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2022 Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 $30-$48k

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 Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,686 people earned their degree in dietetics/dietitian, making the major the 208th most popular in the United States.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in dietetics/dietitian. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality dietetics/dietitian programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the dietetics/dietitian program at the school. 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 Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics/Dietitian (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1 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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 40 masters’s dietetics degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948.

Read more about Dietetics/Dietitian at Iowa State University

#5 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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #2 spot on the list. Mizzou 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 University of Missouri - Columbia are $27,193, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Missouri - Columbia Dietetics/Dietitian Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. North Dakota State University is a public institution located in Fargo, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s 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. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University are $11,589, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus Dietetics/Dietitian Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s dietetics 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 University - Springfield are $12,042, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Dietetics/Dietitian at Missouri State

#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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #5 spot on the list. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 1 masters’s dietetics degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree dietetics students whose families make $30-$48k list, South Dakota State has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State University are $16,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full South Dakota State Dietetics/Dietitian Report

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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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