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2023 Best Value Dietetics & Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$5,349 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,815 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Associate Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, dietetics and clinical nutrition services was ranked #17 in the country. In fact 6,158 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Dietetics & Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Plains States Region to see which associate degree 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.

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. 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.

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Dietetics & Nutrition Services

Our analysis found Northland Community and Technical College to be the best value school for dietetics and clinical nutrition services students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Plains States Region . Northland Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the remote town of Thief River Falls.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northland Community and Technical College are $6,052 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Barton County Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Dietetics & Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the rural area of Great Bend, Barton Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Barton Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,544 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeast Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Dietetics & Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Northeast is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Norfolk.

Northeast undergraduate students pay an average of $5,010 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Normandale Community College

Bloomington, MN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Normandale Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Dietetics & Nutrition Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Normandale Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Bloomington.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Normandale Community College are $5,789 a year. After completing their Associate Degree, nutrition graduates from Normandale Community College carry an average student debtload of $30,261.

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Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Colleges by State

Explore the best dietetics and clinical nutrition services colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 35
Iowa 222
Missouri 229
Nebraska 9
Kansas 76
South Dakota 4
North Dakota 39

Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Nutrition Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Dietetics/Dietitian 3,788
Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist 1,013
Dietitian Assistant 637
Other Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services 493
Dietetic Technician 227

Majors Similar to Nutrition

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

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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