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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition for a Master’s

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition for a Master's

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Food, Nutrition & Related Services is the 135th most popular major in the country with 4,858 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree 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 offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the food, nutrition and related services program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition for a Master’s”.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nutrition degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.

North Dakota State University also made our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2.Of the 12,846 students enrolled at North Dakota State University - Main Campus, 4 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition for a Master’s. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 11 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.

UNL also made our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3.Of the 25,108 students enrolled at University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 690 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 344 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,374. On top of their other funding sources, 79 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Nebraska - Lincoln offers credit for military training for eligible students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.

Iowa State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Among the 31,822 students enrolled at Iowa State University, 814 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 388 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,933. On top of their other funding sources, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Iowa State University offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

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South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition for a Master’s list. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 23 degrees to qualified masters’s nutrition students in 2020-2021.

South Dakota State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Of the 11,405 students enrolled at South Dakota State University, 369 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 158 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,731. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition for a Master’s. This large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 7 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree vets studying nutrition list, K -State has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Kansas State University supports 20,854 students, and 1,099 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 647 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,562. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, Missouri

University of Central Missouri landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition for a Master’s ranking. This fairly large school is located in Warrensburg, Missouri, and it awarded 4 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree vets studying nutrition list, UCM has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 9 of the 9,959 students enrolled at University of Central Missouri were GI Bill® students, of which 10 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,238. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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