Nutrition Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #92 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Nutrition Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 71 bachelor's degrees in nutrition science during the 2022-2023 academic year.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor'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
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 - How many other nutrition science students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
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 much debt nutrition science students go into to obtain their bachelor'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 colleges for nutrition science students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Nutrition Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Nutrition Science in Minnesota
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition science.
Top Minnesota Schools for a Bachelor's in Nutrition Science
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in nutrition science. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Bachelor's recipients from the nutrition science program at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities get $2,137 above the typical graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
College of Saint Benedict is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in nutrition science. Located in the midsize suburb of Saint Joseph, CSB is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the nutrition science program make an average of $28,402 for their early 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).
