Nutrition Science at University of California - Berkeley

What traits are you looking for in a nutrition science school? To help you decide if University of California - Berkeley is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's nutrition science program.

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and approximately 42,327 students attend the school each year.

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

UC Berkeley Nutrition Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition Science

UC Berkeley Nutrition Science Rankings

The nutrition science major at UC Berkeley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nutrition Science. 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.

Nutrition Science Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nutrition science majors at University of California - Berkeley.

UC Berkeley Nutrition Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of nutrition science bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical nutrition science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% men. So male students are more repesented at UC Berkeley since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nutrition science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Berkeley with a bachelor's in nutrition science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	52
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	21
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Nutrition Science

If you plan to be a nutrition science major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of California - Berkeley. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nutrition Sciences	103

Related Majors

• Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution
• Classical & Ancient Studies
• Sustainability Science
• Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
• International Studies

Careers That Nutrition Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in nutrition science 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 University of California - Berkeley.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Biological Scientists	11,010	$91,340
Dietitians and Nutritionists	7,930	$74,060
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Dietetic Technicians	5,250	$35,250
Biological Science Professors	4,360	$128,370

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 LAgirl5252 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.