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2022 Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
253 Degrees Awarded
$14,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Nutrition Sciences is the 149th most popular major in the country with 5,044 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 347 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 253 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in nutrition sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nutrition sciences programs, but they also 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 nutrition sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 67 bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Twin Cities, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $8,418 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UMN Twin Cities.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Nutrition Sciences at UMN Twin Cities

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree nutrition sciences students whose families make $30-$48k list, Iowa State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $10,843 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Iowa State.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 Nutrition Sciences at Iowa State

#3

College of Saint Benedict

Saint Joseph, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Saint Benedict. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. CSB is located in Saint Joseph, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees to qualified students.

CSB also took the #1 spot in our “Best Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend College of Saint Benedict is $17,956 for plains states region bachelor’s degree nutrition sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full College of Saint Benedict Nutrition Sciences Report

#4

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 98 bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at K -State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $15,089 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend K -State.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Nutrition Sciences at K -State

#5

Concordia College at Moorhead

Moorhead, Minnesota
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia College at Moorhead landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Moorhead, Minnesota, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Concordia College Moorhead, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Concordia College at Moorhead is $17,927 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Nutrition Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Nutrition Sciences at Concordia College Moorhead

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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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