by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 4,858 people earned their degree in food, nutrition and related services, making the major the 135th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, food, nutrition and related services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,748 and had an average of $24,931 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 359 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,669 and $24,390 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 274 food, nutrition and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in food, nutrition and related services. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their food, nutrition and related services program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lincoln University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Jefferson City, Missouri, this small public school awarded 26 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Lincoln University
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 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region. UNL is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 163 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Waldorf University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region list. Waldorf University is located in Forest City, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region list. South Dakota State University is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 South Dakota State Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school awarded 49 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 University of Missouri - Columbia
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. UMN Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Food, Nutrition & Related Services Report
With a ranking of #7, University of North Dakota did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region list. University of North Dakota is a fairly large school located in Grand Forks, North Dakota that handed out 1 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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