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2023 Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$22,734 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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.

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for nutrition majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our analysis found South Dakota State University to be the best value school for food, nutrition and related services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at South Dakota State are $16,917 a year.

Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at South Dakota State University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great value for food, nutrition and related services students working on their graduate certificate. 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.

Read full report on Food, Nutrition & Related Services at University of Missouri - Columbia

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

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.

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