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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Food, Nutrition & Related Services (Income $75-$110k) in Illinois

2 Ranked Colleges
32 Degrees Awarded
$26,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master's in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Illinois, there were 57 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $33,813 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in food, nutrition and related services. 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k.

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s nutrition students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois master’s degree nutrition students whose families make $75-$110k list, SIUC has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Benedictine University

Lisle, Illinois

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Benedictine University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Lisle, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 24 diplomas to qualified masters’s nutrition students in 2019-2020.

Benedictine U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Benedictine University are $19,709, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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