Nutrition Sciences at University of the District of Columbia

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

University of the District of Columbia is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 3,725 students attend the school each year.

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

University of the District of Columbia Nutrition Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition Sciences

University of the District of Columbia Nutrition Sciences Rankings

The nutrition sciences major at University of the District of Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nutrition Sciences. 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 Sciences Student Demographics at University of the District of Columbia

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

University of the District of Columbia Nutrition Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of nutrition sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical nutrition sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% men. So male students are more repesented at University of the District of Columbia since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nutrition sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of the District of Columbia with a bachelor's in nutrition sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Nutrition Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in nutrition sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for DC, the home state for University of the District of Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Natural Sciences Managers	1,200	$132,310
Biological Scientists	520	$104,460
Dietitians and Nutritionists	400	$65,490
Biological Science Professors	390	$142,760
Dietetic Technicians	100	$30,650

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 Matthew Bisanz under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.