Food & Nutrition at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a food & nutrition school? To help you decide if University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's food & nutrition program.

UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and approximately 30,092 students attend the school each year.

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.

UNC Chapel Hill Food & Nutrition Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Food & Nutrition

UNC Chapel Hill Food & Nutrition Rankings

The food & nutrition major at UNC Chapel Hill 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 UNC Chapel Hill

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the food & nutrition majors at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Program

66% Women

55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of food & nutrition bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women. The typical food & nutrition bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at UNC Chapel Hill since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its food & 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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor's in food & nutrition.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	21
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Dietitians and Nutritionists	2,040	$54,810
Dietetic Technicians	260	$28,100

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
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