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Dietetics/Dietitian at Purdue University - Main Campus

Dietetics/Dietitian at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 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.

Purdue Dietetics/Dietitian Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics

Purdue Dietetics/Dietitian Rankings

The dietetics major at Purdue 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 Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dietetics majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Program

98% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 2% of dietetics bachelor's degrees went to men and 98% went to women.

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About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dietetics at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in dietetics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 35
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Dietitians and Nutritionists 1,140 $56,620
Dietetic Technicians 380 $38,990

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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