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2022 Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

9 Ranked Colleges
208 Degrees Awarded
$12,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 “Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Dietetics/Dietitian is the 208th most popular major in the country with 3,686 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 438 dietetics/dietitian graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 208 dietetics/dietitian graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in dietetics/dietitian. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality dietetics/dietitian 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 dietetics/dietitian program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dietetics/Dietitian (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dietetics degrees to 47 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also made our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Iowa State University is $10,054 for plains states region bachelor’s degree dietetics students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Iowa State University Dietetics/Dietitian Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 19 bachelors’s dietetics degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus is $11,524 for plains states region bachelor’s degree dietetics students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.

Read full report on Dietetics/Dietitian at North Dakota State University

#3

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UND is a fairly large public school situated in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It awarded 11 bachelors’s dietetics degrees in 2019-2020.

UND did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UND is $11,092 for plains states region bachelor’s degree dietetics students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of North Dakota Dietetics/Dietitian Report

#4

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. K -State is a large public school situated in Manhattan, Kansas. It awarded 60 bachelors’s dietetics degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Kansas State University is $14,232 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Dietetics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full Kansas State University Dietetics/Dietitian Report

#5

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri
#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Missouri. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This medium-sized school is located in Warrensburg, Missouri, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s dietetics degrees in 2019-2020.

UCM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Missouri is $10,608 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Dietetics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Dietetics/Dietitian at UCM

#5 in overall quality

Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Missouri State University - Springfield is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s dietetics degrees to qualified students.

Missouri State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Missouri State University - Springfield is $12,527 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Dietetics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Missouri State University - Springfield Dietetics/Dietitian Report

#7

Fontbonne University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#9 in overall quality

Fontbonne University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dietetics students in 2019-2020.

Fontbonne University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Fontbonne University is $12,913 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Dietetics students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Dietetics/Dietitian at Fontbonne University

#8

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota
#6 in overall quality

St Catherine University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s dietetics degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

St. Kate’s did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $15,102 for plains states region bachelor’s degree dietetics students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend St Catherine University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Dietetics/Dietitian at St. Kate’s

#9

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, South Dakota State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Dietetics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s dietetics degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also took the #7 spot in our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South Dakota State is $15,285 for plains states region bachelor’s degree dietetics students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Dietetics/Dietitian at South Dakota State

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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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