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 reviewed 4 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of nutrition science. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 244 bachelor's degrees in nutrition science during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Nutrition Science School for Your Bachelor's Degree
The nutrition science bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Early-Career Salaries
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.
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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region.
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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Featured Nutrition Science Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is one of the best 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 very large student population.
After graduation, nutrition science bachelor's recipients typically make around $32,818 at the beginning of their careers.
Kansas State University is a wonderful option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in nutrition science. K -State is a large public university located in the small city of Manhattan.
Nutrition Science bachelor's degree recipients from Kansas State University receive an earnings boost of about $4,102 over the average earnings of nutrition science majors.
College of Saint Benedict is one of the best schools in the country 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.
After graduation, nutrition science bachelor's recipients usually make around $29,764 in their early careers.
Iowa State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in nutrition science. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a very large student population.
Soon after graduation, nutrition science bachelor's recipients generally make about $29,014 in their early careers.
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).