by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 6,158 people earned their degree in dietetics and clinical nutrition services, making the major the 128th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,641 and had an average of $27,579 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 691 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,486 and $33,536 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 183 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in dietetics and clinical nutrition services. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their dietetics and clinical nutrition services program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of the Ozarks. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Point Lookout, Missouri, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at College of the Ozarks
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region list. K -State is a large public school situated in Manhattan, Kansas. It awarded 49 bachelors’s nutrition 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Kansas State University Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report
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 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 58 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Iowa State University
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 Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s nutrition 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Fontbonne University
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 Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region. Maryville, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Northwest Missouri State University
University of Central Missouri did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. This fairly large school is located in Warrensburg, Missouri, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Central Missouri Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report
With a ranking of #7, North Dakota State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region list. North Dakota State University 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, University of North Dakota did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region list. UND is a fairly large school located in Grand Forks, North Dakota that handed out 11 bachelors’s nutrition 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%.
Read more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at UND
St Catherine University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region ranking. St Catherine University is a small school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 4 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full St Catherine University Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report
Missouri State University - Springfield came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Missouri State University - Springfield is a large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 14 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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 more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Missouri State
University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Mizzou is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 15 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Missouri - Columbia Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report
South Dakota State University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region ranking. South Dakota State is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s 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 & Clinical Nutrition Services at South Dakota State University
Saint Louis University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Saint Louis University is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 2 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Saint Louis University
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