Nutrition Sciences at University of California - Berkeley

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study nutrition sciences, take a look at what University of California - Berkeley has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

UC Berkeley Nutrition Sciences Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition Sciences

UC Berkeley Nutrition Sciences Rankings

The nutrition sciences major at UC Berkeley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nutrition Sciences. 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 Sciences Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Program

79% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of nutrition sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical nutrition sciences 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 sciences 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 sciences.

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

Careers That Nutrition Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in nutrition sciences 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
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