2021 Best Nutrition Science Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
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Finding the Best Nutrition Science Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Nutrition Science Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in nutrition science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nutrition science programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the nutrition science program at the school. 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 Best Nutrition Science Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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2021 Best Nutrition Science Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Nutrition Science Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Nutrition Science Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities has taken the #1 spot in this year's nutrition science ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Twin Cities, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Nutrition Science in the Plains States Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UMN Twin Cities is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 21,237 students take at least one class online at UMN Twin Cities. About 13,655 of the students at UMN Twin Cities are attending part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Iowa State University. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ames. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Iowa State has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Nutrition Science in the Plains States Region ranking.
About 0.7% of Iowa State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 14,911 students at Iowa State that take at least one class online. About 3,155 of the students at Iowa State are attending part time.
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).
