2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science in Missouri

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 Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in Missouri” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 5,330 people earned their degree in nutrition science, making the major the 124th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, nutrition science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,647 and had an average of $23,229 in loans still to pay off.

Across Missouri, there were 58 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,301 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in Missouri” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in nutrition science. That schools that top this list have a program in nutrition science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The nutrition science 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 Science Major in Missouri”.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in Missouri

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri master’s degree nutrition science students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science in Missouri

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Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, Missouri

#5 overall quality in Missouri

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #1 spot on the list. SLU is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 masters’s nutrition science degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Nutrition Science at SLU

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Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, Missouri

#23 overall quality in Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Missouri State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Science Major in Missouri list. Southeast Missouri State University is located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s nutrition science degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Nutrition Science at Southeast Missouri State University

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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