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2023 Best Value Dietetics & Nutrition Services Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$9,788 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,880 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services School for You

Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Iowa. With 222 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 10th out of all the majors we track in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Dietetics & Nutrition Services Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Iowa 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Schools in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for nutrition majors pursuing a .

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality in Dietetics & Nutrition Services

$5,220 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Des Moines Area Community College the best value school in Iowa for dietetics and clinical nutrition services students. Located in the large suburb of Ankeny, DMACC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DMACC are $5,220 per year.

Full Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Des Moines Area Community College Report

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA
$9,942 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Dietetics & Nutrition Services Schools in Iowa list. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Iowa undergraduate students pay an average of $9,942 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Iowa did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Dietetics & Nutrition Services Schools in Iowa list.

Full Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at University of Iowa Report

$9,634 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Dietetics & Nutrition Services Schools in Iowa list. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.

Iowa State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,634 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Nutrition majors at Iowa State take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

In addition to its great value ranking, Iowa State is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Dietetics & Nutrition Services Schools in Iowa list.

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Best Value Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 35
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 3 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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