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2023 Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$25,949 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,713 Avg Salary

Food, Nutrition & Related Services is the #135 most popular major in the country with 4,858 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for nutrition students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota State University the best value school in the Plains States Region for food, nutrition and related services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Dakota State are $12,809 per year.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Nebraska - Lincoln helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value food, nutrition and related services schools in the Plains States Region . UNL is a very large public school located in the city of Lincoln.

UNL undergraduate students pay an average of $26,720 in tuition and fees each year. Nutrition majors at UNL take out an average of $23,073 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $274, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

UNL excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a great value for food, nutrition and related services students working on their bachelor’s degree. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $33,818 per year.

UMN Twin Cities excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Mizzou undergraduate students pay an average of $30,450 in tuition and fees each year. On average, nutrition graduates from Mizzou take out $21,590 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $464.

In addition to its great value ranking, Mizzou is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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Explore the best food, nutrition and related services schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 84
Minnesota 10
Kansas 7
Iowa 16
Nebraska 174
North Dakota 20
South Dakota 47

Food, Nutrition & Related Services is one of 7 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Nutrition

Related Major Annual Graduates
Human Development & Family Studies 42,112
Textile & Apparel Studies 3,313
General Family & Consumer Sciences 2,906
Family & Consumer Economics 1,454
Human Sciences Business Services 704

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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).

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