2023 Best Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition Sciences for a Bachelor’s. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees to 62 students in 2020-2021.

UMN Twin Cities not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Of the 52,017 students enrolled at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 752 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 436 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,020. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Veteran Student Life Report

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Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition Sciences for a Bachelor’s. Kansas State University is a public institution located in Manhattan, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 101 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

K -State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Among the 20,854 students enrolled at Kansas State University, 1,099 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 647 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,562. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition Sciences for a Bachelor’s. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.

Iowa State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Of the 31,822 students enrolled at Iowa State University, 814 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 388 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,933. To help with additional expenses, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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College of Saint Benedict
Saint Joseph, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Saint Benedict. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nutrition Sciences for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Saint Joseph, Minnesota, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s nutrition sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

CSB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 15 of the 1,668 students enrolled at CSB were GI Bill® students, of which 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,588. During this same period, 5 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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