2025 Best Food & Nutrition Schools in the Plains States Region

A degree in food & nutrition is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #228 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for food & nutrition students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 267 degrees in food & nutrition annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Food & Nutrition Schools List

Food & Nutrition Rankings by Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Food & Nutrition Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Food & Nutrition in the Plains States Region

The schools below may not offer all types of food & nutrition degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Plains States Region Schools in Food & Nutrition

1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

185 Food & Nutrition Degrees Awarded

5.9% Growth in Graduates

Every student who is interested in food & nutrition needs to look into University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in food & nutrition from University of Nebraska - Lincoln

2

North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, ND

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

34 Food & Nutrition Degrees Awarded

44.1% Growth in Graduates

North Dakota State University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in food & nutrition. Located in the city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public university with a large student population.More information about a degree in food & nutrition from North Dakota State University - Main Campus

Best Food & Nutrition Colleges by State

Explore the best food & nutrition schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	742	0
Missouri	693	75
Iowa	648	8
Kansas	599	7
Nebraska	500	174
North Dakota	416	19
South Dakota	381	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Food & Nutrition

One of 3 majors within the Food, Nutrition & Related Services area of study, Food & Nutrition has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Food & Nutrition

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Human Nutrition	49
Other Foods, Nutrition, & Related Services	9

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.