by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 6,113 people earned their degree in dietetics & clinical nutrition services, making the major the 128th most popular in the United States. In , dietetics & clinical nutrition services graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $38,246 and had an average of $26,091 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 714 dietetics & clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,631 and $27,103 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 302 dietetics & clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,724 and $22,887 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in dietetics & clinical nutrition services. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in dietetics & clinical nutrition services.
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The nutrition school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region”.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, College of the Ozarks landed the #1 spot on the list. Hard Work U is located in Point Lookout, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at College of the Ozarks
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region list. K -State is a fairly large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 88 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Kansas State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition degrees to 50 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 & Clinical Nutrition Services at Iowa State
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fontbonne University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region. Fontbonne University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 9 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate 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 & Clinical Nutrition Services at Fontbonne University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwest Missouri State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Maryville, Missouri, this medium-sized public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Northwest Missouri State University
University of Central Missouri landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Central Missouri is located in Warrensburg, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, North Dakota State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
Full North Dakota State University Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report
University of North Dakota did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #8. UND is a public institution located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
St Catherine University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nutrition students in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 more about Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at St Catherine University
Missouri State University - Springfield came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Missouri State University - Springfield is a large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 24 bachelors’s nutrition degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Missouri State Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Report
University of Missouri - Columbia came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Mizzou is located in Columbia, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 61 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 & Clinical Nutrition Services at University of Missouri - Columbia
South Dakota State University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region list. South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s nutrition degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at South Dakota State University
Saint Louis University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nutrition Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #11. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s nutrition degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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