Nutrition Science at Farmingdale State College

If you plan to study nutrition science, take a look at what Farmingdale State College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale is located in Farmingdale, New York and approximately 10,018 students attend the school each year.

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.

SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale Nutrition Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition Science

SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale Nutrition Science Rankings

The nutrition science major at SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale 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 SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nutrition science majors at Farmingdale State College.

SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of nutrition science bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% 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 SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Farmingdale State College with a bachelor's in nutrition science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Farmingdale State College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nutrition Sciences	3

Related Majors

• Science, Technology & Society

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 NY, the home state for Farmingdale State College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Dietitians and Nutritionists	4,710	$68,050
Biological Science Professors	4,590	$102,800
Natural Sciences Managers	1,360	$148,460
Dietetic Technicians	1,090	$41,620
Biological Scientists	690	$89,000

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 Batiste93 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.