by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Illinois, there were 284 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,977 and $25,246 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 91 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 8 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The nutrition school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Illinois”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Illinois”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Illinois University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Charleston, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 25 degrees to qualified masters’s nutrition students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bradley University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Illinois. Bradley University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Peoria, Illinois. It awarded 11 masters’s nutrition 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Bradley University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Illinois University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Illinois. NIU is a fairly large public school situated in Dekalb, Illinois. It awarded 16 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Illinois list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large public school handed out 31 degrees to qualified masters’s nutrition students 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%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the #5 spot on the list. Loyola University Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 7 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Loyola University Chicago
Dominican University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Illinois ranking. Dominican University is located in River Forest, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Dominican U
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Illinois ranking. This small school is located in North Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 1 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at RFUMS
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Illinois list. Edwardsville, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nutrition degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
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