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2022 Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
76 Degrees Awarded
$18,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Dietetics/Dietitian is the 208th most popular major in the country with 3,686 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 438 dietetics/dietitian graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 76 dietetics/dietitian graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in dietetics/dietitian. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dietetics/dietitian programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the dietetics/dietitian program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree dietetics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics/Dietitian (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 40 masters’s dietetics degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree dietetics students whose families make $0-$30k list, Iowa State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Dietetics/Dietitian at Iowa State University

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Missouri - Columbia is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 14 masters’s dietetics degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mizzou are $27,193, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Missouri - Columbia Dietetics/Dietitian Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school situated in Fargo, North Dakota. It awarded 2 masters’s dietetics degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University are $11,589.

Read full report on Dietetics/Dietitian at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #4 spot on the list. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s dietetics degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Missouri State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri State are $12,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Dietetics/Dietitian at Missouri State University - Springfield

#5

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #5 spot on the list. South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s dietetics degrees to qualified students.

South Dakota State also took the #0 spot in our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Dietetics/Dietitian at South Dakota State

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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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