Human Nutrition at University of Houston

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

UH is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 47,090.

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

UH Human Nutrition Degrees Available

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

UH Human Nutrition Rankings

The human nutrition major at UH is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Human 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.

Human Nutrition Student Demographics at UH

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

UH Human Nutrition Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of human nutrition bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. The typical human nutrition bachelor's degree program is made up of only 10% men. So male students are more repesented at UH since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 45% more racial-ethnic minorities in its human 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 human 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 Human Nutrition Master’s Program

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

Of the students who received a human 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 human 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

Related Majors

Careers That Human Nutrition Grads May Go Into

A degree in human 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
Dietitians and Nutritionists	4,930	$56,550

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.