2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Dietetics/Dietitian in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking.

Dietetics/Dietitian is the 207th most popular major in the country with 3,788 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 441 dietetics/dietitian graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 dietetics/dietitian graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in dietetics/dietitian. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their dietetics/dietitian program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Dietetics/Dietitian in the Plains States Region

1

Barton County Community College
Great Bend, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Barton County Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region list. Barton Community College is a small public school situated in Great Bend, Kansas. It awarded 6 associates’s dietetics degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Barton Community College Dietetics/Dietitian Report

2

Northeast Community College
Norfolk, Nebraska

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Northeast is located in Norfolk, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s dietetics degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Dietetics/Dietitian at Northeast

3

Dodge City Community College
Dodge City, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dodge City Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region. Dodge City Community College is a small school located in Dodge City, Kansas that handed out 0 associates’s dietetics degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Dietetics/Dietitian at Dodge City Community College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Dietetics/Dietitian

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.