Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at Abilene Christian University

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

Abilene Christian is located in Abilene, Texas and approximately 5,291 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in nutrition from Abilene Christian.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services section at the bottom of this page.

Abilene Christian Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition
• Master’s Degree in Nutrition

Abilene Christian Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nutrition programs across the country. The following shows how Abilene Christian performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nutrition major at Abilene Christian is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition 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
	19
Best Dietetics & Nutrition Services Master’s Degree Schools	32
	41
Most Focused Dietetics & Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	45
Best Value Dietetics & Nutrition Services Master’s Degree Schools	49
Most Focused Dietetics & Nutrition Services Graduate Certificate Schools	51
Most Popular Dietetics & Nutrition Services Master’s Degree Schools	62
	71
Best Dietetics & Nutrition Services Schools	76
Most Popular Dietetics & Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	82
Best Value Dietetics & Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	92
Most Popular Dietetics & Nutrition Services Schools	109
Best Value Dietetics & Nutrition Services Schools	158

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in nutrition from Abilene Christian. This makes it the #62 most popular school for nutrition master’s degree candidates in the country.

Nutrition Student Demographics at Abilene Christian

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

Abilene Christian Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 nutrition majors earned their bachelor's degree from Abilene Christian. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical nutrition bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Abilene Christian since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nutrition bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Abilene Christian Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a master's degree in nutrition from Abilene Christian. About 83% of these graduates were women and the other 17% were men.

Of the students who received a nutrition master's degree from Abilene Christian, 67% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the nutrition master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services

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 Abilene Christian University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Dietetics/Dietitian	15

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Health/Medical Prep Programs
• Allied Health Professions
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions

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 Abilene Christian University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Keithimus of English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.