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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics/Dietitian in Illinois

6 Ranked Colleges
97 Degrees Awarded
$19,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master's in Illinois

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Illinois, there were 270 dietetics/dietitian graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 97 dietetics/dietitian graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the dietetics/dietitian program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree dietetics students.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics/Dietitian in Illinois

#1

Northern Illinois University

Dekalb, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Illinois University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. Dekalb, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s dietetics degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

NIU also made our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NIU are $11,086.

Read more about Dietetics/Dietitian at Northern Illinois University

#2

Bradley University

Peoria, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bradley University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. Bradley is located in Peoria, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s dietetics degrees to qualified students.

Bradley also took the #3 spot in our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bradley are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Bradley University Dietetics/Dietitian Report

#3

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Illinois University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. Located in Charleston, Illinois, this medium-sized public school awarded 26 diplomas to qualified masters’s dietetics students in 2019-2020.

EIU also made our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at EIU are $20,761, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Dietetics/Dietitian at EIU

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #4 spot on the list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s dietetics degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

UIC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIC are $27,036, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Dietetics/Dietitian at UIC

#5

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s dietetics students in 2019-2020.

Loyola Chicago also made our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola University Chicago are $19,154.

Read full report on Dietetics/Dietitian at Loyola Chicago

#6

Dominican University

River Forest, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Dominican University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. This small school is located in River Forest, Illinois, and it awarded 7 masters’s dietetics degrees in 2019-2020.

Dominican U also took the #4 spot in our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Dominican U are $20,884, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Dietetics/Dietitian at Dominican U

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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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