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Food, Nutrition & Related Services at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Food, Nutrition & Related Services at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

If you plan to study food, nutrition & related services, take a look at what West Chester University of Pennsylvania has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WCUPA is located in West Chester, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 17,719.

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.

  • Master’s Degree in Nutrition

Nutrition Student Demographics at WCUPA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nutrition majors at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

100% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of nutrition master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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Of the students who received a nutrition master's degree from WCUPA, 76% 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 West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a master's in nutrition.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 22
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

If you plan to be a nutrition major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Human Nutrition 26

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 PA, the home state for West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors 37,440 $38,570
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks 15,960 $29,180
Food Service Managers 6,010 $66,680
Dietitians and Nutritionists 3,310 $56,440
Dietetic Technicians 1,220 $30,080

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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