2025 Best Nutrition Science Master's Degree Schools in Kansas

If you plan on getting your master's degree in nutrition science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #99 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Nutrition Science Master's Degree Schools in Kansas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 41 master's degrees in nutrition science during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to nutrition science students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other nutrition science students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt nutrition science students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nutrition science related body.

Our full 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.

More Ways to Rank Nutrition Science Schools

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 Kansas.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Nutrition Science in Kansas

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in nutrition science.

Top Kansas Schools for a Master's in Nutrition Science

1

Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS

20 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in nutrition science needs to look into Kansas State University. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in nutrition science from Kansas State University

2

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

21 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Kansas if you want to pursue a master's degree in nutrition science. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in nutrition science from University of Kansas

Best Nutrition Science Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Nutrition Science Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	193	42
Minnesota	174	7
Iowa	154	4
Nebraska	123	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Nutrition Science

One of 51 majors within the Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies area of study, Nutrition Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Nutrition Science Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Nutrition Sciences	41

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	73
International Studies	22
Behavioral Science	14
Gerontology	10
Sustainability Science	9
Museum Studies	8
Multicultural & Diversity Studies	8
Interdisciplinary Studies	6
Geography and Environmental Studies	3

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.