Dietetics/Dietitian at Northern Illinois University

If you plan to study dietetics/dietitian, take a look at what Northern Illinois University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and approximately 16,769 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Dietetics/Dietitian section at the bottom of this page.

NIU Dietetics/Dietitian Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics
• Master’s Degree in Dietetics

NIU Dietetics/Dietitian Rankings

The dietetics major at NIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Dietetics/Dietitian. 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.

Dietetics Student Demographics at NIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dietetics majors at Northern Illinois University.

NIU Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of dietetics bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical dietetics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at NIU since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dietetics at NIU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its dietetics bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NIU Dietetics/Dietitian Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of dietetics master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 12% men graduate in dietetics each year. NIU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a dietetics master's degree from NIU, 77% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Illinois University with a master's in dietetics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Dietetics Grads May Go Into

A degree in dietetics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Northern Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Dietetic Technicians	4,440	$25,770
Dietitians and Nutritionists	2,590	$58,020

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 Andy McMurray under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.