Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at University of North Florida

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

UNF is located in Jacksonville, Florida and approximately 16,926 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 63 students received a bachelor's degree in nutrition from UNF.

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

UNF Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UNF

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UNF offers distance education options for nutrition at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UNF Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nutrition progam at UNF compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nutrition major at UNF is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition 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 Popular Dietetics & Nutrition Services Doctor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular Dietetics & Nutrition Services Master’s Degree Schools	12
Best Value Dietetics & Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47

In 2021, 34 students received their master’s degree in nutrition from UNF. This makes it the #12 most popular school for nutrition master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in nutrition, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UNF Nutrition Graduates

The median salary of nutrition students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNF is $26,004. This is less than $32,137, which is the national average of all nutrition majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Nutrition Student Demographics at UNF

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

UNF Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 63 students earned a bachelor's degree in nutrition from UNF. About 84% of these graduates were women and the other 16% were men. The typical nutrition bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at UNF since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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 North Florida with a bachelor's in nutrition.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	26
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UNF Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Master’s Program

The nutrition program at UNF awarded 34 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 9% of these degrees went to men with the other 91% going to women.

Of the students who received a nutrition master's degree from UNF, 62% 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 32% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Florida with a master's in nutrition.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	21
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UNF also has a doctoral program available in nutrition. In 2021, 5 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Allied Health Professions
• Public Health
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Mental & Social Health Services

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 FL, the home state for University of North Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Dietitians and Nutritionists	2,860	$61,710
Dietetic Technicians	1,600	$28,410

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 The222 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.