by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 183 dietetics/dietitian graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in dietetics/dietitian. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in dietetics/dietitian.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region”.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, College of the Ozarks landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Point Lookout, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s dietetics students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Dietetics/Dietitian at College of the Ozarks
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region. This large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s dietetics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 58 bachelors’s dietetics degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fontbonne University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dietetics students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwest Missouri State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region. This medium-sized school is located in Maryville, Missouri, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s dietetics degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Central Missouri came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Warrensburg, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dietetics degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
Full University of Central Missouri Dietetics/Dietitian Report
North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region ranking. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Fargo, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Dietetics/Dietitian at North Dakota State University
With a ranking of #8, University of North Dakota did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region list. UND is a public institution located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
St Catherine University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #9. St. Kate’s is a small school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 4 bachelors’s dietetics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #10. Missouri State University - Springfield is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s dietetics degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region list. Mizzou is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 15 bachelors’s dietetics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
South Dakota State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #11. South Dakota State University is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 4 bachelors’s dietetics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Dietetics/Dietitian at South Dakota State
Saint Louis University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dietetics Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #11. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 0 bachelors’s dietetics degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Dietetics/Dietitian at Saint Louis University
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