Health & medicine

Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services

South Dakota State University · Brookings, SD

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$12,809Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Annual credentials awarded5Average of available recent award years; not the earnings sample size.

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Master's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$51,607
Same subject · national$48,432
Health & medicine · national$57,811

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · master's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $41,532–$61,717.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Master's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
University of South DakotaAllied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions, Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$53,890
California State Polytechnic University-HumboldtHealth and Physical Education/Fitness$36,134
California State University-San BernardinoClinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$47,260
California State University-StanislausMental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions$103,078
Southern Illinois University-EdwardsvilleHealth and Physical Education/Fitness, Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$40,821
University of Southern MississippiHealth and Physical Education/Fitness, Public Health, Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$61,516
University of MississippiBiological and Biomedical Sciences, Other, Health and Medical Administrative Services, Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$62,321
Western Kentucky UniversityClinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, Health and Medical Administrative Services, Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$60,094
Emporia State UniversityMental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions, Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$38,634
Citadel Military College of South CarolinaClinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, Health and Physical Education/Fitness$41,770
University of North AlabamaRegistered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$70,680
North Dakota State University-Main CampusAllied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, Public Health$49,323
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗