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Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Nassau Community College

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Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Nassau Community College

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

Nassau Community College is located in Garden City, New York and has a total student population of 13,864.

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

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Nutrition Student Demographics at Nassau Community College

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

67% Women
56% 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 Nassau Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 15% more women than average.

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Nassau Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in nutrition graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 6
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 NY, the home state for Nassau Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors 47,640 $41,510
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks 16,180 $34,800
Food Service Managers 8,850 $77,760
Dietitians and Nutritionists 4,710 $68,050
Dietetic Technicians 1,090 $41,620

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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