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Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in Illinois

2023 Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$24,294 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,186 Avg Salary

With 51 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, food, nutrition and related services is the #204 most popular major in Illinois.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best value experiences for nutrition students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

$13,297 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Western Illinois University the best value school in Illinois for food, nutrition and related services students. WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WIU are $13,297 a year.

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$32,280 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Benedictine University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Lisle, Benedictine U is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Benedictine U undergraduate students pay an average of $32,280 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, nutrition graduates from Benedictine U take out $25,133 in student loans while working on their degree.

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$15,240 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SIUC are $15,240 per year.

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#4

Bradley University

Peoria, IL
$36,360 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Bradley University is a great value for food, nutrition and related services students. Bradley is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Peoria.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bradley are $36,360 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Bradley is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools in Illinois list.

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Explore all the Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 179
Ohio 159
Indiana 0
Wisconsin 0

One of 7 majors within the area of study, food, nutrition and related services has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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