2023 Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Graduate Certificate School for You
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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.
Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Food, Nutrition & Related Services
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 graduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at South Dakota State are $16,917 a year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Missouri - Columbia 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 . Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 per year.
Mizzou excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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Explore the best food, nutrition and related services colleges 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 |
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Majors Related to Nutrition
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 2 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.