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Food & Nutrition at Virginia Tech

Food & Nutrition at Virginia Tech

What traits are you looking for in a food & nutrition school? To help you decide if Virginia Tech is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's food & nutrition program.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and approximately 37,024 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.

Virginia Tech Food & Nutrition Degrees Available

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

Virginia Tech Food & Nutrition Rankings

The food & nutrition major at Virginia Tech 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.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in food & nutrition, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Food & Nutrition Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the food & nutrition majors at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech Food & Nutrition Bachelor’s Program

78% Women
28% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 22% of food & nutrition bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% 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 Virginia Tech since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in food & nutrition at Virginia Tech are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in food & nutrition.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 33
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 20
White 184
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 18

Virginia Tech Food & Nutrition Master’s Program

100% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of food & nutrition master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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Of the students who received a food & nutrition master's degree from Virginia Tech, 67% 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 Virginia Tech with a master's in food & nutrition.

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

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Dietitians and Nutritionists 1,440 $61,550
Dietetic Technicians 410 $32,430

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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