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Nutrition Sciences at University of Florida

Nutrition Sciences at University of Florida

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

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and approximately 53,372 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.

UF Nutrition Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition Sciences

UF Nutrition Sciences Rankings

The nutrition sciences major at UF 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 UF

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

UF Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Program

81% Women
56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 19% of nutrition sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 81% 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 UF since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Florida with a bachelor's in nutrition sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 19
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 32
White 44
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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 FL, the home state for University of Florida.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Dietitians and Nutritionists 2,860 $61,710
Biological Scientists 1,770 $71,200
Dietetic Technicians 1,600 $28,410
Biological Science Professors 1,590 $90,750
Life Scientists 140 $91,970

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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