2025 Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Schools in the Plains States Region
8Colleges in the Plains States Region
714Nutrition Degrees Awarded
$43,965Avg Early-Career Salary
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #128 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for dietetics & clinical nutrition services students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 714 degrees in dietetics & clinical nutrition services annually.
Choosing a Great Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services School
The nutrition program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services rankings. We derive our Best Overall Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services in the Plains States Region
The schools below may not offer all types of nutrition degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is hard to beat University of Missouri - Columbia if you want to pursue a degree in dietetics & clinical nutrition services. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #131 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Mizzou is a great university overall.
There were about 70 dietetics & clinical nutrition services students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent year we have data available.
Iowa State University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in dietetics & clinical nutrition services. Iowa State is a very large public university located in the small city of Ames. A Best Colleges rank of #88 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Iowa State is a great university overall.
There were about 133 dietetics & clinical nutrition services students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, nutrition degree recipients typically earn about $33,958 at the beginning of their careers.
Any student pursuing a degree in dietetics & clinical nutrition services needs to look into University of Iowa. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Iowa is a great university overall.
There were roughly 11 dietetics & clinical nutrition services students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent year we have data available.
Missouri State University - Springfield is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in dietetics & clinical nutrition services. Missouri State is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Springfield. This university ranks 10th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 62 dietetics & clinical nutrition services students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State in the most recent data year.
UND is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Grand Forks. This university ranks 3rd out of 12 schools for overall quality in the state of North Dakota.
There were approximately 33 dietetics & clinical nutrition services students who graduated with this degree at UND in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #269 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means K -State is a great university overall.
There were about 88 dietetics & clinical nutrition services students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, Fontbonne University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly small student population. This university ranks 27th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 9 dietetics & clinical nutrition services students who graduated with this degree at Fontbonne University in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
The nutrition program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services rankings. We derive our Best Overall Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
