2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Dietetics for a Bachelor’s

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Dietetics for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Dietetics/Dietitian is the 207th most popular major in the country with 3,788 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Missouri, there were 110 dietetics/dietitian graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 46 dietetics/dietitian graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,023 and $28,243 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Dietetics for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in dietetics/dietitian. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality dietetics/dietitian programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the dietetics/dietitian program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Dietetics for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Dietetics for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Missouri

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Missouri State University - Springfield
Springfield, Missouri

5 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Dietetics for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #1 spot on the list. Missouri State University - Springfield is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s dietetics degrees to qualified students.

Missouri State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list.Of the 23,505 students enrolled at Missouri State, 5 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,830. To help with additional expenses, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Missouri State offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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

Full Missouri State Veteran Student Life Report

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University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, Missouri

9 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Missouri. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Dietetics for a Bachelor’s. Warrensburg, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dietetics degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.

UCM also made our “Best Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #2.Among the 9,959 students enrolled at UCM, 9 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 10 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,238. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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.