2024 Best Nutrition Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in nutrition sciences, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #97 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 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for nutrition sciences students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 28 doctor's degrees in nutrition sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to nutrition sciences students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of nutrition sciences students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nutrition sciences related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for nutrition sciences students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Nutrition Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Nutrition Sciences in the Great Lakes Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in nutrition sciences.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in Nutrition Sciences

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Michigan - Ann Arbor if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in nutrition sciences. U-M is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.More information about a doctorate in nutrition sciences from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

University of Wisconsin - Madison is a great decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in nutrition sciences. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in nutrition sciences from University of Wisconsin - Madison

2

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in nutrition sciences. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in nutrition sciences from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Best Nutrition Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best nutrition sciences colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	273	9
Michigan	257	3
Ohio	253	8
Indiana	202	6
Wisconsin	163	2

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Nutrition Sciences Related Rankings by Major

One of 0 majors within the Nutrition Science area of study, Nutrition Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to division, CSIRO. More about our data sources and methodologies.