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. In 2021, 153 nutrition science majors received their bachelor's degree from Sac State.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the nutrition science progam at Sac State 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Focused Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Best Value Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24
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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

The nutrition science program at Sac State awarded 153 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 21% of these degrees went to men with the other 79% going to women. The typical nutrition science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% men. So male students are more repesented at Sac State since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	46
White	38
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

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

Related Majors

• Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Gerontology

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.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.