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Food, Nutrition & Related Services at College of San Mateo

If you plan to study food, nutrition and related services, take a look at what College of San Mateo has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CSM is located in San Mateo, California and approximately 7,494 students attend the school each year.

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.

  • Associate’s Degree in Nutrition

Online Classes Are Available at CSM

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, CSM does offer online courses in nutrition for the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

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Nutrition Student Demographics at CSM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nutrition majors at College of San Mateo.

67% Women
83% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of nutrition associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in nutrition only graduates about 18% men each year. The program at CSM may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 15% more women than average.

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CSM does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in nutrition graduates 48% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from College of San Mateo with a associate's in nutrition.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 0
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 CA, the home state for College of San Mateo.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors 93,570 $37,230
Food Service Managers 37,030 $57,920
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks 29,470 $35,680
Dietitians and Nutritionists 7,930 $74,060
Dietetic Technicians 5,250 $35,250

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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