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Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Eastern Kentucky University

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Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Eastern Kentucky University

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

Eastern is located in Richmond, Kentucky and approximately 14,465 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in nutrition from Eastern.

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.

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nutrition progam at Eastern 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 Eastern 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
48
Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools 51

Nutrition Student Demographics at Eastern

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

67% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 6 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in nutrition from Eastern in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical nutrition bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at Eastern since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

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About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nutrition at Eastern are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Eastern 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 KY, the home state for Eastern Kentucky University.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors 14,580 $31,130
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks 10,770 $25,630
Food Service Managers 2,620 $51,160
Dietitians and Nutritionists 730 $57,980
Dietetic Technicians 90 $31,740

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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