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Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Santa Monica College

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Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Santa Monica College

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

SMC is located in Santa Monica, California and approximately 25,948 students attend the school each year.

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

Nutrition Student Demographics at SMC

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

78% Women
67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 22% of nutrition associate's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in nutrition only graduates about 18% men each year. The program at SMC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

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SMC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in nutrition graduates 32% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 1
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 Santa Monica College.

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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