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2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
126 Degrees Awarded
$15,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes 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 Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,986 people earned their degree in food and nutrition, making the major the 206th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 213 food and nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 126 food and nutrition graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in food and nutrition. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality food and nutrition programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the food and nutrition program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Food & Nutrition (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Wayne State University is a large school located in Detroit, Michigan that handed out 77 bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $11,554 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Food & Nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Wayne State University.

Full Wayne State Food & Nutrition Report

#2

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Indiana State is a public institution located in Terre Haute, Indiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Indiana State also made our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Indiana State University is $11,182 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree food & nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Indiana State Food & Nutrition Report

#3

Bradley University

Peoria, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bradley University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Peoria, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Bradley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bradley University is $18,232 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Food & Nutrition 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about Food & Nutrition at Bradley University

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kent State University at Kent landed the #4 spot on the list. Kent State is a public institution located in Kent, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Kent State, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $15,374 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree food & nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Kent State.

Read full report on Food & Nutrition at Kent State University at Kent

#5

Benedictine University

Lisle, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Benedictine University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Food & Nutrition Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Benedictine U is located in Lisle, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s food and nutrition degrees to qualified students.

Benedictine U also made our “Best Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Benedictine University is $20,915 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Food & Nutrition students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Food & Nutrition at Benedictine U

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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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