food, nutrition and related services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Saint Louis Community College

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$10,350 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Louis Community College is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 7 associates’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Saint Louis Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Louis Community College is $10,350 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Nutrition students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Saint Louis Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services (Income $75-$110k)

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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