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Best Value Colleges for Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services

Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.

50

Schools Ranked

$33,047

Avg. Earnings

4 yrs

Best Payback

2,146

Graduates

How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.

#	School	Net Price/yr	Major Earnings	Payback
1	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX · Public	$5,452	$40,467	4 yrs
2	Viterbo University La Crosse, WI · Private	$18,070	$52,107	4.2 yrs
3	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI · Public	$14,547	$46,790	4.9 yrs
4	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH · Public	$13,273	$44,276	5.7 yrs
5	D'Youville University Buffalo, NY · Private	$20,520	$46,321	7.3 yrs
6	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL · Public	$14,105	$42,682	7.3 yrs
7	SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY · Public	$17,154	$42,682	8.9 yrs
8	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS · Public	$16,868	$41,193	10.9 yrs
9	Marywood University Scranton, PA · Private	$19,734	$41,937	11.4 yrs
10	University of Vermont Burlington, VT · Public	$17,585	$40,647	12.5 yrs
11	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA · Public	$24,139	$42,682	12.6 yrs
12	Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, FL · Private	$37,835	$46,556	13.1 yrs
13	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI · Public	$20,557	$40,728	14.4 yrs
14	Florida International University Miami, FL · Public	$7,292	$36,848	15.8 yrs
15	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL · Public	$21,649	$38,018	28.7 yrs
16	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN · Public	$8,450	$36,134	29.8 yrs
17	CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY · Public	$8,084	$36,041	31.1 yrs
18	University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND · Public	$15,818	$36,848	34.2 yrs
19	North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND · Public	$16,071	$36,134	56.7 yrs
20	Iowa State University Ames, IA · Public	$14,641	$35,952	61.5 yrs
21	University of New Haven West Haven, CT · Private	$35,331	$36,134	124.6 yrs
22	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA · Public	$11,189	$34,259	N/A
23	San Diego State University San Diego, CA · Public	$14,698	$28,055	N/A
24	SUNY Oneonta Oneonta, NY · Public	$18,271	$26,353	N/A
25	University of Delaware Newark, DE · Public	$17,260	$25,774	N/A
26	Long Island University Brookville, NY · Private	$24,775	$32,925	N/A
27	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI · Public	$18,131	$28,960	N/A
28	State University of New York at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, NY · Public	$17,264	$34,526	N/A
29	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH · Public	$23,513	$30,771	N/A
30	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL · Public	$11,506	$27,618	N/A
31	CUNY Queens College Queens, NY · Public	$7,582	$32,569	N/A
32	CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY · Public	$7,219	$26,121	N/A
33	Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO · Private	$19,225	$25,194	N/A
34	University of Georgia Athens, GA · Public	$15,037	$29,141	N/A
35	Keene State College Keene, NH · Public	$18,640	$32,029	N/A
36	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI · Public	$13,560	$24,615	N/A
37	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH · Public	$19,508	$26,519	N/A
38	University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO · Public	$14,111	$33,459	N/A
39	Ball State University Muncie, IN · Public	$15,158	$28,055	N/A
40	University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH · Public	$18,860	$34,704	N/A
41	Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL · Public	$13,778	$31,374	N/A
42	Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI · Public	$15,720	$20,140	N/A
43	University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL · Public	$10,194	$23,571	N/A
44	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH · Public	$18,606	$25,824	N/A
45	California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · Public	$9,854	$29,685	N/A
46	Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC · Public	$14,701	$21,234	N/A
47	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO · Public	$15,950	$32,925	N/A
48	East Carolina University Greenville, NC · Public	$16,654	$23,869	N/A
49	Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH · Public	$13,754	$29,685	N/A
50	Appalachian State University Boone, NC · Public	$13,769	$27,642	N/A

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Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.