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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$19,396 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,243 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.

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 Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value master'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 Master's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named North Dakota State University - Main Campus the best value school in the Plains States Region for food, nutrition and related services students working on their master’s degree. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fargo.

North Dakota State University graduate students pay an average of $12,028 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at South Dakota State University 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 town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at South Dakota State are $16,917 per year.

South Dakota State also claimed a spot on our Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a great value for food, nutrition and related services students working on their master’s degree. UNL is a very large public school located in the city of Lincoln.

UNL graduate students pay an average of $19,541 in tuition and fees each year.

UNL excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Central Missouri helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value food, nutrition and related services schools in the Plains States Region . UCM is a large public school located in the town of Warrensburg.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCM are $16,992 per year.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 a year.

Iowa State also claimed a spot on our Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#6

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree food, nutrition and related services programs. Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at K -State are $23,949 per year.

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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 6 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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