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2023 Most Popular Nutrition Science Schools

103 Colleges
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Finding the Best Nutrition Science School for You

Nutrition Science is the #115 most popular major in the country with 1,496 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Nutrition Science Schools ranking. This report analyzed 103 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nutrition Science program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for nutrition science majors pursuing a .

#1

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Our analysis found Tufts University to be the most popular school for nutrition science students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford.

Full Nutrition Science at Tufts University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Nutrition Science Schools list. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Full Nutrition Science at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Nutrition Science Schools list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#4

New York University

New York, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New York University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Nutrition Science Schools list. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Full Nutrition Science at New York University Report

#5

Bastyr University

Kenmore, WA

Out of the 103 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Bastyr University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Kenmore, Bastyr University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Texas Woman’s University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for nutrition science students. It came in at #6 on the list. TWU is a large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.

Full Nutrition Science at Texas Woman’s University Report

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular nutrition science programs. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Full Nutrition Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Report

Russell Sage College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Nutrition Science Schools list. Located in the city of Troy, Russel Sage is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Full Nutrition Science at Russell Sage College Report

#9

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for nutrition science students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for nutrition science students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #11, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nutrition science students. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Central Oklahoma ranked #12 on this year’s Most Popular Nutrition Science Schools list. Located in the suburb of Edmond, UCO is a public school with a large student population.

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#12

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

Saint Louis University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nutrition Science Schools ranking. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Louis.

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#14

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

Montclair State University ranked #14 on this year’s Most Popular Nutrition Science Schools list. Located in the suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public college with a very large student population.

Full Nutrition Science at Montclair State University Report

Teachers College at Columbia University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for nutrition science students. It came in at #15 on the list. Teachers College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional popular schools for Nutrition Science students that almost earned our Most Popular Nutrition Science Schools award.

Rank College Location
16 University of Saint Joseph West Hartford, CT
17 University of Georgia Athens, GA
18 Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Bowling Green, OH
19 Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS
19 University of Kansas Lawrence, KS

Nutrition Science by Region

View the Most Popular Nutrition Science Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 36 majors within the area of study, nutrition science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2,491
Sustainability Science 1,547
Behavioral Science 1,358
Computational Science 1,063
International Studies 918

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 26 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to division, CSIRO.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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