by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Nutrition Sciences Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 5,330 people earned their degree in nutrition sciences, making the major the 136th most popular in the United States.
Across Illinois, there were 77 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 nutrition sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Nutrition Sciences Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nutrition sciences. To top this list, a school must have a successful nutrition sciences program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Most Well Attended Nutrition Sciences Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree nutrition sciences students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Nutrition Sciences Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Nutrition Sciences Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Dominican University landed the #2 spot on the list. Dominican U is located in River Forest, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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