Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Baylor University

If you are interested in studying food, nutrition and related services, you may want to check out the program at Baylor University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Baylor is located in Waco, Texas and approximately 19,297 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 31 nutrition majors received their bachelor's degree from Baylor.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Food, Nutrition & Related Services section at the bottom of this page.

Baylor Food, Nutrition & Related Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition
• Master’s Degree in Nutrition

Baylor Food, Nutrition & Related Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nutrition progam at Baylor compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nutrition major at Baylor is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Food, Nutrition & Related Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	23
	33
Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools	37

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in nutrition from Baylor. This makes it the #33 most popular school for nutrition master’s degree candidates in the country.

Nutrition Student Demographics at Baylor

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nutrition majors at Baylor University.

Baylor Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 31 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Food, Nutrition & Related Services from Baylor in 2020-2021, 3% were men and 97% were women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nutrition at Baylor are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nutrition bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Baylor University with a bachelor's in nutrition.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	16
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Baylor Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Program

Of the 10 students who graduated with a master’s in nutrition from Baylor in 2021, 10% were men and 90% were women.

Of the students who received a nutrition master's degree from Baylor, 60% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Baylor University with a master's in nutrition.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Baylor also has a doctoral program available in nutrition. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Family & Consumer Sciences
• Human Development & Family Studies

Careers That Nutrition Grads May Go Into

A degree in nutrition can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Baylor University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors	84,060	$39,420
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks	33,000	$24,770
Food Service Managers	12,180	$61,610
Dietitians and Nutritionists	4,930	$56,550
Dietetic Technicians	2,810	$26,760

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Kairos14 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.