Food, Nutrition & Related Services at University of Central Arkansas

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

UCA is located in Conway, Arkansas and approximately 10,335 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in nutrition from UCA.

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.

UCA Food, Nutrition & Related Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition
• Master’s Degree in Nutrition

Online Classes Are Available at UCA

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UCA offers distance education options for nutrition at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UCA Food, Nutrition & Related Services Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nutrition major at UCA 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
Most Popular Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools	29
Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools	32
Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools	57
Most Focused Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools	64

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in nutrition from UCA. This makes it the #29 most popular school for nutrition master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Nutrition Graduates from UCA Make?

The median salary of nutrition students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCA is $27,609. This is less than $30,474, which is the national average of all nutrition majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Nutrition Student Demographics at UCA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nutrition majors at University of Central Arkansas.

UCA Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 nutrition students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UCA, about 20% were men and 80% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 University of Central Arkansas with a bachelor's in nutrition.

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

UCA Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 nutrition majors earned their master's degree from UCA. Of these graduates, 8% were men and 92% were women.

Of the students who received a nutrition master's degree from UCA, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Central Arkansas with a master's in nutrition.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UCA 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

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 AR, the home state for University of Central Arkansas.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors	12,190	$29,470
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks	6,310	$22,320
Food Service Managers	1,330	$48,760
Dietitians and Nutritionists	500	$58,390
Dietetic Technicians	160	$26,920

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 Steve Wright Jr. (flickr user: Wright Way Photography) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.