2023 Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services is the 128th most popular major in the country with 6,158 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,641 and had an average of $27,579 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 691 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,486 and $33,536 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 15 dietetics and clinical nutrition services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition for an Associate” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in dietetics and clinical nutrition services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great dietetics and clinical nutrition services programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the dietetics and clinical nutrition services program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
More Ways to Rank Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Schools
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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition for an Associate”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition for an Associate”.
Top 3 Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Barton County Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Great Bend, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s nutrition degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Barton Community College also made our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1.Of the 4,094 students enrolled at Barton Community College, 136 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 93 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,370. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Barton County Community College]](/colleges/barton-county-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northland Community and Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition for an Associate list. Northland Community and Technical College is a small public school situated in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. It awarded 4 associates’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
Northland Community and Technical College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Of the 2,962 students enrolled at Northland Community and Technical College, 24 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 17 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,243. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Northland Community and Technical College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Northland Community and Technical College Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Normandale Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Normandale Community College is a medium-sized school located in Bloomington, Minnesota that handed out 4 associates’s nutrition degrees in 2020-2021.
Normandale Community College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Normandale Community College supports 9,420 students, and 167 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 96 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,449. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Normandale Community College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Normandale Community College]](/colleges/normandale-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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
- *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.
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