Food, Nutrition & Related Services at University of Houston

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

UH is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 47,090 students attend the school each year.

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.

UH Food, Nutrition & Related Services Degrees Available

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

UH Food, Nutrition & Related Services Rankings

The nutrition major at UH 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.

Nutrition Student Demographics at UH

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

UH Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of nutrition bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% 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 Houston with a bachelor's in nutrition.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	46
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	40
White	25
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UH Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 9% of nutrition master's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

Of the students who received a nutrition master's degree from UH, 73% 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 Houston with a master's in nutrition.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Food, Nutrition & Related Services

If you plan to be a nutrition major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Houston. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Human Nutrition	192

Related Majors

• Human Sciences Business Services
• Human Development & Family Studies

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 TX, the home state for University of Houston.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors	84,060	$39,420
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks	33,000	$24,770
Food Service Managers	12,180	$61,610
Dietitians and Nutritionists	4,930	$56,550
Dietetic Technicians	2,810	$26,760

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.