Nutrition Sciences
3,567 students earn a nutrition sciences credential each year across 110 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.
- Typical earnings, 1 year out
- $30,113
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $56,205
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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 107 colleges by graduates
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona157$31,9501 year out$56,205$23,5632Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas153$40,5041 year out—$21,8503Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas138$33,3811 year out—$24,6254The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas122—1 year out——5University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington117—1 year out——6University of FloridaGainesville, Florida108$21,0311 year out—$17,1827University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California104$35,1611 year out$77,253$16,1828University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia100$27,7241 year out$76,767$24,7109California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California89—1 year out——10North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina89$33,6691 year out$62,347$22,51111University of California-DavisDavis, California88$34,5121 year out$65,993$14,16612San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California84$34,8781 year out—$18,00013San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California81$30,6201 year out—$17,13714San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California77—1 year out——15California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California74$22,6751 year out—$17,62016California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona, California73$34,3841 year out—$17,25017Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey66—1 year out——18University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin64$34,5041 year out$65,131$20,50019Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona63—1 year out——20University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts61$24,7461 year out—$23,79121New York UniversityNew York, New York60$24,0841 year out—$21,50022Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania59$25,6731 year out—$26,00023California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California57—1 year out——24University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota52$32,6761 year out$58,915$24,58625University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire50$34,1151 year out$61,382$27,00026Texas Woman's UniversityDenton, Texas46$34,7261 year out$56,603$28,21127California State University-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California44$31,0961 year out—$14,49328Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon44—1 year out——29Auburn UniversityAuburn, Alabama42$22,1491 year out$58,072$26,00030Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins, Colorado42$32,7851 year out—$24,75031Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana42$26,1171 year out$53,562$23,25032University of VermontBurlington, Vermont41$33,3891 year out$60,462$19,50033Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan40$28,7591 year out$59,642$25,00034Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas38$23,8431 year out—$24,25035California State University-San BernardinoSan Bernardino, California37—1 year out——36Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado35$37,2131 year out$53,328$26,75037University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut35$27,5751 year out$54,730$27,00038California State University-ChicoChico, California34$25,4901 year out—$19,27239Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey30$20,7641 year out$60,545$25,25040University of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboro, North Carolina30$32,5251 year out$42,095$26,65641Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York29$30,5081 year out$66,100$13,75042La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania28$47,4701 year out—$28,62843Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo CampusGurabo, Puerto Rico27—1 year out——44University of DelawareNewark, Delaware26—1 year out——45Howard UniversityWashington, District of Columbia24—1 year out——46University of MaineOrono, Maine24—1 year out——47University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, Massachusetts23—1 year out—$29,75048Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts22—1 year out$68,485—49Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah22—1 year out$53,076—50The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee21$18,1221 year out$53,505$25,00051California State University-NorthridgeNorthridge, California20—1 year out——52University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada20$27,1711 year out$51,838$15,81553Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, Texas20—1 year out——54University of Northern ColoradoGreeley, Colorado19$39,2581 year out$46,874$25,34655Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, Ohio19—1 year out——56Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York18—1 year out——57The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburg, Texas17—1 year out——58University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky16—1 year out——59University of Central OklahomaEdmond, Oklahoma16—1 year out——60Saint Louis UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri15—1 year out——61Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa14—1 year out$54,740$16,47462University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania14—1 year out——63Dominican UniversityRiver Forest, Illinois13—1 year out——64University of the Incarnate WordSan Antonio, Texas12—1 year out$50,812—65Seattle Pacific UniversitySeattle, Washington12$39,3171 year out—$26,32366Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana12—1 year out——67College of Saint BenedictSaint Joseph, Minnesota11$28,4021 year out$58,025$26,57268University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, Hawaii10$37,9931 year out$50,833$22,63969Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois10—1 year out$60,715$22,75070North Dakota State University-Main CampusFargo, North Dakota10—1 year out——71Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah10—1 year out——72University of the District of ColumbiaWashington, District of Columbia9—1 year out——73University of Southern IndianaEvansville, Indiana9—1 year out$50,317$25,00074Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York9—1 year out——75University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences CenterOklahoma City, Oklahoma9—1 year out——76Viterbo UniversityLa Crosse, Wisconsin9—1 year out——77California Baptist UniversityRiverside, California8—1 year out——78University of New HavenWest Haven, Connecticut8—1 year out——79Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, Massachusetts8—1 year out——80University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin8$30,0421 year out—$31,00081George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia6—1 year out——82Russell Sage CollegeTroy, New York5—1 year out$61,513—83Tarleton State UniversityStephenville, Texas5—1 year out——84University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointStevens Point, Wisconsin5—1 year out——85University of Central ArkansasConway, Arkansas4—1 year out——86Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, California4—1 year out——87Oakland UniversityRochester Hills, Michigan4—1 year out——88Concordia College at MoorheadMoorhead, Minnesota4—1 year out——89Saint Johns UniversityCollegeville, Minnesota4—1 year out——90Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio3—1 year out——91Bastyr UniversityKenmore, Washington3$28,9981 year out$49,640$23,22592University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio2—1 year out$59,069—93California State University-FresnoFresno, California1$23,2111 year out—$11,37594Chapman UniversityOrange, California1—1 year out——95University of Saint Francis-Fort WayneFort Wayne, Indiana1—1 year out——96Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York1—1 year out——97Lees-McRae CollegeBanner Elk, North Carolina1—1 year out——98Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, Ohio1—1 year out——99Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, Pennsylvania1$25,6731 year out—$26,000100Oregon State University-Cascades CampusBend, Oregon1—1 year out——
Associate programs — 2 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
Certificate programs — 2 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).