Food & Nutrition at University of Central Arkansas

Every food & nutrition school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the food & nutrition program at University of Central Arkansas stacks up to those at other schools.

UCA is located in Conway, Arkansas and has a total student population of 10,335.

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

UCA Food & Nutrition Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UCA

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Master’s Degree

UCA Food & Nutrition Rankings

The food & nutrition major at UCA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Food & Nutrition. 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.

Food & Nutrition Student Demographics at UCA

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

UCA Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of food & nutrition bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in food & nutrition at UCA are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

UCA Food & Nutrition Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of food & nutrition master's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

Of the students who received a food & nutrition master's degree from UCA, 61% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the food & nutrition master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 1% better 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 master's in food & nutrition.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

Careers That Food & Nutrition Grads May Go Into

A degree in food & 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
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.