Food, Nutrition & Related Services at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Every food, nutrition and related services school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the nutrition program at University of New Mexico - Main Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and approximately 22,311 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 28 nutrition majors received their bachelor's degree from UNM.

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.

UNM Food, Nutrition & Related Services Degrees Available

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

UNM Food, Nutrition & Related Services Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nutrition major at UNM 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 Focused Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools	50
Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools	70

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in nutrition from UNM. This makes it the #46 most popular school for nutrition master’s degree candidates in the country.

Nutrition Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nutrition majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 28 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Food, Nutrition & Related Services from UNM in 2020-2021, 21% were men and 79% were women. The typical nutrition bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at UNM since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 New Mexico - Main Campus with a bachelor's in nutrition.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UNM Food, Nutrition & Related Services Master’s Program

Of the 5 students who graduated with a master’s in nutrition from UNM in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a nutrition master's degree from UNM, 60% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the nutrition master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of New Mexico - Main Campus with a master's in nutrition.

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

UNM 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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors	7,360	$30,030
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks	2,460	$25,020
Food Service Managers	990	$55,530
Dietitians and Nutritionists	400	$54,300
Dietetic Technicians	150	$22,900

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 PerryPlanet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.