BestColleges recently ranked NDSU as the country’s No. 3 best for online master’s programs in dietetics  for 2024. 

NDSU’s department of health, nutrition and exercise sciences offers the  online master’s program in dietetics to students through its collaboration with Great Plains - Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Great Plains IDEA is an alliance of 20 universities around the U.S. that collaborate to offer online degree and certificate programs in human sciences and agriculture. 

“The collaboration with other GPIDEA universities enables us to leverage resources across the alliance and offer NDSU students more degree options and opportunities,” said Stacy Duffield, director of NDSU’s Office of Teaching and Learning. 

This year, BestColleges revised the approach to school rankings, focusing on the most important factors that students consider in their college decision-making process. The new methodology incorporates key metrics such as affordability, student outcomes, flexibility/accessibility and ease of admissions.