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2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

7 Ranked Colleges
124 Degrees Awarded
$31,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 410 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,860 and $30,475 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 124 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 7 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the food, nutrition and related services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region.

#1

Benedictine University

Lisle, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Benedictine University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Lisle, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s nutrition degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree nutrition students list, Benedictine U has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Benedictine U are $19,709.

Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Benedictine University

#2

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Central Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan that handed out 30 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Central Michigan University are $19,359.

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#3

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 masters’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Eastern Michigan, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan University are $26,552.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #4 spot on the list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree nutrition students list, SIUC has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nutrition degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Michigan State

#6

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#7 in overall quality

Wayne State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 5 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State also made our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #7. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State University are $37,215.

Full Wayne State Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report

Case Western Reserve University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #7. This fairly large school is located in Cleveland, Ohio, and it awarded 35 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Case Western did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western Reserve University are $47,958, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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