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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.

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

$13,297 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Western Illinois University to be the best value school for food, nutrition and related services students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WIU are $13,297 per year.

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$32,280 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Benedictine University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best food, nutrition and related services schools in Illinois. Located in the suburb of Lisle, Benedictine U is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Benedictine U are $32,280 a 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

Out of the 4 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SIUC are $15,240 a year.

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#4

Bradley University

Peoria, IL
$36,360 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Bradley University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best food, nutrition and related services schools in Illinois. Bradley is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Peoria.

Bradley undergraduate students pay an average of $36,360 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Bradley excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked 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 Schools 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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