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Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Texas State University

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Food, Nutrition & Related Services at Texas State University

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

Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and approximately 37,812 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received their master's degree in nutrition.

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 Texas State

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

87% Women
47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The nutrition program at Texas State awarded 15 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 13% of these degrees went to men with the other 87% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 12% men graduate in nutrition each year. Texas State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a nutrition master's degree from Texas State, 53% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the nutrition master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 TX, the home state for Texas State University.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors 84,060 $39,420
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks 33,000 $24,770
Food Service Managers 12,180 $61,610
Dietitians and Nutritionists 4,930 $56,550
Dietetic Technicians 2,810 $26,760

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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