2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Nutrition Science is the 134th most popular major in the country with 5,044 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, nutrition science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,764 and had an average of $28,222 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 67 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,200 and $22,812 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 nutrition science graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in nutrition science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nutrition science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the nutrition science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k list. UIUC is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 2 masters’s nutrition science degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Nutrition Science Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Nutrition Science at UIUC

#2

Dominican University

River Forest, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$20,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Nutrition Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Dominican University landed the #2 spot on the list. Dominican University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in River Forest, Illinois. It awarded 8 masters’s nutrition science degrees in 2019-2020.

Dominican U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Nutrition Science Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Dominican University are $20,884, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Nutrition Science at Dominican University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nutrition Science (Income $48-$75k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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