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2022 Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

6 Ranked Colleges
76 Degrees Awarded
$19,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master's in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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” 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.

This year’s “Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in dietetics/dietitian. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality dietetics/dietitian programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

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

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics/Dietitian in the Plains States Region

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and 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

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #2 spot on the list. Missouri State is a large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 2 masters’s dietetics degrees 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 full report on Dietetics/Dietitian at Missouri State University - Springfield

#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 #3 for the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s dietetics degrees to 40 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa State, the school also landed the #1 spot 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 more about Dietetics/Dietitian at Iowa State University

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska Medical Center landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Nebraska Medical Center is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s dietetics degrees to qualified students.

UNMC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska Medical Center are $26,961, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Dietetics/Dietitian at University of Nebraska Medical Center

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 14 masters’s dietetics degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou also made our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mizzou are $27,193.

Full Mizzou Dietetics/Dietitian Report

#6

Cox College

Springfield, Missouri
#6 in overall quality

Cox College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Cox College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 11 masters’s dietetics degrees in 2019-2020.

Cox College also made our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cox College are $12,610, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Dietetics/Dietitian at Cox College

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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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