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Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Western Illinois University

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Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Western Illinois University

If you are interested in studying food, nutrition and related services, you may want to check out the program at Western Illinois University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,560 student who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University in 2,021, 1 of them were food, nutrition and related services majors.

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.

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nutrition progam at WIU 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 WIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Food, Nutrition & Related 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
Best Value Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools 8
Best Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools 49
Most Popular Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools 79
Most Popular Food, Nutrition & Related Services Schools 180

Nutrition Student Demographics at WIU

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

100% Women
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student graduated with a bachelor's degree in nutrition from WIU.

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

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

WIU also has a doctoral program available in nutrition. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors 28,330 $32,490
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks 19,960 $27,550
Dietetic Technicians 4,440 $25,770
Dietitians and Nutritionists 2,590 $58,020
Home Economics Professors 50 $86,780

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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