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Nutrition Science at California State University - Sacramento

Nutrition Science at California State University - Sacramento

Every nutrition science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the nutrition science program at California State University - Sacramento stacks up to those at other schools.

Sac State is located in Sacramento, California and has a total student population of 32,293.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nutrition Science section at the bottom of this page.

Sac State Nutrition Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition Science

Sac State Nutrition Science Rankings

The nutrition science major at Sac State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nutrition Science. 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.

Nutrition Science Student Demographics at Sac State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nutrition science majors at California State University - Sacramento.

Sac State Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Program

76% Women
72% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 24% of nutrition science bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. The typical nutrition science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% men. So male students are more repesented at Sac State since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nutrition science bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 19
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 31
White 18
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 13

Concentrations Within Nutrition Science

If you plan to be a nutrition science major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at California State University - Sacramento. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Nutrition Sciences 153

Careers That Nutrition Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in nutrition science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California State University - Sacramento.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Biological Scientists 11,010 $91,340
Dietitians and Nutritionists 7,930 $74,060
Natural Sciences Managers 7,870 $168,790
Dietetic Technicians 5,250 $35,250
Biological Science Professors 4,360 $128,370

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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