If you plan on majoring in dietetics/dietitian, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #207 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Missouri to determine which ones were the best for dietetics/dietitian students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 205 degrees in dietetics/dietitian to qualified students.
Your choice of dietetics/dietitian school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for dietetics/dietitian schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Dietetics/Dietitian Schools in Missouri ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the dietetics degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Missouri - Columbia is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in dietetics/dietitian. 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 schools nationwide means Mizzou is a great university overall.
There were about 70 dietetics/dietitian students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in dietetics/dietitian has to check out Missouri State University - Springfield. Missouri State is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Springfield. A Best Colleges rank of #575 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Missouri State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 62 dietetics/dietitian students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Southeast Missouri State University if you want to pursue a degree in dietetics/dietitian. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Cape Girardeau. This university ranks 23rd out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.More information about a degree in dietetics/dietitian from Southeast Missouri State University
Fontbonne University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in dietetics/dietitian. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, Fontbonne University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 27th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 9 dietetics/dietitian 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).
Your choice of dietetics/dietitian school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for dietetics/dietitian schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
