Nutrition Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #92 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Nutrition Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 25 bachelor's degrees in nutrition science to qualified students.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to nutrition science students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of nutrition science students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for nutrition science to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nutrition science related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for nutrition science students working on their bachelor's degree.
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 the Best Nutrition Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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Featured Nutrition Science Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Dominican University is a great option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in nutrition science. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Dominican U is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
Nutrition Science bachelor's degree recipients from Dominican University earn a boost of approximately $4,233 over the average earnings of nutrition science graduates.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in nutrition science. SIUC is a large public university located in the small city of Carbondale.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the nutrition science program earn around $22,761 in the first couple years of their career.
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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