2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in Iowa

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in Iowa” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services is the 133rd most popular major in the country with 5,820 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,082 and had an average of $28,428 in loans still to pay off.

Across Iowa, there were 226 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,100 and $31,198 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,684 and $18,179 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great dietetics and clinical nutrition services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the dietetics and clinical nutrition services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in Iowa” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa associate degree nutrition students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services in Iowa

#1

Indian Hills Community College

Ottumwa, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$7,217 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indian Hills Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Schools for an Associate in Iowa list. This small school is located in Ottumwa, Iowa, and it awarded 3 associates’s nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

IHCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in Iowa” list. It costs about $7,217 for Iowa Associate Degree Nutrition students per year to attend Indian Hills Community College.

Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at IHCC

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services

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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