Nutrition Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #99 most popular master's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Nutrition Science Master's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 57 master's degrees in nutrition science during the 2022-2023 academic year.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on nutrition science students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of nutrition science students who choose to seek a master'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.
Student Debt - How easy is it for nutrition science to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nutrition science related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for nutrition science students working on their master's degree.
The nutrition science 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 the Best Nutrition Science Master's Degree Schools in Michigan.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Nutrition Science in Michigan
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in nutrition science.
Top Michigan Schools for a Master's in Nutrition Science
It's difficult to beat University of Michigan - Ann Arbor if you wish to pursue a master's degree in nutrition science. U-M is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.
Master's students who receive their degree from the nutrition science program earn an average of $33,710 in the first couple years of their career.
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).
