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Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Point Loma Nazarene University

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Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Point Loma Nazarene University

If you are interested in studying food, nutrition and related services, you may want to check out the program at Point Loma Nazarene University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

PLNU is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 4,616. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in nutrition from PLNU.

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 PLNU 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 PLNU 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
41
Most Popular Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools 56
Most Focused Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools 68
Most Popular Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools 106

Nutrition Student Demographics at PLNU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nutrition majors at Point Loma Nazarene University.

75% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of nutrition bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical nutrition bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at PLNU since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 Point Loma Nazarene University with a bachelor's in nutrition.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

PLNU 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 CA, the home state for Point Loma Nazarene University.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors 93,570 $37,230
Food Service Managers 37,030 $57,920
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks 29,470 $35,680
Dietitians and Nutritionists 7,930 $74,060
Dietetic Technicians 5,250 $35,250

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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