by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Missouri” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services is the 128th most popular major in the country with 6,158 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Missouri, there were 244 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,125 and $27,370 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 46 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,023 and $28,243 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Missouri” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Missouri” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri bachelor’s degree nutrition students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of the Ozarks. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Missouri list. Hard Work U is a small school located in Point Lookout, Missouri that handed out 5 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Hard Work U Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fontbonne University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Missouri list. Fontbonne University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Fontbonne University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Missouri State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Missouri list. Northwest Missouri State University is located in Maryville, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.
Full Northwest Missouri State University Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #4 spot on the list. UCM is a fairly large public school situated in Warrensburg, Missouri. It awarded 14 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at University of Central Missouri
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri State University - Springfield. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Missouri. Missouri State University - Springfield is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s nutrition 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%.
Full Missouri State Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report
Saint Louis University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Missouri list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2020-2021.
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. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at SLU
University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Missouri ranking, coming in at #6. Mizzou is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 15 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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