2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Nutrition for a Master’s

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Nutrition for a Master’s” 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 Indiana, there were 648 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,661 and $28,544 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Nutrition for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in dietetics and clinical nutrition services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dietetics and clinical nutrition services programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the dietetics and clinical nutrition services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Nutrition for a Master’s”.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Nutrition for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Nutrition for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Indiana

1

Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana

455 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Nutrition for a Master’s list. Located in Muncie, Indiana, this large public school handed out 24 degrees to qualified masters’s nutrition students in 2020-2021.

Ball State also made our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list, coming in at #1.Among the 21,597 students enrolled at Ball State, 455 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 182 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,124. During this same period, 29 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Ball State University]](/colleges/ball-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

Indiana State University
Terre Haute, Indiana

394 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Nutrition for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Terre Haute, Indiana, and it awarded 9 masters’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.

Indiana State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking.Of the 10,829 students enrolled at Indiana State University, 394 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 217 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,688. In addition to receiving other benefits, 6 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full Indiana State Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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.