Food, Nutrition & Related Services at The University of Texas at Austin

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

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and has a total student population of 50,476. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 158 students received a bachelor's degree in nutrition from UT Austin.

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.

UT Austin Food, Nutrition & Related Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition

UT Austin Food, Nutrition & Related Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nutrition programs across the country. The following shows how UT Austin performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nutrition major at UT Austin 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
Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24
Most Focused Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24

Earnings of UT Austin Nutrition Graduates

The median salary of nutrition students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Austin is $30,356. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $30,474 for all nutrition students.

Nutrition Student Demographics at UT Austin

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nutrition majors at The University of Texas at Austin.

UT Austin Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 158 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in nutrition from UT Austin. About 13% were men and 87% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in nutrition.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	55
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	40
White	48
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UT Austin also has a doctoral program available in nutrition. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Family & Consumer Sciences
• Textile & Apparel Studies
• Human Development & Family Studies

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors	84,060	$39,420
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks	33,000	$24,770
Food Service Managers	12,180	$61,610
Dietitians and Nutritionists	4,930	$56,550
Dietetic Technicians	2,810	$26,760

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.