Nutrition Sciences is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #136 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of nutrition sciences. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 77 degrees in nutrition sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The nutrition sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Nutrition Sciences rankings. For our Best Overall Nutrition Sciences School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The nutrition sciences 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 the Best Nutrition Sciences Schools in Illinois.
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The schools below may not offer all types of nutrition sciences degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student who is interested in nutrition sciences has to take a look at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 12 nutrition sciences students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.
Dominican University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in nutrition sciences. Dominican U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of River Forest. This university ranks 30th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 31 nutrition sciences students who graduated with this degree at Dominican U in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in nutrition sciences needs to look into Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 16 nutrition sciences students who graduated with this degree at SIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
Nutrition Sciences is one of 0 different types of Nutrition Science programs to choose from.
Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The nutrition sciences program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Nutrition Sciences rankings. For our Best Overall Nutrition Sciences School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
