Nutrition Sciences

A scientific program that focuses on the utilization of food for human growth and metabolism, in both normal and dysfunctional states, from the interdisciplinary perspective of the agricultural, human, biological, and biomedical sciences. Includes instruction in food science, biochemistry, physiology, dietetics, food and nutrition studies, biotechnology, biophysics, and the clinical sciences.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 146 institutions across the United States, with a total of 16641 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

3,456

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

101

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

1,636

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

208

degrees awarded

Other Awards

11,127

awards given

Top Schools for Nutrition Sciences

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	516
2	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	486
3	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	480
4	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	480
5	University of Georgia Athens, GA	417
6	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	408
7	National Holistic Institute Emeryville, CA	388
8	Tufts University Medford, MA	336
9	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	330
10	New York University New York, NY	324
11	Montclair State University Montclair, NJ	324
12	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	321
13	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	321
14	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	312
15	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	297
16	Texas Woman's University Denton, TX	291
17	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	291
18	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	279
19	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	267
20	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	258
21	Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO	255
22	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	243
23	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	240
24	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	234
25	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	234
26	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	222
27	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	219
28	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	219
29	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	201
30	Auburn University Auburn, AL	201
31	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	198
32	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	195
33	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	189
34	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH	183
35	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	177
36	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	174
37	Boston University Boston, MA	168
38	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	162
39	Russell Sage College Troy, NY	159
40	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	159
41	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	156
42	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	150
43	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	138
44	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	135
45	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	135
46	University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OK	129
47	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	126
48	Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO	123
49	California State University-Chico Chico, CA	117
50	Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL	114
51	Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus Gurabo, PR	114
52	California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA	111
53	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	111
54	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	102
55	University of Delaware Newark, DE	99
56	University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, OK	90
57	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS	87
58	Rush University Chicago, IL	87
59	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	87
60	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	87
61	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	84
62	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	84
63	University of Memphis Memphis, TN	84
64	Howard University Washington, DC	84
65	La Salle University Philadelphia, PA	84
66	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	84
67	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	81
68	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	81
69	University of Maine Orono, ME	72
70	Teachers College at Columbia University New York, NY	72
71	University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA	69
72	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	69
73	Bastyr University Kenmore, WA	66
74	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	66
75	Dominican University River Forest, IL	63
76	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH	60
77	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	60
78	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	60
79	Iowa State University Ames, IA	57
80	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	57
81	University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO	57
82	Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY	54
83	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	54
84	CUNY Queens College Queens, NY	51
85	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	51
86	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	51
87	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX	51
88	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	51
89	Long Island University Brookville, NY	51
90	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	48
91	University of Saint Joseph West Hartford, CT	48
92	Pace University New York, NY	48
93	Baylor University Waco, TX	42
94	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	42
95	University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX	42
96	Utah State University Logan, UT	42
97	Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston, MA	39
98	Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA	39
99	Tulsa Community College Tulsa, OK	39
100	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA	36