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Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at East Carolina University

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

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and has a total student population of 28,798. Of the 5,233 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from East Carolina University in 2021, 42 of them were dietetics and clinical nutrition services majors.

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

ECU Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition

ECU Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nutrition major at ECU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition 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
Best Dietetics & Nutrition Services Schools 88
Most Focused Dietetics & Nutrition Services Schools 114

Earnings of ECU Nutrition Graduates

The median salary of nutrition students who receive their bachelor's degree at ECU is $30,045. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,137 for all nutrition students.

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Nutrition Student Demographics at ECU

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

ECU Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Program

83% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 42 nutrition majors earned their bachelor's degree from ECU. Of these graduates, 17% were men and 83% were women. The typical nutrition bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at ECU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nutrition at ECU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 East Carolina University with a bachelor's in nutrition.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 27
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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

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 NC, the home state for East Carolina University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Dietitians and Nutritionists 2,040 $54,810
Dietetic Technicians 260 $28,100

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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