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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$22,734 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, food, nutrition and related services was ranked #131 in the country. In fact 1,214 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Check out the nutrition graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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 . South Dakota State is a large public school located in the town of Brookings.

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

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

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 . Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Mizzou is 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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State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 5
Iowa 8
Kansas 7
Nebraska 11
North Dakota 19
South Dakota 30

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 1,589
General Family & Consumer Sciences 368
Family & Consumer Economics 251
Textile & Apparel Studies 150
Human Sciences Business Services 58

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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