If you plan on majoring in dietetics/dietitian, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #207 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in Missouri to determine which ones were the best for dietetics/dietitian students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 110 degrees in dietetics/dietitian during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of dietetics/dietitian school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for dietetics/dietitian schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Dietetics/Dietitian Schools in Missouri ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the dietetics degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Missouri - Columbia is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in dietetics/dietitian. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #124 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Mizzou is a great university overall.
There were approximately 15 dietetics/dietitian students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in dietetics/dietitian needs to look into Logan University. Located in the suburb of Chesterfield, Logan University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were about 2 dietetics/dietitian students who graduated with this degree at Logan University in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in dietetics/dietitian needs to take a look at Missouri State University - Springfield. Missouri State is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Springfield. A Best Colleges rank of #427 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Missouri State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 46 dietetics/dietitian students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat University of Central Missouri if you want to pursue a degree in dietetics/dietitian. Located in the distant town of Warrensburg, UCM is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 21st out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 14 dietetics/dietitian students who graduated with this degree at UCM in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, Fontbonne University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly small student population. This university ranks 26th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 2 dietetics/dietitian students who graduated with this degree at Fontbonne University in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of dietetics/dietitian school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for dietetics/dietitian schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
