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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 4,365 people earned their degree in food, nutrition & related services, making the major the 135th most popular in the United States. In , food, nutrition & related services graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $34,748 and had an average of $25,807 in loans still to pay off.
Across Illinois, there were 37 food, nutrition & related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,186 and $31,656 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 food, nutrition & related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,827 and $47,424 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Illinois” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in food, nutrition & related services. That schools that top this list have a program in food, nutrition & related services in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Illinois
The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree nutrition students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Benedictine University landed the #1 spot on the list. Benedictine University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lisle, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Benedictine University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in Illinois list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s nutrition students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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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%.
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- *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.