Dietetics/Dietitian at East Carolina University

Every dietetics/dietitian school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the dietetics program at East Carolina University stacks up to those at other schools.

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and approximately 28,798 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 42 students received a bachelor's degree in dietetics from ECU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Dietetics/Dietitian section at the bottom of this page.

ECU Dietetics/Dietitian Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics

ECU Dietetics/Dietitian Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the dietetics progam at ECU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The dietetics major at ECU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Dietetics/Dietitian. 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
Most Popular Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
	82

Dietetics Student Demographics at ECU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dietetics majors at East Carolina University.

ECU Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Program

Of the 42 dietetics students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from ECU, about 17% were men and 83% were women. The typical dietetics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at ECU since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dietetics at ECU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its dietetics bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

Careers That Dietetics Grads May Go Into

A degree in dietetics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for East Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Dietitians and Nutritionists	2,040	$54,810
Dietetic Technicians	260	$28,100

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 Luca Masters under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.